Dodge City Regional Airport

KDDC · Kansas, United States

Climate Dodge City Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dodge City Regional Airport (KDDC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.0 63 71 89 78 81
February 79.2 80 88 90 65 80
March 79.4 79 75 91 80 70
April 86.4 85 95 85 90
May 78.3 79 74 71 80
June 91.0 80 96 89 95
July 91.2 88 89 93 88
August 90.4 94 94 92 90
September 85.2 78 91 97 79
October 85.2 92 95 93 83
November 81.3 76 84 91 87
December 82.1 65 86 98 81
Average 83.2 73.9 81.0 89.2 86.0 83.8

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 84.9 69 83 90 91 82
February 88.0 88 97 92 84 87
March 88.7 89 85 97 89 78
April 92.4 92 97 91 95
May 87.6 88 83 85 90
June 94.5 88 98 92 99
July 95.2 92 93 96 95
August 95.6 99 98 95 96
September 91.7 84 94 99 90
October 92.5 98 97 98 90
November 90.2 85 92 98 93
December 88.9 77 86 98 89
Average 90.1 82.3 88.9 93.1 92.8 90.5

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 7.6 4 8 8 9 8
February 10.0 15 12 10 4 9
March 15.9 18 14 16 16 16
April 20.8 22 22 20 21
May 25.3 26 27 23 25
June 31.8 28 33 32 34
July 33.9 33 37 33 33
August 33.2 34 35 34 33
September 30.2 31 32 32 29
October 21.5 23 24 23 21
November 14.7 16 13 16 16
December 10.3 11 9 15 9
Average 20.2 11.9 21.4 22.5 21.5 21.2

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 -6.6 -7 -5 -8 -4 -4
February -5.1 0 -5 -7 -9 -3
March 0.6 1 -1 -1 2 3
April 4.9 5 6 5 4
May 11.6 13 11 11 11
June 17.6 17 18 20 18
July 19.8 20 21 20 20
August 18.6 19 19 19 18
September 15.3 16 15 16 13
October 6.3 7 7 8 5
November 0.3 1 -1 2 3
December -4.4 -1 -4 -3 -3
Average 5.7 -2.0 7.1 6.7 7.3 7.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.7 5 9 9 2 3
February 4.4 5 1 8 11 4
March 3.6 4 3 4 8 4
April 4.0 8 1 2 2
May 4.7 8 8 6 2
June 2.0 4 4 1 1
July 1.7 1 6 1 1
August 1.1 1 1 1 1
September 2.7 5 2 0 6
October 3.8 2 1 4 1
November 4.1 8 8 4 3
December 4.1 14 0 0 6
Average 3.5 4.6 5.0 4.2 3.1 2.6

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 11.2 11 11 12 12 11
February 12.2 12 13 13 12 12
March 13.7 13 14 14 15 13
April 14.3 14 16 14 13
May 12.1 12 14 12 13
June 12.0 9 13 10 16
July 9.9 9 11 10 10
August 10.1 9 9 12 10
September 11.9 10 10 13 11
October 11.8 13 11 11 12
November 12.1 11 15 11 13
December 11.5 10 14 11 11
Average 11.9 11.9 11.2 12.5 11.9 12.0

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 300° 322° 326° 318° 313°
February 273° 283° 346° 045° 326°
March 007° 353° 345° 220° 175°
April 230° 231° 289° 329°
May 153° 123° 149° 088°
June 149° 172° 171° 189°
July 181° 156° 160° 147°
August 176° 157° 175° 161°
September 172° 166° 179° 179°
October 210° 227° 232° 194°
November 258° 275° 281° 203°
December 299° 262° 244° 322°

Prevailing wind direction

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