Beech Factory Airport

KBEC · Kansas, United States

Climate Beech Factory Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Beech Factory Airport (KBEC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.9 61 78 88 68 64
February 73.6 85 87 86 65 75
March 72.0 76 73 82 75 66
April 82.4 82 90 85 82 81
May 77.7 82 74 64 77
June 93.4 96 94 86 97
July 94.1 89 96 93 90
August 90.8 98 96 91 90
September 86.3 94 95 94 78
October 75.1 77 97 88 36
November 71.9 85 79 90 30
December 75.9 63 67 91 81
Average 81.0 76.5 84.8 87.4 82.5 73.2

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 84.0 73 90 95 82 75
February 89.7 94 100 94 88 94
March 86.6 91 93 95 88 82
April 94.6 93 99 95 94 95
May 92.2 96 86 89 88
June 98.0 99 99 93 99
July 98.2 96 98 98 97
August 96.7 100 99 95 97
September 94.2 98 97 97 89
October 84.8 94 99 94 38
November 82.4 89 89 98 37
December 89.6 85 77 97 92
Average 91.3 88.3 94.9 94.3 92.9 82.8

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 6.8 4 8 8 7 7
February 8.4 15 11 9 2 9
March 15.3 18 14 16 17 16
April 20.4 22 22 21 19 20
May 24.4 26 25 22 22
June 30.6 30 31 30 32
July 32.6 33 35 31 32
August 31.9 35 35 33 31
September 29.2 31 31 31 26
October 20.9 22 23 23 19
November 13.8 15 12 15 16
December 9.9 10 8 15 10
Average 20.1 14.5 21.3 21.5 20.5 20.3

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 -4.3 -6 -2 -6 -2 -2
February -4.8 2 -3 -5 -7 -2
March 3.3 4 2 2 5 5
April 7.3 10 7 9 7 7
May 13.8 14 15 13 12
June 19.0 18 19 19 20
July 21.1 21 22 20 22
August 20.0 21 21 21 19
September 17.0 17 16 18 15
October 8.8 10 9 11 7
November 2.4 3 1 4 4
December -1.1 1 -1 1 -2
Average 8.5 2.4 9.3 8.8 9.1 9.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.8 6 7 4 6 7
February 5.8 4 1 9 11 6
March 3.9 3 3 5 6 3
April 3.5 1 4 1 5 2
May 5.3 4 8 8 8
June 1.9 1 2 4 1
July 1.8 2 3 3 3
August 1.7 0 0 1 0
September 2.9 4 3 2 3
October 4.2 6 2 3 1
November 4.3 9 4 2 3
December 2.9 5 1 0 6
Average 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.5 4.1 3.4

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 8.9 8 8 9 9 9
February 10.1 10 10 10 10 10
March 11.2 11 12 11 12 9
April 11.7 12 11 13 12 10
May 9.4 8 11 9 9
June 9.3 7 9 8 11
July 7.7 8 8 7 8
August 7.9 7 8 9 8
September 9.1 8 9 9 9
October 9.8 10 9 9 10
November 9.7 9 11 10 11
December 8.7 9 9 9 8
Average 9.5 10.7 8.9 9.8 9.4 9.3

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 238° 276° 307° 309° 297°
February 214° 222° 301° 010° 319°
March 223° 329° 233° 176° 188°
April 180° 205° 181° 232° 211°
May 148° 143° 127° 061°
June 132° 157° 164° 177°
July 181° 143° 158° 152°
August 201° 155° 168° 150°
September 165° 162° 174° 173°
October 196° 216° 243° 180°
November 181° 232° 206° 203°
December 242° 218° 202° 291°

Prevailing wind direction

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