Comanche County Airport

3K8 · Kansas, United States

Climate Comanche County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pratt Regional Airport (KPTT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.8 68 82 92 72 74
February 78.8 80 90 92 65 77
March 78.9 78 90 78 70
April 85.4 87 92 84 87
May 80.3 86 81 67 79
June 94.1 93 95 87 95
July 93.0 91 95 92 90
August 90.3 96 95 93 90
September 86.1 86 92 96 80
October 83.5 87 99 88 79
November 82.1 85 84 89 84
December 83.3 75 83 98 84
Average 83.7 75.4 86.5 90.7 84.3 82.5

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 85.7 72 91 97 89 79
February 90.2 91 99 96 87 90
March 89.8 94 96 88 81
April 93.2 95 96 93 97
May 90.6 95 89 85 85
June 98.0 98 98 96 99
July 97.2 95 98 98 96
August 96.0 100 97 97 96
September 92.8 94 95 97 89
October 92.4 97 100 96 93
November 89.8 88 94 92 91
December 91.5 87 84 99 92
Average 91.5 83.5 94.4 95.1 93.1 90.8

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 7.4 4 8 9 9 8
February 9.8 16 12 10 3 10
March 15.3 14 16 17 16
April 20.5 22 23 20 21
May 24.9 26 27 23 24
June 31.6 30 32 32 34
July 33.3 33 36 33 33
August 32.6 34 35 34 32
September 29.9 31 32 31 28
October 21.4 23 24 23 20
November 14.3 16 13 16 17
December 10.2 11 9 15 9
Average 19.6 9.7 21.6 22.7 21.5 20.7

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 -5.5 -6 -3 -7 -3 -3
February -4.0 0 -4 -6 -8 -3
March 1.7 0 1 4 4
April 5.7 6 7 6 5
May 11.4 14 14 13 8
June 17.2 17 19 19 17
July 19.8 21 22 20 17
August 18.9 20 20 21 19
September 16.1 17 16 17 14
October 7.4 9 7 10 6
November 1.2 2 0 3 3
December -3.6 0 -2 -1 -2
Average 6.1 -3.1 8.3 7.9 8.3 7.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.3 3 5 5 2 3
February 3.9 2 1 7 11 4
March 3.3 1 5 7 2
April 3.3 3 1 3 1
May 3.6 4 4 6 5
June 1.6 1 3 2 1
July 1.2 1 2 2 3
August 1.5 1 1 1 1
September 2.1 6 1 1 5
October 3.2 1 2 2 3
November 3.2 6 2 3 3
December 2.6 6 1 0 6
Average 2.7 2.3 2.9 2.7 3.2 2.8

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 10.2 9 9 11 11 10
February 11.2 11 12 12 10 11
March 12.8 13 13 14 11
April 13.2 13 15 13 12
May 10.3 9 12 11 10
June 10.4 7 11 9 14
July 8.6 8 9 8 9
August 8.7 8 8 11 9
September 10.4 9 10 10 10
October 11.2 12 10 10 11
November 10.9 10 13 10 12
December 10.4 10 11 10 9
Average 10.6 10.3 10.0 11.2 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 308° 317° 325° 326° 322°
February 272° 291° 341° 015° 345°
March 340° 330° 212° 189°
April 234° 222° 287° 350°
May 151° 149° 138° 072°
June 152° 177° 180° 187°
July 188° 165° 161° 150°
August 205° 167° 180° 158°
September 166° 171° 184° 162°
October 210° 220° 292° 147°
November 196° 292° 261° 206°
December 301° 243° 236° 321°

Prevailing wind direction

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