Barnes Seaplane Base

01MN · United States

Climate Barnes Seaplane Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cook Municipal Airport (KCQM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 45.7 34 43 74 51 39
February 71.3 69 78 62 76 82
March 78.5 73 76 71 88 74
April 74.8 73 61 63 90
May 83.3 89 78 87 88
June 90.0 91 92 97 93
July 92.1 91 91 94 95
August 82.9 82 86 77 83
September 74.4 67 83 87 81
October 61.0 55 78 59 77
November 60.2 67 55 66 64
December 50.6 38 48 52 55
Average 72.8 60.3 73.0 75.6 76.9 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 69.4 64 65 89 68 72
February 86.4 92 90 79 94 93
March 90.4 86 85 89 95 93
April 88.3 85 81 85 95
May 94.0 95 94 96 96
June 96.0 95 96 98 99
July 96.3 96 96 96 98
August 93.2 91 97 91 92
September 91.3 90 92 98 94
October 87.9 87 94 83 94
November 84.3 91 77 93 85
December 74.9 63 75 70 76
Average 88.0 81.4 87.3 89.5 89.9 92.5

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 -7.1 -6 -5 -10 -4 -6
February -6.9 2 -3 -9 -8 -4
March 2.1 3 1 1 6 4
April 8.1 8 5 10 8
May 18.3 22 18 17 18
June 24.0 25 25 25 24
July 25.6 24 25 27 27
August 23.8 24 25 25 24
September 18.9 21 20 19 18
October 9.9 11 13 13 6
November 0.6 3 2 2 3
December -4.1 1 -4 -5 -4
Average 8.4 -1.5 11.1 9.7 10.4 9.7

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 -17.6 -13 -13 -24 -13 -15
February -18.5 -9 -17 -24 -19 -19
March -10.9 -8 -12 -10 -4 -8
April -3.3 -3 -4 0 -4
May 4.8 7 5 6 4
June 11.1 12 10 14 11
July 13.1 11 12 15 14
August 12.5 12 13 16 13
September 8.5 11 7 9 6
October 2.1 3 1 6 -1
November -7.5 -6 -6 -5 -3
December -12.4 -5 -12 -12 -11
Average -3.9 -11.8 -1.9 -3.8 1.0 -2.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.8 22 17 14 14 23
February 17.2 11 16 28 10 9
March 10.2 17 17 12 6 7
April 15.8 24 25 18 6
May 7.2 4 10 3 4
June 5.2 5 5 5 3
July 4.2 6 5 1 5
August 3.8 4 4 4 4
September 7.4 9 7 8 5
October 11.2 10 8 9 14
November 20.1 10 27 9 15
December 24.4 18 25 34 16
Average 11.5 16.2 11.0 12.7 9.1 7.2

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 4.6 4 4 5 4 4
February 5.7 6 5 6 6 6
March 5.7 6 5 6 7 6
April 5.6 5 6 5 6
May 5.3 5 6 5 6
June 4.9 3 6 5 6
July 4.1 4 4 3 4
August 4.2 3 4 6 4
September 4.6 4 4 5 6
October 5.5 5 6 4 5
November 5.6 6 5 6 6
December 4.5 5 4 6 4
Average 5.1 5.6 4.5 5.3 5.0 5.3

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 268° 263° 255° 243° 256°
February 272° 261° 268° 264° 260°
March 297° 289° 281° 219° 244°
April 338° 322° 304° 277°
May 151° 215° 218° 271°
June 158° 253° 255° 224°
July 277° 256° 249° 234°
August 245° 238° 225° 237°
September 162° 237° 244° 248°
October 279° 243° 203° 254°
November 263° 248° 272° 248°
December 242° 189° 251° 255°

Prevailing wind direction

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