El Dorado/Capt Jack Thomas Memorial Airport

KEQA · Kansas, United States

Climate El Dorado/Capt Jack Thomas Memorial Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of El Dorado/Capt Jack Thomas Memorial Airport (KEQA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.9 60 78 87 69 62
February 75.6 88 83 86 65 75
March 74.4 80 70 77 76 68
April 82.3 83 90 86 81 81
May 76.8 83 72 62 74
June 93.1 97 94 86 95
July 93.6 93 96 87 89
August 90.8 99 95 94 88
September 87.2 97 96 96 77
October 79.4 76 97 85 68
November 78.5 94 77 92 78
December 75.6 59 63 90 83
Average 81.6 77.9 85.1 86.5 82.0 78.7

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 84.0 69 91 94 83 74
February 89.8 94 98 94 87 95
March 90.0 94 91 93 88 81
April 93.6 93 98 96 92 93
May 92.3 94 86 92 89
June 98.4 100 98 96 99
July 98.0 97 99 94 98
August 96.7 100 99 99 94
September 94.5 98 98 98 88
October 92.0 94 97 94 87
November 91.4 95 90 98 92
December 89.2 83 71 97 95
Average 92.3 87.6 95.0 93.7 93.2 90.4

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 7.9 5 10 10 8 8
February 10.4 16 12 10 3 10
March 16.7 19 15 16 18 17
April 21.6 23 24 22 21 21
May 24.8 26 25 23 23
June 29.8 31 31 32 33
July 29.7 34 36 32 33
August 32.5 36 36 33 32
September 30.0 32 32 31 27
October 21.9 23 24 24 20
November 15.2 20 14 17 18
December 11.1 11 10 16 11
Average 20.4 15.6 23.0 22.5 21.5 21.3

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 -5 -1 -5 -1 -1
February -2.3 3 -2 -4 -7 -1
March 4.1 5 3 3 6 6
April 8.1 10 7 9 7 7
May 12.4 12 11 13 13
June 12.0 5 11 19 21
July 15.1 10 20 21 22
August 19.0 17 15 22 19
September 17.3 18 16 18 15
October 9.4 11 9 11 8
November 3.1 6 2 4 5
December -1.9 2 0 2 -1
Average 7.5 3.1 7.4 7.4 9.7 9.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.1 9 4 4 5 6
February 5.3 3 2 7 17 7
March 3.7 3 2 6 6 3
April 4.3 3 3 1 7 2
May 7.6 5 11 10 11
June 3.4 4 4 7 2
July 2.8 4 3 4 5
August 2.6 2 1 2 1
September 3.3 4 2 3 4
October 4.5 7 2 4 2
November 2.9 0 5 1 3
December 2.3 5 1 0 3
Average 4.0 4.2 3.5 4.0 5.4 4.0

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 9.4 8 9 9 10 10
February 10.4 11 11 10 10 10
March 12.0 13 12 12 13 10
April 12.7 13 13 15 12 11
May 9.9 9 12 10 9
June 9.4 7 9 8 12
July 7.7 8 8 7 8
August 8.0 8 8 9 8
September 9.1 9 10 9 9
October 10.6 12 10 10 11
November 10.5 10 12 11 12
December 9.5 10 10 10 9
Average 10.1 11.5 9.6 10.4 9.8 9.7

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 281° 277° 308° 306° 297°
February 228° 223° 306° 019° 321°
March 218° 262° 251° 182° 191°
April 190° 217° 195° 244° 232°
May 154° 146° 138° 074°
June 143° 169° 180° 184°
July 192° 154° 170° 164°
August 218° 164° 179° 164°
September 172° 165° 187° 181°
October 251° 228° 249° 203°
November 187° 231° 219° 204°
December 244° 224° 211° 295°

Prevailing wind direction

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