Henry Post Army Air Field (Fort Sill)

KFSI · Oklahoma, United States

Climate Henry Post Army Air Field (Fort Sill) 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Henry Post Army Air Field (Fort Sill) (KFSI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.4 60 76 84 83 73
February 73.9 84 78 70 65 81
March 76.6 80 68 84 84 64
April 79.0 81 81 80 81 71
May 81.0 82 72 66 87
June 90.4 84 91 84 94
July 96.4 94 99 94 95
August 94.8 97 93 94 100
September 87.1 87 99 96 83
October 80.8 74 95 90 80
November 78.9 81 66 86 80
December 75.5 69 61 91 83
Average 82.1 76.3 81.0 83.5 84.7 82.1

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 89.3 71 92 94 95 86
February 86.5 91 94 85 81 94
March 89.8 91 86 95 96 79
April 93.6 96 94 97 92 89
May 92.8 92 88 87 96
June 97.1 96 99 95 98
July 97.9 97 99 96 98
August 97.8 98 96 98 100
September 94.2 95 99 99 91
October 88.3 86 98 95 87
November 90.0 86 78 95 90
December 86.7 85 70 97 90
Average 91.8 87.7 91.8 92.3 93.9 91.1

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 12.5 11 15 13 12 14
February 14.1 19 16 14 6 14
March 20.3 21 18 21 21 21
April 23.6 25 23 26 22 22
May 27.6 27 29 25 28
June 32.4 32 34 32 33
July 34.9 35 38 33 34
August 34.8 38 35 34 34
September 31.0 33 33 33 28
October 24.2 25 25 27 23
November 18.1 19 16 20 20
December 14.5 16 13 21 14
Average 23.4 19.0 24.7 25.0 23.9 23.7

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 -1.4 -1 1 -4 1 2
February 0.8 5 1 -2 -4 1
March 6.4 8 5 4 7 9
April 10.0 12 9 11 9 9
May 15.7 16 17 16 15
June 20.2 20 21 20 20
July 22.2 22 23 22 23
August 21.9 23 22 22 24
September 17.9 19 17 18 15
October 10.9 11 11 13 9
November 4.5 6 4 5 7
December 2.0 4 4 4 0
Average 10.4 6.2 11.3 10.8 11.1 11.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.1 10 14 4 1 6
February 8.0 9 12 15 9 5
March 4.8 8 7 7 3 7
April 4.6 6 4 4 4 3
May 5.3 9 12 6 3
June 2.0 2 2 3 1
July 2.5 5 1 3 3
August 2.9 0 6 2 1
September 4.3 7 1 0 4
October 7.0 11 12 1 4
November 4.2 6 11 1 3
December 4.1 3 5 3 6
Average 4.9 8.3 6.7 6.5 2.8 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 7 10 10 10 10
February 10.5 10 10 11 11 10
March 10.8 10 11 12 12 10
April 11.4 11 11 13 11 11
May 9.4 7 11 10 10
June 8.9 8 9 8 10
July 7.3 7 8 6 8
August 7.8 8 8 8 7
September 7.9 8 8 8 7
October 9.3 10 8 10 9
November 9.1 8 9 9 9
December 8.7 8 9 9 9
Average 9.3 9.7 8.8 9.7 9.0 9.1

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 071° 313° 011° 336° 035°
February 297° 252° 005° 020° 341°
March 208° 046° 338° 177° 101°
April 164° 101° 151° 112° 155°
May 135° 159° 127° 115°
June 102° 144° 163° 175°
July 167° 176° 156° 153°
August 078° 149° 164° 122°
September 146° 168° 161° 104°
October 074° 094° 154° 129°
November 170° 143° 172° 177°
December 238° 172° 208° 352°

Prevailing wind direction

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