Elbow Lake Municipal/Pride Of The Prairie Airport

Y63 · Minnesota, United States

Climate Elbow Lake Municipal/Pride Of The Prairie Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Elbow Lake Municipal/Pride Of The Prairie Airport (KY63) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.7 46 50 74 59 51
February 71.1 68 82 69 68 83
March 73.3 78 64 76 84 67
April 69.1 73 71 48 67 88
May 83.3 89 81 91 86
June 93.4 91 98 97 91
July 89.1 96 92 95 89
August 83.4 90 85 88 85
September 84.0 60 90 92 92
October 74.5 67 91 71 83
November 67.2 75 60 76 78
December 54.1 47 52 74 57
Average 72.4 67.4 75.7 78.4 79.8 79.4

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 69.0 66 66 84 73 68
February 82.3 83 87 80 81 92
March 88.9 91 82 95 95 85
April 85.8 93 83 79 79 96
May 95.3 95 95 97 94
June 98.8 99 100 98 97
July 97.8 98 98 100 98
August 93.5 95 95 94 95
September 92.4 85 95 95 98
October 88.8 87 99 84 91
November 86.9 96 83 88 91
December 72.6 63 64 85 81
Average 86.6 84.4 87.6 90.5 88.9 90.8

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 -7.4 -5 -6 -10 -4 -7
February -7.9 4 -5 -8 -11 -5
March 2.2 6 -1 1 8 4
April 9.5 14 8 6 11 10
May 19.3 25 19 21 17
June 26.4 29 27 26 27
July 26.5 28 27 27 28
August 25.6 28 26 27 26
September 22.0 24 23 24 21
October 12.3 14 15 16 8
November 3.1 7 2 5 7
December -3.4 3 -4 -4 -1
Average 9.0 4.7 12.2 10.8 11.1 9.8

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 -15.5 -12 -15 -21 -11 -15
February -17.8 -5 -16 -20 -18 -16
March -7.5 -4 -12 -7 -2 -4
April 0.1 3 -2 -1 1 0
May 8.3 10 8 8 8
June 15.5 17 15 15 16
July 16.4 15 17 17 19
August 15.4 16 16 16 16
September 12.1 15 11 12 9
October 3.3 5 3 7 -1
November -5.1 -3 -5 -4 -3
December -11.3 -3 -12 -13 -10
Average -1.9 -5.4 1.5 0.8 1.2 0.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.0 7 20 8 12 18
February 8.8 3 6 10 7 7
March 8.2 12 14 3 8 3
April 12.6 14 10 22 13 5
May 5.0 1 3 3 8
June 2.0 2 1 3 3
July 3.8 4 3 4 2
August 3.2 3 3 4 3
September 4.3 5 3 7 2
October 7.8 7 3 9 7
November 7.2 4 15 3 1
December 12.2 14 20 16 10
Average 7.5 9.2 7.1 6.9 7.4 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 8.6 9 7 10 8 9
February 9.5 10 10 12 9 9
March 10.1 11 10 10 10 10
April 10.9 12 10 14 10 9
May 9.9 11 10 10 10
June 9.0 8 10 6 11
July 6.7 7 7 6 8
August 7.6 7 7 8 8
September 8.3 8 8 9 8
October 9.7 9 10 8 10
November 10.3 10 11 10 11
December 9.3 8 11 9 10
Average 9.3 10.6 8.8 9.9 8.7 9.4

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 288° 311° 296° 296° 321°
February 280° 159° 304° 269° 270°
March 342° 024° 340° 152° 229°
April 359° 004° 002° 322° 296°
May 136° 203° 180° 009°
June 127° 234° 089° 140°
July 311° 241° 142° 158°
August 124° 166° 173° 158°
September 132° 169° 200° 210°
October 299° 248° 157° 292°
November 275° 293° 261° 230°
December 258° 143° 263° 293°

Prevailing wind direction

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