Ainsworth Regional Airport

KANW · Nebraska, United States

Climate Ainsworth Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ainsworth Regional Airport (KANW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.5 72 69 88 61 79
February 78.0 70 85 83 82 83
March 69.1 76 62 81 72 65
April 78.6 79 86 80 75 86
May 78.0 85 89 73 76
June 92.4 89 93 99 95
July 90.6 92 93 82 95
August 87.6 89 85 92 95
September 84.5 83 95 88 92
October 81.4 78 96 82 83
November 82.1 93 77 93 92
December 75.8 77 59 85 77
Average 80.7 74.6 82.5 86.1 82.1 84.9

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 83.9 78 74 98 82 85
February 88.9 83 90 94 93 91
March 82.4 86 78 95 85 78
April 90.2 90 96 95 91 92
May 88.5 90 97 92 88
June 96.5 96 95 100 98
July 95.6 97 96 91 99
August 94.7 97 92 95 98
September 92.1 90 97 94 97
October 89.5 83 98 91 92
November 92.3 94 95 99 98
December 84.8 81 65 91 91
Average 89.6 84.5 89.3 94.1 92.1 92.4

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 1.7 -2 -1 5 3 3
February 2.6 9 2 6 -3 6
March 9.2 11 6 11 13 11
April 15.0 16 16 15 15 16
May 20.5 23 21 20 19
June 27.9 27 29 30 29
July 30.3 29 33 30 30
August 28.8 30 32 29 31
September 25.7 27 28 27 26
October 15.8 16 19 18 15
November 10.7 13 8 14 14
December 4.3 7 0 7 7
Average 15.1 8.3 16.2 17.7 17.0 17.1

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 -9.3 -11 -9 -10 -5 -7
February -10.9 -3 -8 -10 -14 -6
March -4.9 -3 -6 -4 -1 -1
April 1.1 3 1 0 1 1
May 8.3 10 8 8 8
June 14.5 14 15 15 16
July 17.2 16 17 17 19
August 15.7 16 17 15 17
September 12.1 12 12 13 11
October 2.9 3 4 5 2
November -3.5 -2 -6 0 -1
December -7.6 -4 -10 -7 -6
Average 2.6 -4.4 3.7 3.1 4.0 4.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.1 7 8 3 11 8
February 10.1 7 2 7 15 5
March 6.1 3 6 1 9 7
April 5.9 7 2 6 9 5
May 6.7 3 3 3 7
June 1.9 1 1 2 1
July 1.5 3 1 1 1
August 1.5 3 1 1 1
September 2.1 1 1 5 1
October 3.6 4 2 0 4
November 3.6 4 2 3 2
December 9.4 11 16 6 4
Average 4.9 5.8 3.7 2.9 5.1 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 9.4 9 8 13 10 9
February 10.0 10 11 12 8 11
March 11.0 11 10 13 12 12
April 12.6 13 14 16 13 12
May 9.8 9 10 9 10
June 9.1 7 10 9 11
July 7.8 6 9 8 9
August 7.9 8 9 8 8
September 8.7 8 9 8 10
October 10.5 10 10 10 10
November 10.1 10 11 10 10
December 10.0 9 11 10 10
Average 9.8 10.7 9.1 10.8 9.5 10.1

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 300° 304° 297° 300° 276°
February 293° 283° 309° 283° 301°
March 328° 316° 333° 299° 287°
April 326° 322° 305° 327° 310°
May 176° 280° 130° 105°
June 186° 202° 203° 176°
July 182° 198° 163° 164°
August 233° 189° 178° 180°
September 189° 212° 224° 273°
October 316° 298° 293° 304°
November 296° 303° 296° 255°
December 304° 301° 287° 312°

Prevailing wind direction

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