Ortonville Municipal/Martinson Field

KVVV · Minnesota, United States

Climate Ortonville Municipal/Martinson Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ortonville Municipal/Martinson Field (KVVV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.6 59 55 72 57 54
February 75.3 71 81 77 70 79
March 76.7 79 61 85 81 76
April 78.6 74 75 89 70 90
May 89.1 91 100 94 88
June 93.4 92 100 99 93
July 92.4 98 98 89 96
August 88.7 91 98 88 88
September 87.1 80 97 93 95
October 79.6 76 99 85 85
November 75.5 82 86 84 88
December 64.7 53 66 73 67
Average 79.8 71.7 79.1 90.5 83.2 84.6

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 77.1 76 65 87 75 70
February 86.1 85 86 88 80 91
March 88.7 89 79 97 89 89
April 89.7 93 90 91 90 95
May 96.2 96 100 99 96
June 97.8 97 100 100 99
July 95.8 100 99 94 98
August 96.0 95 99 95 97
September 93.2 89 98 96 98
October 92.8 91 100 93 91
November 91.3 97 89 95 97
December 78.5 71 72 82 84
Average 90.2 86.3 88.8 94.5 91.5 92.9

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 -6.6 -5 -6 -7 -2 -5
February -3.0 5 -2 -4 -9 -2
March 3.7 6 -2 3 10 6
April 11.1 15 9 7 13 12
May 21.1 24 20 21 19
June 27.5 28 27 30 29
July 28.3 27 29 29 30
August 26.1 28 27 27 28
September 22.8 25 24 25 20
October 12.8 14 17 17 10
November 4.9 9 3 7 10
December -1.2 4 -4 -2 2
Average 11.5 5.2 13.2 12.3 13.9 13.2

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 -12 -13 -19 -9 -13
February -14.8 -5 -14 -17 -17 -13
March -6.6 -5 -11 -5 -2 -3
April 0.7 4 -1 -1 1 0
May 9.1 10 9 9 9
June 16.5 18 16 17 17
July 17.5 16 18 18 18
August 15.7 16 16 16 15
September 11.6 13 12 12 7
October 3.8 5 4 7 1
November -4.2 -3 -5 -3 -2
December -10.9 -4 -11 -11 -9
Average 1.6 -5.4 2.6 1.8 3.2 2.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.7 10 22 11 11 15
February 8.3 5 6 7 8 7
March 7.9 10 12 4 9 5
April 11.7 14 12 21 14 3
May 6.3 4 4 4 9
June 2.6 2 2 2 3
July 2.9 2 3 3 2
August 2.5 3 3 3 1
September 4.5 5 1 7 5
October 7.7 9 4 10 5
November 9.2 7 15 6 0
December 10.8 17 23 12 11
Average 7.4 9.7 7.8 7.2 7.0 5.2

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 8.4 8 8 10 8 8
February 8.7 8 10 12 7 8
March 10.0 11 11 11 10 10
April 11.0 13 11 14 11 10
May 8.9 9 9 9 10
June 7.9 7 8 7 10
July 6.2 6 7 6 6
August 6.4 7 7 7 7
September 7.2 7 7 7 7
October 9.1 9 9 8 9
November 9.0 9 11 9 9
December 8.5 8 11 8 9
Average 8.6 10.2 8.2 9.4 8.1 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 305° 324° 321° 335° 313°
February 291° 336° 319° 281° 312°
March 339° 353° 337° 162° 339°
April 352° 342° 334° 335° 328°
May 115° 205° 258° 004°
June 082° 289° 283° 147°
July 324° 276° 136° 176°
August 360° 046° 167° 144°
September 106° 169° 228° 302°
October 316° 300° 148° 294°
November 289° 303° 299° 264°
December 300° 012° 297° 324°

Prevailing wind direction

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