Nebraska City Municipal Airport

KAFK · Nebraska, United States

Climate Nebraska City Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nebraska City Municipal Airport (KAFK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.8 51 55 85 60 53
February 79.5 87 80 93 73 86
March 68.3 78 62 78 74 61
April 81.0 84 88 82 87 84
May 76.7 88 76 69 70
June 89.7 95 95 91 91
July 89.5 89 83 88 85
August 86.2 78 93 93 93
September 84.0 90 90 91 77
October 78.1 83 99 78 78
November 84.3 92 81 93 83
December 74.3 66 55 87 78
Average 79.3 75.4 81.1 85.1 82.3 78.5

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 78.0 59 82 89 85 64
February 89.5 95 91 98 85 95
March 85.7 94 86 94 86 76
April 92.2 92 98 94 95 92
May 89.3 92 88 90 88
June 95.0 99 99 97 96
July 95.7 95 92 95 96
August 94.6 91 97 97 98
September 91.7 97 93 96 84
October 88.4 95 100 93 88
November 93.4 96 97 97 93
December 88.0 82 68 95 91
Average 89.9 85.5 92.4 93.3 92.6 88.8

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 1.5 -2 2 3 3 2
February 5.1 13 7 7 -3 6
March 11.8 14 10 12 15 14
April 17.7 20 20 17 15 18
May 23.1 25 23 22 21
June 29.3 30 29 31 31
July 29.6 28 31 29 30
August 28.9 29 31 30 30
September 27.1 28 28 28 25
October 18.3 20 21 20 17
November 11.0 13 11 13 15
December 5.9 7 4 10 6
Average 16.7 11.1 18.2 18.4 17.8 17.8

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 -7.2 -9 -5 -9 -4 -6
February -7.9 -1 -5 -8 -11 -5
March 0.6 1 -2 -1 4 3
April 5.0 7 5 4 4 5
May 12.0 13 13 12 12
June 18.0 17 18 19 20
July 19.6 19 20 19 21
August 18.2 18 19 19 19
September 14.9 15 13 15 13
October 6.8 8 6 9 5
November -1.8 0 -1 1 2
December -4.3 -1 -5 -2 -4
Average 5.7 -1.3 6.7 6.1 7.1 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 6.6 11 5 5 12 9
February 5.4 0 4 3 13 2
March 7.0 3 7 8 6 7
April 5.6 5 0 5 7 5
May 5.0 4 8 5 8
June 2.4 3 3 1 1
July 3.0 3 5 3 2
August 2.7 2 4 0 1
September 4.0 1 4 1 6
October 4.0 1 2 6 0
November 4.2 7 2 4 4
December 6.6 10 11 1 5
Average 4.7 4.6 3.7 4.7 4.5 4.1

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 9.0 8 8 9 9 10
February 10.1 10 11 12 8 10
March 11.2 12 11 12 12 10
April 11.9 13 13 14 11 11
May 9.2 8 11 9 9
June 8.1 7 8 7 10
July 6.2 6 7 6 6
August 6.3 6 6 7 7
September 8.0 8 8 8 8
October 9.2 10 9 9 9
November 10.0 9 12 9 11
December 9.3 9 10 11 9
Average 9.2 10.8 8.6 9.8 8.7 9.1

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 310° 325° 276° 325° 300°
February 272° 263° 316° 356° 316°
March 351° 342° 347° 163° 222°
April 281° 265° 245° 285° 305°
May 149° 177° 158° 021°
June 155° 190° 178° 183°
July 127° 188° 168° 155°
August 166° 154° 165° 175°
September 179° 153° 191° 224°
October 297° 259° 317° 309°
November 227° 276° 254° 240°
December 290° 237° 242° 314°

Prevailing wind direction

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