Eureka Airport

05U · Nevada, United States

Climate Eureka Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Eureka Airport (K05U) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.4 92 86 98 92 93
February 93.1 97 99 92 93 98
March 88.4 82 90 92 86 95
April 95.8 97 98 94 99
May 94.9 99 98 88 97
June 99.4 99 100 100 99
July 99.4 100 99 99 100
August 94.6 97 11 87 98
September 97.0 96 100 99
October 95.8 91 99 92 100
November 95.3 89 96 100 98
December 89.3 93 95 89 92
Average 94.2 91.7 94.9 95.5 93.6 97.4

90th best VFR conditions of United States

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 93.4 92 91 100 97 98
February 96.6 97 99 97 96 100
March 93.2 87 92 98 93 97
April 97.7 99 99 97 100
May 97.8 99 99 94 99
June 99.5 100 100 100 99
July 99.6 100 99 99 100
August 95.8 99 11 94 99
September 98.9 99 100 100
October 97.5 95 99 95 100
November 97.7 95 98 100 99
December 95.1 98 95 91 97
Average 96.6 93.0 97.2 97.0 96.5 99.1

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 4.6 6 2 5 5 7
February 6.7 8 4 7 7 9
March 10.5 8 5 13 11 11
April 16.6 14 17 17 18
May 21.3 21 24 20 24
June 28.9 24 30 32 28
July 33.8 35 34 34 34
August 31.4 31 5 33 33
September 26.6 26 27 29
October 18.9 21 20 16 22
November 11.6 11 8 14 12
December 4.9 9 2 5 4
Average 16.3 7.2 17.6 16.7 16.6 19.1

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 -9.9 -6 -10 -10 -9 -6
February -8.6 -4 -12 -9 -6 -8
March -4.5 -3 -4 -3 -5 -2
April -2.7 -1 -2 -4 -2
May 2.9 4 3 4 3
June 6.7 5 7 10 6
July 11.8 9 12 14 10
August 10.4 11 0 12 12
September 5.6 5 8 6
October -2.1 -1 -1 0 -1
November -6.4 -5 -8 -4 -6
December -9.1 -6 -11 -9 -12
Average -1.2 -5.3 -1.9 -2.6 -1.6 -1.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 3.7 5 5 2 2 4
February 5.4 6 5 3 6 5
March 6.0 8 7 6 6 6
April 6.4 7 7 6 7
May 6.0 7 6 5 6
June 5.3 5 5 6 5
July 4.2 2 5 5 4
August 3.4 0 1 4 4
September 5.0 4 7 5
October 4.3 4 4 5 4
November 3.6 4 6 2 4
December 3.4 4 5 4 2
Average 4.9 5.8 4.4 5.0 4.7 4.5

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 044° 170° 272° 034° 268°
February 005° 330° 347° 312° 333°
March 008° 291° 294° 048° 234°
April 317° 286° 318° 271°
May 005° 293° 291° 228°
June 028° 216° 191° 240°
July 011° 178° 180° 227°
August 360° 193° 191° 255°
September 349° 180° 339°
October 070° 346° 208° 307°
November 009° 222° 284° 214°
December 350° 156° 212° 331°

Prevailing wind direction

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