Richard B Helgeson Airport

KTWM · Minnesota, United States

Climate Richard B Helgeson Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Richard B Helgeson Airport (KTWM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.9 39 45 63 51 49
February 73.4 82 80 70 69 81
March 77.4 78 66 72 81 100
April 72.1 72 61 77 100
May 83.4 87 78 82 92
June 88.6 82 90 94 94
July 92.1 95 89 90 93
August 81.3 81 76 81 78
September 80.3 65 83 95 86
October 71.9 68 86 66 82
November 69.5 74 63 93 64
December 53.9 45 55 57 57
Average 75.6 67.5 73.0 75.6 79.2 81.1

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 77.3 69 66 83 76 85
February 86.0 93 88 84 88 95
March 90.5 85 83 92 94 100
April 83.5 84 77 87 100
May 90.6 92 88 91 95
June 94.2 92 93 94 97
July 95.9 98 92 94 97
August 88.6 88 91 86 82
September 88.2 83 87 98 92
October 90.2 91 96 84 94
November 89.3 94 78 96 93
December 77.8 72 75 74 86
Average 87.9 82.8 86.6 87.3 89.0 92.3

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 -6.8 -5 -4 -9 -3 -5
February -4.9 2 -3 -7 -3 -6
March 2.8 4 1 1 6 0
April 8.3 7 4 10 13
May 17.3 18 16 18 16
June 22.7 23 22 25 23
July 25.4 24 24 26 26
August 23.6 24 23 26 23
September 19.4 20 20 21 18
October 11.0 11 13 15 8
November 2.8 4 4 4 6
December -2.0 2 -1 -2 -2
Average 9.3 0.4 10.6 9.6 12.3 11.0

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 -14.7 -11 -11 -19 -12 -10
February -13.0 -8 -14 -18 -10 -14
March -7.3 -6 -9 -8 -4 -2
April -2.6 -2 -3 -1 8
May 5.3 6 6 5 6
June 10.2 11 8 13 11
July 13.7 12 13 13 15
August 13.0 12 13 14 14
September 9.5 11 9 10 7
October 2.9 4 2 6 -1
November -5.6 -4 -1 -5 -4
December -10.1 -4 -8 -12 -11
Average -1.6 -9.8 1.0 0.0 1.9 1.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.6 13 19 15 12 13
February 15.2 3 16 21 12 10
March 8.3 12 15 9 7 0
April 14.1 17 19 12 0
May 7.0 3 14 5 3
June 4.0 5 4 2 1
July 2.8 3 4 0 5
August 4.4 5 2 0 3
September 5.7 11 6 2 2
October 9.0 9 4 5 10
November 10.9 5 23 4 9
December 16.2 16 22 20 8
Average 8.6 9.4 9.7 10.3 5.8 5.3

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 5.6 5 5 7 5 6
February 6.7 7 7 7 6 7
March 7.1 7 8 7 7 8
April 7.3 8 8 6 6
May 6.9 8 7 7 7
June 6.0 6 7 5 6
July 4.7 4 6 5 4
August 5.2 5 5 7 5
September 5.5 5 5 5 6
October 6.3 6 6 5 7
November 6.1 6 6 7 6
December 5.5 5 6 7 5
Average 6.1 6.5 6.0 6.4 5.9 5.7

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 263° 289° 268° 251° 260°
February 279° 270° 274° 237° 246°
March 317° 053° 303° 089° 270°
April 033° 039° 124° 121°
May 066° 088° 130° 061°
June 083° 247° 171° 040°
July 270° 260° 109° 200°
August 094° 194° 216° 099°
September 090° 173° 227° 246°
October 350° 277° 078° 250°
November 254° 250° 275° 245°
December 305° 093° 269° 271°

Prevailing wind direction

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