Dodge Center Airport

KTOB · Minnesota, United States

Climate Dodge Center Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dodge Center Airport (KTOB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.6 38 61 83 52 32
February 76.0 85 79 84 70 84
March 75.5 85 78 76 80 56
April 75.3 72 74 100 75 83
May 82.3 89 98 78 78
June 90.1 90 98 96 94
July 88.0 93 82 85 93
August 85.8 88 82 90 95
September 84.9 77 91 92 88
October 78.0 68 96 94 86
November 70.7 86 58 98 72
December 59.7 48 73 71 74
Average 77.1 70.7 78.7 85.1 82.2 79.2

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.4 62 70 91 67 58
February 85.2 96 86 92 82 96
March 86.7 93 87 85 88 78
April 89.4 90 87 100 93 90
May 92.6 95 99 92 93
June 95.4 97 98 97 97
July 93.4 98 83 92 97
August 92.9 96 90 95 99
September 93.6 93 97 95 96
October 90.8 89 99 96 91
November 86.4 98 76 99 86
December 76.7 69 83 80 86
Average 88.1 85.7 89.5 91.0 90.3 89.7

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -5.1 -4 -4 -7 -3 -4
February -3.1 6 -2 -5 -9 -3
March 4.2 9 2 5 7 5
April 11.9 14 12 9 14 12
May 20.4 23 21 20 19
June 26.8 27 27 30 28
July 27.1 27 27 27 28
August 23.8 28 25 27 15
September 22.8 25 22 24 20
October 13.5 15 15 17 10
November 4.9 8 5 7 9
December -1.6 4 -2 1 1
Average 11.5 5.9 13.8 12.7 13.5 11.5

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -12.0 -10 -10 -18 -10 -11
February -13.8 -6 -11 -15 -16 -13
March -4.3 -3 -6 -4 -1 -1
April 1.6 3 2 2 3 0
May 9.2 10 10 9 9
June 15.6 15 16 17 15
July 16.1 15 17 17 17
August 13.8 16 15 15 8
September 11.8 14 11 11 10
October 3.8 5 3 7 1
November -4.5 -3 -3 -2 -1
December -9.9 -4 -8 -8 -8
Average 1.9 -4.2 3.7 2.5 3.4 2.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.5 11 16 2 6 13
February 10.3 2 13 11 12 4
March 7.9 8 14 6 8 2
April 9.9 12 10 10 5 3
May 6.7 6 6 11 1
June 3.3 3 6 0 0
July 2.7 1 2 4 0
August 3.0 2 5 1 0
September 3.3 5 3 1 1
October 6.7 8 3 5 2
November 6.1 4 15 0 0
December 8.1 6 16 0 0
Average 6.7 8.3 6.9 6.0 4.4 1.8

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.9 8 7 11 8 9
February 9.8 11 9 12 9 10
March 10.3 11 10 11 11 10
April 11.5 14 13 14 11 11
May 9.7 10 11 10 10
June 9.0 7 11 8 10
July 6.5 6 8 6 6
August 6.6 7 7 7 7
September 7.8 7 8 7 8
October 9.5 9 10 8 10
November 11.0 10 12 12 11
December 9.3 9 11 10 9
Average 9.3 11.1 8.6 9.9 8.8 9.2

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 266° 279° 237° 266° 247°
February 238° 241° 276° 271° 259°
March 305° 283° 314° 176° 224°
April 265° 253° 100° 267° 292°
May 145° 172° 172° 033°
June 133° 219° 236° 166°
July 255° 230° 223° 217°
August 227° 198° 193° 209°
September 177° 205° 220° 229°
October 280° 237° 171° 263°
November 231° 234° 242° 225°
December 218° 164° 219° 245°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.