Duckwater Airport

01U · United States

Climate Duckwater Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ely/Yelland Field (KELY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.4 82 57 99 93 91
February 83.2 89 77 87 93 93
March 79.1 84 77 91 62 92
April 94.2 92 98 95 91 97
May 97.0 97 100 99 100
June 99.2 100 97 99 100
July 91.9 55 96 99 100
August 95.5 98 94 91 99
September 95.5 98 97 99 99
October 97.2 99 93 94 100
November 93.5 92 96 99 98
December 90.3 100 77 89 95
Average 91.4 86.9 87.0 94.0 92.7 97.0

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 89.2 88 66 99 95 92
February 86.6 94 82 89 94 94
March 81.7 90 81 95 63 95
April 96.2 96 98 97 92 98
May 98.5 99 100 100 100
June 99.4 100 97 99 100
July 92.0 55 97 99 100
August 96.4 98 95 94 100
September 96.3 100 98 100 99
October 98.4 100 93 98 100
November 94.9 95 98 99 98
December 92.9 100 87 92 96
Average 93.4 92.0 89.1 95.6 93.8 97.8

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 4.3 5 -1 5 6 6
February 5.3 6 1 6 7 9
March 9.2 9 3 12 10 10
April 15.5 16 14 16 17 16
May 20.1 20 21 21 23
June 27.4 23 28 31 27
July 29.9 19 32 32 32
August 30.2 28 29 30 33
September 25.6 24 27 27 28
October 17.7 19 19 16 22
November 11.1 11 7 14 11
December 5.3 9 1 4 6
Average 15.9 9.0 14.0 17.5 17.8 18.3

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 -10.7 -8 -11 -11 -9 -8
February -9.6 -5 -13 -9 -8 -9
March -5.3 -4 -8 -3 -6 -4
April -2.3 -2 -3 -2 -4 -1
May 1.6 3 -1 1 4
June 6.3 5 6 9 6
July 10.3 6 13 13 9
August 9.6 10 11 9 9
September 5.2 5 7 5 5
October -3.7 -2 -1 0 -3
November -7.8 -6 -8 -4 -7
December -10.7 -7 -12 -9 -11
Average -2.8 -5.2 -2.3 -1.5 -1.8 -1.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.2 14 28 1 5 4
February 9.2 11 12 13 10 0
March 11.2 19 21 7 8 6
April 4.7 8 3 5 2 4
May 4.2 6 2 1 1
June 1.4 5 2 1 1
July 1.6 2 2 2 1
August 2.6 5 7 1 0
September 1.7 3 2 1 0
October 2.8 1 7 6 0
November 4.1 9 5 0 2
December 5.3 0 17 11 4
Average 5.5 12.8 7.8 5.2 3.8 1.8

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 7.5 7 10 7 8 7
February 8.5 9 10 8 5 8
March 9.2 10 10 9 7 10
April 9.1 9 9 10 9 8
May 8.8 9 9 8 10
June 8.7 8 8 9 10
July 7.4 5 9 7 8
August 7.4 8 6 8 7
September 8.4 9 8 8 9
October 7.8 7 6 9 9
November 7.5 7 8 7 8
December 7.0 4 8 9 7
Average 8.2 8.6 7.9 8.2 7.8 8.3

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 208° 154° 265° 162° 240°
February 195° 188° 010° 282° 332°
March 203° 184° 276° 231° 181°
April 200° 222° 255° 315° 231°
May 178° 274° 231° 196°
June 194° 213° 194° 211°
July 209° 202° 202° 198°
August 191° 204° 198° 202°
September 192° 190° 208° 216°
October 200° 309° 198° 311°
November 197° 206° 215° 195°
December 212° 180° 191° 350°

Prevailing wind direction

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