Vance Air Force Base

KEND · Oklahoma, United States

Climate Vance Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Vance Air Force Base (KEND) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.7 63 82 85 78 74
February 77.8 83 88 79 65 80
March 78.1 73 75 82 78 70
April 84.9 80 90 86 84
May 81.0 81 74 68 89
June 93.6 91 93 88 98
July 95.7 90 96 97 94
August 94.6 98 97 96 95
September 90.0 92 94 98 82
October 83.2 78 95 92 76
November 80.5 77 71 91 85
December 80.0 66 66 92 83
Average 83.9 72.6 83.4 85.9 86.3 84.7

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 88.4 72 93 90 90 84
February 88.5 89 97 90 78 94
March 91.9 86 92 96 89 84
April 93.2 87 98 95 96
May 92.8 92 86 90 99
June 96.9 99 96 93 100
July 97.4 94 97 100 96
August 97.8 99 100 100 97
September 95.4 96 98 100 94
October 91.9 90 97 97 86
November 90.9 87 82 98 94
December 90.0 84 70 97 91
Average 92.1 82.3 92.4 92.5 94.1 93.1

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 9.6 7 11 11 8 11
February 11.6 17 13 12 4 11
March 17.7 19 16 19 19 18
April 21.9 23 24 21 22
May 26.4 26 28 24 26
June 32.7 31 34 32 34
July 34.6 34 38 33 34
August 33.3 35 35 34 32
September 30.7 32 33 33 28
October 22.6 23 25 25 22
November 15.9 17 14 18 18
December 11.8 13 11 18 11
Average 21.5 14.3 22.8 24.1 22.6 22.1

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 -3.2 -4 -1 -6 -1 -1
February -2.5 3 -1 -4 -6 -1
March 4.3 6 3 3 5 6
April 7.9 7 9 8 7
May 14.3 15 16 14 14
June 19.5 19 21 19 19
July 21.8 21 24 21 22
August 21.0 21 21 22 20
September 17.9 18 17 18 15
October 9.7 10 10 12 8
November 3.2 4 2 4 5
December -1.8 2 1 1 -2
Average 8.6 1.3 9.9 9.7 9.9 9.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.7 8 8 6 3 5
February 9.5 6 4 14 21 8
March 5.3 3 4 8 8 8
April 4.6 10 1 4 2
May 10.5 8 11 7 10
June 3.7 2 4 5 6
July 2.4 3 6 2 3
August 3.6 1 3 1 2
September 5.1 3 0 0 5
October 5.5 8 3 1 6
November 5.5 7 13 1 1
December 3.7 1 2 0 6
Average 5.4 5.5 5.0 5.7 4.1 4.9

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 10.9 10 10 11 12 11
February 11.4 12 12 12 10 11
March 12.8 12 13 14 14 11
April 13.3 13 16 13 12
May 10.6 8 13 10 10
June 11.0 8 12 10 13
July 9.2 9 10 9 10
August 8.9 8 8 10 9
September 10.2 9 10 11 9
October 11.5 12 11 11 11
November 11.0 10 12 11 12
December 10.4 11 10 11 10
Average 11.0 11.3 10.2 11.7 10.9 10.7

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 026° 282° 358° 313° 010°
February 223° 228° 340° 005° 343°
March 192° 354° 312° 182° 140°
April 182° 170° 155° 166°
May 147° 144° 113° 073°
June 123° 161° 160° 173°
July 161° 162° 159° 141°
August 159° 148° 164° 134°
September 144° 161° 167° 160°
October 061° 218° 189° 153°
November 172° 159° 183° 184°
December 246° 209° 180° 308°

Prevailing wind direction

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