Climate Buckeye Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Buckeye Municipal Airport (KBXK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	96.3	90	97	100	90	98
February	95.7	98	96	99	82	98
March	98.5	98	98	99	99	97
April	98.7		97	99	98	97
May	98.4		98	99	98	98
June	97.2		89	99	98	98
July	98.4		98	98	97	99
August	98.7		99	98	100	98
September	89.3		97	99	35	98
October	97.8		97	99	99	96
November	91.3		97	98	98	96
December	95.4		95	92	96	93
Average	96.3	95.5	96.5	98.4	90.6	97.2

48th best VFR conditions of United States

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	98.0	94	99	100	90	99
February	96.9	99	99	99	82	100
March	99.4	99	99	100	99	99
April	99.1		98	100	99	98
May	99.1		98	99	99	99
June	97.8		92	99	99	99
July	98.8		99	98	99	99
August	99.3		99	98	100	99
September	89.8		98	99	35	99
October	98.5		99	100	99	97
November	92.0		98	98	99	97
December	97.3		99	96	97	93
Average	97.2	97.4	98.0	98.8	91.2	98.0

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	18.2	17	16	19	16	19
February	20.2	20	19	21	22	21
March	24.4	24	22	27	25	23
April	30.7		31	31	31	30
May	34.0		34	35	35	37
June	39.5		37	40	41	39
July	41.6		44	41	40	43
August	40.6		41	39	40	43
September	34.7		38	37	19	39
October	30.8		33	30	30	34
November	22.9		25	21	27	26
December	18.6		20	16	20	19
Average	28.8	20.3	29.9	30.3	29.7	31.0

28th highest temperature of United States

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	4.4	4	4	5	0	3
February	4.8	7	5	5	1	4
March	8.7	9	7	10	6	8
April	12.6		11	13	12	12
May	16.4		17	14	17	18
June	21.8		18	22	23	22
July	26.8		27	27	27	26
August	26.9		28	26	26	27
September	20.8		21	23	10	23
October	14.4		16	16	14	12
November	7.0		9	6	10	4
December	4.3		5	5	6	0
Average	13.4	6.6	14.1	14.7	13.9	13.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

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	4.8	5	5	4	6	4
February	5.8	5	8	6	5	5
March	5.7	6	5	7	7	6
April	6.1		6	6	6	5
May	5.7		6	6	5	5
June	5.2		5	5	5	6
July	5.5		5	5	6	5
August	5.2		6	5	5	5
September	4.9		5	5	3	6
October	5.3		5	6	6	5
November	4.4		6	5	5	4
December	4.2		4	3	4	5
Average	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.1	5.0

28th highest wind speed of United States

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	104°	097°	082°	109°	086°
February	148°	130°	126°	270°	095°
March	177°	183°	207°	187°	162°
April		189°	204°	194°	187°
May		168°	206°	196°	183°
June		182°	175°	199°	187°
July		208°	211°	153°	195°
August		160°	164°	140°	187°
September		158°	117°	127°	125°
October		125°	108°	133°	143°
November		108°	100°	115°	141°
December		103°	112°	123°	093°

Prevailing wind direction

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