Broken Bow Municipal/Keith Glaze Field

KBBW · Nebraska, United States

Climate Broken Bow Municipal/Keith Glaze Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Broken Bow Municipal/Keith Glaze Field (KBBW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.3 61 63 88 60 78
February 79.2 68 81 90 81 87
March 63.7 82 66 79 71 59
April 83.2 81 92 91 82 89
May 77.3 79 81 69 80
June 93.0 90 94 98 95
July 90.0 93 87 83 94
August 86.5 86 84 94 93
September 85.4 79 96 88 93
October 80.8 75 97 84 85
November 81.9 83 82 91 92
December 76.8 70 57 91 79
Average 80.4 73.5 79.9 86.4 82.8 85.6

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 83.1 67 78 99 79 89
February 90.6 80 89 97 94 96
March 77.9 85 83 91 88 73
April 93.4 94 97 98 96 95
May 89.1 86 93 91 89
June 97.7 97 97 100 99
July 95.0 97 92 91 97
August 93.7 94 92 97 96
September 93.3 86 97 95 99
October 90.4 83 98 92 95
November 91.1 87 92 97 96
December 86.4 79 72 95 91
Average 89.6 82.1 88.3 93.8 93.0 93.0

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 2.2 -1 0 6 3 3
February 3.9 11 3 7 -3 6
March 10.9 12 8 12 14 12
April 17.3 18 19 18 18 17
May 21.9 24 23 21 20
June 29.5 28 31 31 31
July 30.3 30 31 30 31
August 29.7 31 32 30 31
September 27.2 28 30 29 26
October 17.2 17 21 20 16
November 11.7 13 10 15 15
December 5.6 8 4 9 7
Average 16.4 10.0 17.4 19.1 18.0 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 -9.8 -11 -8 -10 -5 -7
February -9.4 -3 -8 -10 -14 -7
March -3.5 -3 -4 -4 -1 0
April 1.6 4 1 2 1 0
May 9.2 10 9 10 9
June 15.7 15 16 16 17
July 17.6 16 18 18 18
August 16.0 17 16 17 16
September 12.1 12 11 12 10
October 2.9 4 3 5 2
November -4.9 -3 -6 -1 -2
December -7.6 -4 -8 -6 -6
Average 3.0 -4.6 4.0 3.5 4.3 4.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.1 14 15 5 5 8
February 7.2 8 10 4 8 7
March 6.8 3 4 9 11 8
April 6.1 7 3 4 6 7
May 6.9 4 8 3 8
June 2.5 3 3 2 2
July 2.5 4 6 2 1
August 2.1 3 1 1 1
September 2.8 2 2 4 4
October 5.7 6 1 3 3
November 5.1 12 3 3 3
December 9.2 17 18 2 5
Average 5.5 7.7 6.4 4.9 4.1 4.5

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 10.0 10 9 12 11 9
February 10.4 11 10 13 8 11
March 11.6 12 12 13 12 12
April 13.6 13 15 17 12 13
May 10.2 10 10 10 10
June 9.6 7 10 9 12
July 6.9 6 8 8 5
August 7.6 7 8 8 8
September 8.9 8 8 9 9
October 10.5 10 11 10 11
November 10.5 9 12 10 11
December 10.3 10 13 10 10
Average 10.1 11.5 9.4 11.0 9.7 10.0

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 314° 333° 294° 311° 295°
February 292° 311° 312° 296° 312°
March 340° 336° 340° 328° 259°
April 318° 307° 294° 327° 315°
May 121° 301° 128° 039°
June 130° 162° 168° 150°
July 104° 143° 150° 145°
August 206° 140° 154° 162°
September 160° 142° 175° 261°
October 325° 286° 296° 307°
November 280° 315° 287° 250°
December 311° 309° 307° 320°

Prevailing wind direction

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