Battle Lake Municipal Airport

00MN · United States

Climate Battle Lake Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fergus Falls Municipal/Einar Mickelson Field (KFFM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 53.4 40 48 42 65 52
February 71.2 68 75 61 60 77
March 76.8 77 69 84 89 72
April 76.3 73 73 57 71 91
May 85.2 87 77 92 86
June 86.9 90 57 98 94
July 87.1 98 55 89 97
August 87.1 91 82 92 91
September 84.5 82 91 92 91
October 76.9 74 91 75 84
November 68.2 77 59 75 81
December 56.7 49 52 60 61
Average 75.9 65.9 77.9 68.5 81.7 83.2

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 69.3 62 63 49 81 70
February 79.4 79 79 70 65 90
March 89.2 90 79 94 97 88
April 89.2 89 84 79 87 97
May 94.7 95 89 97 95
June 91.8 98 58 99 99
July 91.6 99 57 95 100
August 93.8 96 90 96 96
September 94.3 95 97 97 97
October 91.2 91 99 89 93
November 89.1 95 86 90 96
December 71.4 62 67 67 80
Average 87.2 81.0 87.6 78.5 89.8 92.7

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 -7.4 -6 -6 -8 -4 -7
February -5.2 4 -5 -7 -10 -5
March 2.7 5 -2 3 8 4
April 10.0 14 8 7 12 10
May 20.4 24 20 21 18
June 26.8 28 28 29 27
July 27.4 27 29 29 28
August 25.5 27 27 27 26
September 21.9 24 23 24 20
October 12.2 13 15 17 9
November 3.0 6 1 6 7
December -3.6 3 -5 -3 -1
Average 10.4 4.3 12.1 11.6 13.2 11.3

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 -15.1 -12 -14 -21 -11 -15
February -16.9 -6 -15 -20 -18 -15
March -7.5 -5 -12 -7 -2 -5
April 0.1 3 -2 -1 1 0
May 8.7 11 8 8 8
June 15.8 18 15 16 16
July 16.6 15 17 18 17
August 15.8 17 17 16 17
September 11.6 14 12 12 10
October 2.8 5 4 7 0
November -6.8 -4 -6 -4 -4
December -11.1 -4 -12 -13 -10
Average 0.7 -6.7 2.3 0.9 2.7 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 11.5 19 18 2 12 17
February 10.2 10 4 12 6 7
March 6.7 14 13 2 2 1
April 9.1 15 9 15 9 5
May 3.2 2 2 1 4
June 1.7 1 0 2 1
July 2.4 1 2 1 2
August 2.4 2 0 2 2
September 2.7 1 0 5 1
October 3.7 2 1 5 7
November 6.9 7 12 2 1
December 12.8 20 20 13 9
Average 6.7 14.2 5.9 4.7 4.6 4.2

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 9.0 10 6 10 8 10
February 9.8 11 9 12 9 9
March 10.1 12 10 10 10 11
April 10.9 13 11 13 11 10
May 9.4 10 11 9 10
June 9.1 8 11 8 11
July 7.1 7 8 7 7
August 7.2 7 8 8 8
September 8.4 7 8 9 8
October 9.4 9 10 9 10
November 10.1 10 10 10 10
December 9.3 10 11 9 9
Average 9.4 11.7 8.6 10.0 8.9 9.3

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° 317° 314° 354° 244°
February 300° 127° 321° 260° 295°
March 344° 028° 342° 174° 213°
April 359° 349° 002° 345° 318°
May 139° 219° 204° 055°
June 119° 240° 238° 156°
July 312° 254° 166° 203°
August 174° 177° 194° 158°
September 141° 168° 211° 277°
October 302° 253° 159° 286°
November 278° 299° 273° 235°
December 281° 110° 272° 302°

Prevailing wind direction

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