Aurora Municipal-Al Potter Field

KAUH · Nebraska, United States

Climate Aurora Municipal-Al Potter Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aurora Municipal-Al Potter Field (KAUH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.6 50 69 94 57 62
February 79.8 78 80 93 76 89
March 68.9 80 68 87 73 53
April 81.3 90 89 83 84
May 75.9 84 73 69 75
June 92.0 94 94 94 92
July 87.0 88 83 81 85
August 83.7 85 87 92 92
September 84.3 86 92 86 86
October 80.1 80 98 74 81
November 83.7 90 86 90 87
December 76.9 72 68 90 80
Average 79.3 69.9 82.3 87.3 80.6 80.6

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 77.8 53 83 97 75 74
February 90.5 90 93 98 84 96
March 83.4 90 87 96 85 67
April 91.8 99 97 94 91
May 88.0 89 88 90 89
June 97.6 99 98 98 99
July 95.2 95 93 93 95
August 92.7 93 93 97 97
September 92.0 91 96 91 94
October 89.4 90 99 86 94
November 93.1 96 98 96 93
December 87.4 86 80 96 85
Average 88.9 78.6 91.9 94.6 90.7 89.6

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 -3 1 6 3 2
February 4.4 11 5 7 -4 7
March 11.5 13 9 14 14 13
April 17.7 19 18 19 18
May 23.1 26 23 22 22
June 29.9 29 29 31 32
July 29.6 29 31 30 30
August 28.4 29 30 30 30
September 26.8 28 28 28 25
October 18.0 18 21 20 17
November 11.4 13 10 14 14
December 5.1 6 3 9 6
Average 16.0 6.7 17.6 18.8 18.0 17.9

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 -8.5 -10 -7 -9 -4 -5
February -8.3 -3 -7 -9 -14 -5
March -2.8 -1 -4 -3 2 2
April 2.9 2 3 4 2
May 10.8 11 11 11 11
June 16.9 15 16 18 19
July 18.5 17 19 18 20
August 16.8 17 18 19 18
September 13.4 13 13 14 12
October 4.7 6 4 7 4
November -2.6 -1 -4 1 1
December -6.6 -4 -8 -4 -5
Average 3.9 -5.1 4.9 4.7 6.0 6.0

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 7 7 3 9 6
February 4.9 2 6 1 9 3
March 5.8 3 3 5 12 4
April 4.9 2 3 7 6
May 4.6 1 6 4 7
June 2.1 3 1 1 1
July 2.4 3 3 2 2
August 2.2 1 1 0 1
September 2.3 2 3 2 3
October 4.6 4 2 4 1
November 4.3 7 3 4 4
December 5.8 8 5 1 9
Average 4.0 3.9 3.6 2.9 4.4 3.7

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 9.8 10 9 11 10 10
February 10.5 11 11 13 7 11
March 12.1 13 12 14 12 11
April 13.2 15 17 13 12
May 10.4 9 12 11 11
June 9.4 7 10 8 12
July 6.8 6 8 7 7
August 6.7 6 6 8 8
September 8.2 7 8 8 8
October 10.2 11 10 10 10
November 10.6 11 12 10 10
December 9.9 9 13 11 8
Average 9.9 11.3 9.3 10.9 9.4 9.7

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 315° 341° 293° 326° 310°
February 292° 296° 327° 344° 317°
March 359° 341° 348° 099° 265°
April 297° 284° 312° 319°
May 137° 219° 142° 033°
June 146° 188° 173° 172°
July 101° 152° 159° 140°
August 190° 149° 154° 166°
September 176° 159° 173° 282°
October 319° 265° 316° 332°
November 261° 289° 282° 250°
December 306° 291° 301° 317°

Prevailing wind direction

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