Sublette Municipal Airport

19S · Kansas, United States

Climate Sublette Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sublette Municipal Airport (K19S) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.2 75 75 92 80 90
February 78.4 77 88 93 63 84
March 82.1 83 83 94 81 73
April 86.9 88 92 86 92
May 79.9 75 84 69 84
June 92.1 81 94 87 95
July 89.6 84 90 88 88
August 91.9 98 96 100 90
September 86.0 87 93 0 83
October 85.1 94 95 92 83
November 85.1 85 88 92 90
December 85.8 75 89 97 83
Average 84.8 78.7 83.9 92.0 83.1 86.2

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 89.5 78 88 96 90 93
February 89.1 90 96 96 85 93
March 90.5 90 91 98 91 82
April 93.6 93 97 94 96
May 90.5 88 92 87 92
June 97.2 94 97 95 99
July 95.7 96 93 96 96
August 96.5 100 99 100 95
September 94.0 94 95 0 93
October 94.2 98 98 99 93
November 92.8 95 96 97 96
December 93.5 89 94 98 92
Average 92.4 86.4 93.2 95.9 92.8 93.4

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 8.2 4 8 10 9 10
February 9.5 14 13 10 4 9
March 16.4 18 16 17 16 17
April 21.1 22 22 20 22
May 24.0 26 28 24 26
June 32.1 28 33 32 35
July 33.5 33 36 32 33
August 32.3 33 35 28 32
September 29.7 30 32 23 28
October 21.3 23 24 22 21
November 14.9 16 13 17 17
December 10.4 11 10 15 8
Average 20.2 11.9 21.4 22.7 19.2 21.6

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 -7.7 -7 -6 -9 -5 -5
February -7.9 -1 -6 -8 -10 -4
March 0.2 0 -1 -2 1 2
April 4.2 5 5 3 3
May 10.2 12 11 11 11
June 17.0 16 18 18 18
July 19.3 20 20 18 20
August 17.9 18 18 23 17
September 14.2 14 14 23 11
October 5.2 6 6 6 4
November -1.1 -1 -2 1 1
December -5.2 -3 -6 -4 -5
Average 5.0 -3.2 6.3 5.9 4.2 6.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.1 6 13 4 2 3
February 7.3 4 4 5 21 7
March 5.0 4 2 5 10 5
April 3.8 5 1 2 2
May 4.0 4 4 5 3
June 2.9 7 4 1 3
July 2.0 1 4 2 1
August 1.1 0 2 0 1
September 3.0 3 2 0 5
October 4.0 1 2 3 4
November 2.5 4 5 1 1
December 3.8 9 0 0 8
Average 3.7 4.3 4.3 2.9 4.4 3.3

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 10 11 12 12 10
February 11.4 12 13 13 8 12
March 13.2 12 13 15 14 12
April 13.9 13 16 14 13
May 12.3 13 14 13 13
June 11.9 10 12 10 15
July 9.8 10 10 11 10
August 9.4 9 9 7 10
September 10.9 9 10 0 10
October 11.2 11 10 13 10
November 11.3 10 13 11 12
December 11.3 11 14 11 11
Average 11.4 11.0 11.0 11.7 11.7 11.5

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 316° 323° 334° 329° 338°
February 290° 314° 348° 029° 332°
March 005° 323° 342° 258° 172°
April 230° 288° 341° 335°
May 147° 158° 146° 099°
June 138° 173° 158° 189°
July 176° 148° 151° 138°
August 156° 158° 215° 151°
September 163° 160° 360° 100°
October 297° 227° 305° 040°
November 345° 272° 321° 211°
December 317° 279° 246° 318°

Prevailing wind direction

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