Emporia Municipal Airport

KEMP · Kansas, United States

Climate Emporia Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Emporia Municipal Airport (KEMP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.7 46 66 84 68 55
February 76.1 80 83 85 64 84
March 70.1 78 65 69 75 62
April 80.8 78 87 81 82 78
May 74.5 80 66 65 61
June 93.3 94 91 89 93
July 91.6 90 91 89 87
August 88.5 93 89 92 89
September 85.9 90 91 94 76
October 79.8 75 96 84 72
November 78.1 77 74 92 77
December 72.6 51 54 89 84
Average 79.3 70.5 79.5 81.6 82.0 76.7

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 78.2 52 81 90 85 69
February 87.8 89 97 88 78 94
March 86.8 89 86 86 88 78
April 92.4 89 97 91 94 92
May 88.6 89 81 92 78
June 97.6 97 96 96 99
July 96.5 97 95 95 96
August 95.3 96 96 97 96
September 91.8 94 93 96 86
October 92.8 92 97 95 94
November 89.5 82 87 99 88
December 86.6 73 65 97 94
Average 89.6 79.6 90.4 89.6 92.8 88.7

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 6.1 2 8 8 7 6
February 9.0 15 12 9 2 9
March 15.2 18 14 16 17 16
April 20.4 23 22 21 20 19
May 24.3 26 25 22 22
June 30.5 31 30 31 32
July 32.4 33 34 32 32
August 31.6 35 34 33 31
September 28.8 31 30 30 27
October 20.8 22 23 23 19
November 13.8 15 13 16 17
December 9.9 10 8 15 10
Average 19.5 14.1 21.5 21.3 20.7 20.0

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 -5.3 -7 -3 -6 -2 -3
February -4.4 1 -3 -5 -9 -3
March 2.8 4 2 2 5 5
April 7.0 9 7 8 7 6
May 13.4 13 14 13 12
June 18.9 18 20 20 20
July 20.5 21 22 21 22
August 19.5 20 20 21 19
September 16.3 16 15 17 14
October 8.2 9 8 11 7
November 1.4 2 0 3 4
December -2.3 1 -1 1 -2
Average 7.4 1.5 8.6 8.3 9.1 8.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.3 18 4 7 7 4
February 6.6 9 5 9 16 6
March 7.1 5 9 16 8 4
April 5.5 5 2 3 5 8
May 8.0 7 15 12 10
June 2.7 3 5 5 2
July 2.4 1 4 3 4
August 2.8 2 2 1 1
September 4.1 5 3 3 4
October 7.0 9 4 9 4
November 6.1 12 6 0 2
December 4.2 12 2 0 3
Average 5.6 9.2 5.9 6.5 5.7 4.4

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 9.8 9 9 10 10 10
February 10.7 11 11 11 11 10
March 11.9 13 12 12 13 10
April 12.4 14 13 14 12 10
May 9.3 8 11 9 9
June 8.9 6 8 8 11
July 7.5 8 7 7 8
August 7.5 7 5 9 8
September 8.9 9 7 9 9
October 10.2 11 9 10 11
November 10.1 9 11 10 12
December 9.8 10 10 10 9
Average 9.9 11.5 9.3 9.4 9.8 9.6

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 296° 288° 300° 292° 273°
February 223° 208° 302° 010° 323°
March 202° 295° 311° 168° 182°
April 194° 211° 189° 231° 245°
May 151° 140° 143° 079°
June 123° 168° 178° 181°
July 154° 138° 153° 149°
August 231° 126° 167° 158°
September 155° 154° 183° 180°
October 243° 218° 247° 204°
November 175° 238° 214° 201°
December 235° 197° 206° 293°

Prevailing wind direction

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