Kearny County Airport

36K · Kansas, United States

Climate Kearny County Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kearny County Airport (K36K) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 80.0 81 79
February 85.9 81 91
March 86.7 83 87 99
April 95.0 90 98 98
May 81.9 49 86
June 89.4 79 94
July 91.0 99 89
August 96.6 97 97
September 85.3 79 93
October 95.5 93 98
November 90.1 90 90
December 83.4 79 90
Average 88.0 83.8 87.2 93.0

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
January 86.3 83 89
February 93.5 90 96
March 93.7 91 95 99
April 98.2 96 100 99
May 92.2 85 93
June 94.2 87 97
July 92.9 99 92
August 98.7 99 99
September 89.6 86 94
October 97.7 96 100
November 97.7 98 98
December 93.4 93 94
Average 93.6 90.6 94.0 96.2

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
January 6.6 7 7
February 12.9 15 11
March 16.7 17 15 20
April 23.0 24 23 23
May 27.0 23 28
June 29.9 26 33
July 35.5 34 36
August 33.6 33 35
September 31.1 31 32
October 22.9 23 23
November 14.4 16 13
December 10.1 11 10
Average 20.6 16.0 19.8 26.0

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January -7.9 -5 -7
February -4.6 -1 -6
March -2.6 -1 -2 1
April 4.5 5 5 4
May 10.8 16 10
June 17.5 19 17
July 20.0 20 20
August 17.3 17 18
September 13.9 14 14
October 6.0 6 6
November -2.3 -1 -3
December -4.1 -3 -6
Average 4.5 -1.8 4.5 9.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 10.9 4 16
February 4.9 5 5
March 3.0 5 2 0
April 1.5 3 2 0
May 3.2 2 3
June 2.8 3 3
July 0.0 0 0
August 0.3 1 0
September 3.1 4 2
October 2.2 3 1
November 3.3 4 3
December 6.5 10 2
Average 3.5 4.3 4.7 1.5

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
January 9.7 9 10
February 11.9 12 12
March 12.5 12 13 13
April 14.0 13 13 15
May 12.7 11 13
June 11.5 10 12
July 9.3 7 10
August 8.7 9 9
September 9.0 9 10
October 10.5 11 10
November 11.5 11 13
December 12.1 11 13
Average 11.3 11.7 10.7 11.6

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 313° 338°
February 306° 320°
March 006° 348° 348°
April 320° 196° 302°
May 147° 132°
June 128° 168°
July 206° 145°
August 165° 151°
September 159° 153°
October 327° 236°
November 341° 297°
December 327° 284°

Prevailing wind direction

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