Beatrice Municipal Airport

KBIE · Nebraska, United States

Climate Beatrice Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Beatrice Municipal Airport (KBIE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.7 52 65 92 62 54
February 80.3 82 83 94 74 87
March 69.5 78 67 81 74 58
April 82.1 85 92 85 83 83
May 78.4 86 76 70 75
June 93.1 96 96 92 94
July 91.2 91 84 90 88
August 87.2 82 94 96 93
September 84.5 87 92 89 79
October 80.5 83 99 78 79
November 84.2 92 82 90 84
December 76.7 69 65 88 78
Average 80.8 74.8 83.0 87.3 82.5 79.7

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 78.6 57 86 95 82 72
February 90.8 92 94 100 84 94
March 86.5 95 87 96 84 74
April 93.8 94 100 97 96 93
May 91.1 95 89 92 89
June 97.8 99 100 96 99
July 97.1 98 93 97 96
August 95.4 91 99 99 100
September 92.8 95 96 97 89
October 91.0 95 100 92 90
November 94.2 95 100 96 95
December 90.0 86 77 95 92
Average 91.1 85.2 93.4 95.5 92.8 90.4

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 2.6 -2 3 5 4 3
February 6.1 13 8 8 -3 7
March 12.7 14 11 13 15 14
April 18.9 21 21 19 18 19
May 24.0 26 24 22 22
June 30.4 31 30 31 31
July 31.0 30 31 31 30
August 30.3 31 32 32 30
September 28.1 29 29 29 26
October 18.9 20 21 21 17
November 11.9 14 11 14 15
December 6.7 7 5 11 7
Average 17.6 11.5 19.2 19.5 18.8 18.3

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 -8.9 -10 -6 -10 -4 -6
February -7.6 -2 -6 -9 -12 -5
March 0.3 1 -2 -2 3 3
April 4.7 5 5 5 5 4
May 12.3 13 13 12 11
June 17.8 16 18 18 19
July 19.8 19 20 19 20
August 18.5 19 18 20 18
September 14.9 14 14 15 12
October 6.2 8 5 8 4
November -1.2 0 -2 1 1
December -5.5 -2 -5 -3 -6
Average 5.4 -2.5 6.5 5.8 6.7 6.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.7 8 6 4 10 5
February 4.6 2 1 1 10 3
March 4.9 2 4 5 10 5
April 4.4 3 1 3 5 5
May 4.3 4 8 3 6
June 1.8 2 1 0 1
July 2.5 3 4 2 2
August 2.6 4 2 1 0
September 2.8 2 3 1 6
October 4.7 2 3 5 0
November 3.6 9 0 3 4
December 5.2 10 4 0 4
Average 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.8 3.3

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 8.7 8 8 9 9 9
February 9.6 9 9 11 8 10
March 11.1 11 11 12 12 10
April 11.8 12 13 14 11 11
May 9.0 8 10 9 10
June 7.9 6 4 7 11
July 6.6 6 7 6 7
August 6.6 6 6 8 7
September 8.1 8 7 8 9
October 9.2 10 8 9 9
November 9.6 9 12 9 11
December 8.7 8 10 9 8
Average 9.0 10.1 8.4 9.0 8.7 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 318° 330° 292° 323° 305°
February 273° 282° 319° 360° 316°
March 002° 335° 348° 162° 222°
April 280° 270° 252° 283° 316°
May 159° 168° 144° 023°
June 148° 210° 167° 176°
July 108° 167° 157° 142°
August 120° 168° 164° 166°
September 180° 169° 190° 234°
October 308° 254° 314° 324°
November 228° 279° 261° 231°
December 293° 250° 246° 310°

Prevailing wind direction

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