Clinton/Sherman Airport

KCSM · Oklahoma, United States

Climate Clinton/Sherman Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Clinton/Sherman Airport (KCSM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.5 64 84 87 79 78
February 77.9 83 86 80 69 84
March 81.6 85 81 85 84 69
April 82.6 84 88 83 87
May 80.3 80 82 70 87
June 92.3 85 91 87 97
July 96.9 94 97 95 97
August 94.3 99 95 94 98
September 87.9 83 99 99 84
October 85.6 83 96 94 77
November 81.1 81 66 89 90
December 83.3 77 68 95 87
Average 84.6 77.3 84.8 87.0 86.6 86.5

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 87.2 72 91 94 93 84
February 86.2 91 94 90 79 94
March 90.9 90 92 94 92 79
April 91.5 92 98 91 96
May 91.0 88 89 88 95
June 96.3 92 96 93 99
July 98.6 99 98 97 99
August 97.0 99 97 98 99
September 94.2 93 100 100 93
October 93.2 94 98 98 83
November 88.8 87 79 94 95
December 91.2 91 74 100 91
Average 91.5 84.2 92.7 93.0 93.6 92.5

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 10.1 7 12 12 9 11
February 11.8 15 13 12 4 11
March 17.8 18 16 18 18 18
April 21.9 22 25 20 21
May 26.6 27 29 24 27
June 32.4 31 33 32 33
July 35.0 35 38 33 35
August 33.8 36 34 34 34
September 30.1 32 32 33 27
October 22.4 24 23 25 22
November 15.8 16 13 18 18
December 12.1 13 11 18 12
Average 21.4 13.2 23.1 23.8 22.5 22.5

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 -2.0 -4 -1 -4 0 -1
February -2.9 3 0 -3 -6 -1
March 4.4 5 3 3 5 7
April 7.9 7 10 7 8
May 14.0 15 16 14 14
June 19.8 18 21 20 20
July 21.8 21 24 21 22
August 21.2 21 22 22 20
September 17.8 19 18 19 14
October 9.8 11 11 11 8
November 3.7 5 2 5 6
December 0.4 2 1 3 -1
Average 8.8 1.2 10.2 10.2 10.1 9.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.9 7 5 3 1 6
February 5.4 12 2 9 7 4
March 3.7 5 5 5 4 6
April 2.7 4 1 3 1
May 3.1 5 5 6 1
June 1.7 4 1 3 0
July 0.8 1 1 1 3
August 1.4 0 4 1 0
September 3.1 6 1 1 4
October 4.8 2 7 1 5
November 4.7 5 12 2 3
December 3.8 8 7 0 6
Average 3.6 7.8 3.7 4.4 2.4 2.9

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 12.5 11 12 11 13 13
February 13.6 14 14 14 14 13
March 13.7 13 14 14 16 12
April 14.1 13 17 14 14
May 12.0 9 14 12 13
June 12.1 8 13 10 15
July 9.7 10 11 7 11
August 10.0 10 10 10 10
September 11.3 11 11 12 10
October 12.9 14 11 13 12
November 12.6 12 14 13 13
December 12.6 12 12 14 13
Average 12.3 12.5 11.4 12.7 12.1 12.3

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 284° 248° 296° 321° 270°
February 240° 219° 323° 019° 324°
March 197° 169° 278° 191° 145°
April 170° 185° 163° 184°
May 149° 160° 135° 120°
June 120° 163° 168° 180°
July 178° 173° 164° 151°
August 149° 172° 173° 154°
September 158° 172° 174° 152°
October 189° 190° 192° 152°
November 199° 230° 200° 191°
December 256° 209° 207° 325°

Prevailing wind direction

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