Blair Executive Airport

KBTA · Nebraska, United States

Climate Blair Executive Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Blair Executive Airport (KBTA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 63.7 54 54 90 55 53
February 77.0 78 71 91 75 86
March 68.3 81 62 78 74 61
April 79.6 87 85 81 80 85
May 74.2 84 73 71 66
June 90.7 96 92 91 91
July 92.3 92 91 89 95
August 87.0 82 91 94 92
September 85.3 88 93 91 83
October 79.6 79 100 73 84
November 80.4 94 75 89 81
December 71.4 63 51 87 74
Average 79.1 75.6 80.0 85.0 81.1 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 78.4 63 78 96 77 67
February 89.2 92 91 98 84 97
March 84.7 93 84 94 84 77
April 92.0 92 96 93 92 93
May 88.4 91 89 90 86
June 96.0 100 97 95 98
July 96.0 95 94 96 99
August 95.4 94 97 99 98
September 92.7 96 97 95 90
October 89.0 91 100 88 91
November 93.4 99 97 97 91
December 84.2 75 70 91 86
Average 89.8 85.6 90.9 94.2 90.8 89.7

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 0.5 -3 1 2 2 1
February 3.7 11 5 5 -4 5
March 11.0 14 9 11 14 12
April 17.2 19 19 17 17 17
May 23.0 26 23 22 20
June 29.7 30 30 31 31
July 29.7 29 31 29 30
August 28.7 30 31 29 30
September 26.4 28 25 27 25
October 17.4 18 20 19 15
November 10.2 12 9 12 13
December 4.5 6 2 8 4
Average 16.0 10.0 17.6 17.7 17.2 16.9

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 -8.4 -10 -6 -11 -5 -7
February -7.1 -2 -6 -9 -12 -5
March -1.9 1 -3 -2 3 2
April 4.4 7 4 4 4 3
May 12.2 13 13 12 11
June 18.2 18 18 19 19
July 19.6 18 20 19 20
August 17.9 18 18 19 18
September 14.8 15 12 15 13
October 6.2 8 6 8 4
November -1.5 1 -2 1 1
December -5.7 -2 -6 -3 -5
Average 5.3 -2.8 6.5 5.4 6.8 6.1

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 11 6 3 12 7
February 5.6 1 4 3 11 1
March 7.6 5 7 7 7 7
April 4.8 4 4 4 4 4
May 6.5 2 8 7 14
June 2.9 2 2 2 1
July 3.8 7 3 1 2
August 4.7 3 5 1 1
September 3.3 3 2 2 5
October 6.9 5 2 5 3
November 4.3 4 6 3 4
December 7.7 13 13 1 6
Average 5.3 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.4 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 9.0 7 8 9 9 9
February 9.8 10 10 11 8 10
March 11.1 11 11 12 12 10
April 11.6 13 13 13 11 11
May 9.3 8 11 9 9
June 8.5 6 9 8 10
July 6.6 5 8 7 7
August 6.8 7 7 7 8
September 8.2 8 8 8 9
October 9.0 9 9 8 9
November 10.1 9 12 10 10
December 8.9 7 10 10 8
Average 9.2 10.5 8.3 9.9 8.7 9.2

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 302° 314° 261° 315° 283°
February 257° 260° 303° 324° 286°
March 346° 327° 330° 150° 190°
April 287° 253° 233° 285° 297°
May 138° 174° 146° 359°
June 143° 185° 174° 165°
July 148° 194° 157° 149°
August 185° 169° 155° 175°
September 169° 149° 172° 222°
October 287° 241° 266° 295°
November 214° 258° 237° 223°
December 283° 217° 243° 301°

Prevailing wind direction

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