Lt. William M Milliken Airport

13K · Kansas, United States

Climate Lt. William M Milliken Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lt. William M Milliken Airport (K13K) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.2 42 72 89 64 56
February 74.8 89 82 86 61 80
March 74.2 80 71 78 75 65
April 83.7 90 84 82 81
May 71.2 81 70 64 72
June 92.4 99 93 84 94
July 91.4 94 93 88 87
August 90.5 98 96 94 86
September 88.9 96 98 94 78
October 80.8 77 97 83 68
November 81.6 85 77 92 77
December 75.4 78 61 88 83
Average 78.5 78.8 85.8 85.7 81.2 77.3

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 80.6 45 89 97 81 71
February 89.9 95 97 94 82 93
March 88.3 92 89 96 85 79
April 94.6 98 94 94 94
May 88.5 91 85 89 89
June 97.6 100 98 93 99
July 96.8 98 97 95 96
August 96.0 98 99 98 94
September 93.8 98 99 96 86
October 94.0 94 99 95 87
November 92.5 91 92 99 89
December 87.2 84 68 97 93
Average 90.7 87.4 94.4 94.0 92.2 89.3

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 7.5 9 9 8 7 7
February 8.8 16 12 9 2 9
March 15.3 16 15 16 17 17
April 21.0 22 21 20 20
May 23.5 26 24 22 22
June 30.4 32 29 31 32
July 32.4 34 34 31 32
August 32.3 35 34 32 30
September 29.5 31 31 30 26
October 21.0 22 23 23 19
November 15.0 16 13 16 17
December 10.7 11 9 15 11
Average 18.0 14.6 22.2 21.2 20.5 20.1

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 -4.3 0 -3 -7 -3 -3
February -4.0 1 -3 -6 -9 -3
March 2.5 3 2 1 5 5
April 7.0 6 7 7 6
May 12.8 13 14 13 12
June 18.0 17 17 19 19
July 20.1 18 21 20 21
August 19.3 18 20 20 19
September 16.2 16 15 17 14
October 7.8 9 8 10 7
November 1.5 2 0 3 4
December -2.4 0 -1 0 -3
Average 5.6 1.8 8.0 7.7 8.5 8.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.1 5 5 4 7 7
February 8.6 4 3 7 23 7
March 4.8 3 4 6 6 4
April 3.2 3 1 6 3
May 6.7 6 9 11 5
June 2.7 2 3 5 3
July 2.3 2 3 3 3
August 1.7 0 2 0 0
September 2.0 3 2 2 2
October 5.3 7 2 6 5
November 3.7 8 4 1 3
December 3.2 3 2 0 3
Average 4.1 3.6 3.8 3.8 5.5 3.5

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 10.7 7 11 11 11 11
February 11.7 12 12 12 11 11
March 12.9 14 13 13 14 11
April 13.4 14 15 13 12
May 10.5 9 12 11 10
June 9.4 8 8 9 12
July 8.8 9 9 7 9
August 8.6 9 9 9 8
September 9.6 10 10 9 9
October 11.5 12 11 11 11
November 11.2 10 12 11 12
December 10.4 10 10 10 10
Average 10.9 12.4 10.5 11.1 10.6 10.5

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 312° 285° 303° 300° 314°
February 234° 221° 300° 006° 317°
March 211° 348° 264° 160° 184°
April 216° 196° 242° 246°
May 145° 141° 138° 050°
June 138° 144° 174° 178°
July 192° 137° 144° 147°
August 196° 144° 159° 151°
September 159° 141° 175° 149°
October 297° 248° 259° 198°
November 175° 247° 210° 201°
December 263° 220° 203° 300°

Prevailing wind direction

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