New Ulm Municipal Airport

KULM · Minnesota, United States

Climate New Ulm Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of New Ulm Municipal Airport (KULM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.7 55 64 82 61 44
February 78.4 76 82 80 76 85
March 75.9 86 73 74 81 66
April 77.1 79 81 67 75 90
May 83.2 90 83 86 81
June 93.1 93 98 99 99
July 94.0 98 95 87 99
August 89.2 92 83 96 97
September 87.6 88 93 91 94
October 79.8 75 98 81 84
November 74.8 85 66 89 76
December 64.4 52 18 79 79
Average 80.4 74.8 82.7 83.1 84.1 83.8

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 77.8 75 70 91 79 64
February 87.9 92 90 90 84 93
March 87.6 92 83 89 86 86
April 90.5 94 90 89 94 95
May 95.3 97 96 97 95
June 97.6 96 99 99 100
July 97.0 99 97 92 100
August 95.5 95 95 98 99
September 94.3 94 97 96 97
October 90.9 87 100 91 92
November 92.6 99 91 99 90
December 81.5 80 51 90 89
Average 91.0 88.5 91.0 93.5 92.4 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 -5.7 -4 -4 -6 -2 -5
February -3.5 6 -2 -4 -9 -3
March 4.8 9 1 5 10 7
April 12.2 15 12 9 14 13
May 20.9 23 21 21 19
June 27.6 29 28 30 29
July 28.0 28 29 29 28
August 26.3 28 27 28 27
September 23.6 26 25 25 21
October 13.9 15 17 17 11
November 5.8 10 5 8 9
December -1.3 6 -5 1 -2
Average 12.3 6.3 14.6 13.9 14.3 13.3

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 -13.5 -11 -12 -18 -9 -12
February -13.4 -5 -13 -16 -16 -13
March -4.0 -3 -8 -3 -1 -1
April 1.7 4 2 1 3 1
May 9.6 11 10 9 9
June 16.1 16 16 17 16
July 17.3 15 17 18 19
August 15.6 16 16 15 16
September 12.1 13 11 12 9
October 3.8 6 3 8 1
November -4.6 -2 -3 -2 -1
December -9.4 -3 -9 -9 -11
Average 2.2 -4.2 3.9 3.0 3.7 3.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.8 5 14 7 9 17
February 9.7 6 11 8 7 8
March 8.8 5 14 6 12 7
April 9.7 8 12 11 5 5
May 7.9 8 6 9 8
June 4.3 4 4 4 1
July 3.3 1 2 4 3
August 3.0 4 2 1 2
September 4.9 2 4 5 5
October 7.8 6 4 7 9
November 6.5 2 13 3 7
December 12.2 12 47 10 10
Average 7.0 6.0 6.9 6.3 6.0 6.3

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 9.1 9 8 10 8 9
February 9.5 10 10 12 9 8
March 9.7 11 10 10 10 9
April 10.8 13 12 14 11 9
May 8.5 9 10 9 9
June 8.2 7 10 7 9
July 6.4 6 8 5 6
August 6.7 7 7 8 7
September 8.0 7 8 8 8
October 9.5 9 10 8 10
November 10.1 10 12 11 10
December 9.1 9 12 10 11
Average 8.9 10.6 8.5 9.9 8.5 8.5

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 287° 293° 271° 305° 277°
February 262° 265° 299° 277° 271°
March 322° 322° 326° 190° 282°
April 303° 294° 277° 312° 310°
May 120° 229° 217° 340°
June 150° 234° 241° 171°
July 273° 255° 182° 210°
August 208° 198° 186° 189°
September 160° 208° 225° 246°
October 294° 254° 203° 279°
November 251° 264° 271° 233°
December 259° 298° 264° 244°

Prevailing wind direction

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