Marshall Army Air Field

KFRI · Kansas, United States

Climate Marshall Army Air Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Marshall Army Air Field (KFRI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.9 43 64 85 73 63
February 78.0 67 84 91 76 85
March 71.6 69 66 78 78 62
April 83.6 83 88 88 83 82
May 80.4 88 69 73 79
June 94.8 95 91 96 96
July 91.8 88 81 91 91
August 92.6 93 91 98 98
September 87.2 88 93 92 82
October 81.3 81 92 87 78
November 80.4 73 76 93 88
December 76.6 54 66 93 86
Average 81.1 65.7 80.1 83.8 86.3 82.7

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 82.3 56 81 93 90 82
February 89.9 75 95 96 93 94
March 89.3 82 87 94 92 83
April 95.0 95 98 98 96 96
May 93.2 95 86 95 96
June 98.5 97 97 99 100
July 97.6 95 95 98 97
August 96.9 98 94 100 99
September 95.6 96 98 98 91
October 93.5 96 96 98 92
November 92.5 81 92 98 99
December 89.0 76 72 99 96
Average 91.6 77.0 91.4 93.2 96.4 93.9

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 3 7 7 8 6
February 9.1 16 11 9 1 9
March 15.0 16 13 15 17 16
April 20.5 22 22 21 20 20
May 25.1 27 25 23 23
June 31.6 31 32 32 33
July 32.7 33 33 32 32
August 31.9 35 33 34 31
September 29.3 31 30 30 27
October 20.6 21 23 23 19
November 13.7 15 13 16 17
December 9.3 10 8 14 10
Average 19.7 14.2 21.2 21.2 20.9 20.1

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 -6.6 -7 -4 -8 -3 -4
February -5.3 0 -5 -7 -10 -4
March 1.8 1 1 0 4 4
April 6.2 6 6 6 7 6
May 12.9 13 13 13 12
June 19.1 18 20 20 21
July 21.1 21 22 20 21
August 19.5 21 19 21 19
September 16.6 16 15 18 13
October 7.4 8 7 9 6
November 0.8 1 0 2 3
December -3.0 -1 -3 -1 -4
Average 6.8 -1.8 7.9 7.3 8.5 7.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.5 17 6 7 8 5
February 7.1 6 8 9 11 6
March 6.4 4 8 11 7 4
April 5.3 5 3 3 6 6
May 5.9 5 14 7 6
June 2.6 6 7 1 1
July 3.4 3 5 2 4
August 2.8 4 4 1 2
September 3.7 6 6 1 7
October 5.1 6 3 2 2
November 5.3 15 6 0 3
December 6.5 20 4 0 4
Average 5.3 8.0 7.0 6.6 3.6 3.9

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 7.3 4 7 8 8 8
February 8.2 5 9 9 9 8
March 9.5 7 10 10 11 9
April 10.3 10 11 12 10 9
May 8.1 8 10 8 8
June 8.0 6 8 6 10
July 7.0 7 7 6 7
August 6.3 6 6 8 6
September 7.8 7 8 8 8
October 8.3 9 7 8 9
November 8.4 7 10 8 9
December 7.4 7 8 8 7
Average 8.0 6.7 7.7 8.6 8.1 8.0

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 285° 314° 310° 303° 293°
February 205° 222° 317° 022° 339°
March 354° 335° 340° 179° 212°
April 181° 227° 194° 256° 286°
May 125° 126° 144° 062°
June 108° 167° 178° 184°
July 099° 105° 146° 132°
August 265° 121° 178° 157°
September 156° 141° 206° 194°
October 254° 212° 274° 237°
November 186° 254° 243° 220°
December 246° 211° 234° 282°

Prevailing wind direction

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