Western Nebraska Regional/WM B Heilig Field/Scottsbluff

KBFF · Nebraska, United States

Climate Western Nebraska Regional/WM B Heilig Field/Scottsbluff 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Western Nebraska Regional/WM B Heilig Field/Scottsbluff (KBFF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 86.6 83 71 87 86 94
February 81.8 76 89 85 72 88
March 81.5 81 74 87 83 78
April 87.3 87 90 91 83 92
May 80.3 75 81 83 85
June 93.3 79 96 100 100
July 91.2 83 94 91 95
August 93.8 96 94 88 100
September 88.8 87 93 94 96
October 87.9 86 96 90 85
November 88.0 92 88 90 95
December 86.7 92 73 90 93
Average 86.8 81.9 83.9 89.3 87.8 91.6

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 91.6 88 79 91 94 97
February 89.1 83 94 90 85 95
March 90.9 94 87 93 90 90
April 94.3 97 97 95 91 96
May 92.7 90 92 92 96
June 98.3 94 99 100 100
July 96.7 91 98 96 99
August 97.5 98 99 94 100
September 96.3 96 98 98 100
October 95.1 92 99 95 97
November 94.0 95 91 95 98
December 93.2 99 76 96 99
Average 93.9 90.8 92.5 94.0 93.9 97.2

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 5.0 3 2 7 7 8
February 5.8 10 6 7 -1 7
March 12.1 14 9 13 12 13
April 17.6 19 18 18 18 18
May 21.7 24 22 21 23
June 29.8 26 31 33 32
July 33.0 31 35 34 34
August 32.0 32 34 33 35
September 28.1 28 30 30 27
October 17.8 19 20 20 17
November 12.5 14 9 16 15
December 6.9 10 1 10 9
Average 17.7 11.1 18.2 19.4 19.4 19.7

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 -9.7 -12 -8 -8 -6 -7
February -9.7 -4 -7 -9 -12 -7
March -3.0 -2 -4 -3 -3 -2
April 0.5 3 0 0 -1 -1
May 7.0 9 6 7 8
June 12.8 13 13 14 14
July 16.5 15 17 17 17
August 14.6 15 16 13 15
September 10.1 11 10 10 8
October 0.9 2 2 3 0
November -4.4 -4 -6 -1 -3
December -7.2 -5 -10 -5 -7
Average 1.9 -4.0 3.1 2.9 3.2 2.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.0 10 19 10 2 3
February 10.9 15 10 10 16 6
March 6.9 8 10 9 7 4
April 7.4 7 7 5 11 6
May 8.1 8 9 6 6
June 2.3 5 1 2 2
July 1.2 3 1 1 1
August 1.2 2 1 1 0
September 2.6 2 2 2 1
October 5.5 8 3 7 5
November 3.8 7 1 1 2
December 7.3 3 23 5 1
Average 5.7 9.8 6.7 5.3 4.9 3.1

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 8.8 8 7 10 10 10
February 10.1 9 11 12 10 11
March 10.4 10 12 11 9 11
April 11.4 12 11 15 10 10
May 9.3 9 10 9 10
June 8.0 7 8 8 9
July 7.2 7 7 8 8
August 7.1 7 7 7 7
September 7.3 7 7 7 8
October 9.2 8 9 9 9
November 8.9 8 10 10 8
December 10.1 11 11 10 10
Average 9.0 9.8 8.6 9.7 8.9 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 311° 328° 305° 309° 296°
February 300° 305° 306° 309° 302°
March 307° 321° 319° 316° 297°
April 312° 315° 305° 320° 319°
May 105° 287° 105° 102°
June 113° 297° 105° 306°
July 083° 098° 104° 125°
August 280° 082° 070° 112°
September 005° 057° 297° 312°
October 327° 310° 321° 309°
November 303° 315° 295° 287°
December 301° 310° 282° 305°

Prevailing wind direction

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