Grissom Air Reserve Base

KGUS · Indiana, United States

Climate Grissom Air Reserve Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Grissom Air Reserve Base (KGUS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 42.4 24 21 72 42 40
February 62.3 74 63 52 72 60
March 68.1 68 56 64 87 56
April 78.8 78 78 86 78
May 82.1 86 78 85 81
June 86.1 78 89 89 93
July 86.2 78 82 82 92
August 85.1 70 76 94 92
September 82.9 71 80 90 82
October 77.0 76 85 65 79
November 69.2 76 65 84 76
December 55.5 42 39 60 58
Average 72.7 55.2 67.3 73.4 80.0 75.9

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 71.6 55 64 92 74 69
February 83.7 90 87 81 93 82
March 88.0 88 83 91 93 83
April 92.4 93 94 94 93
May 93.9 97 91 95 96
June 94.6 92 96 97 98
July 94.7 92 92 92 98
August 92.8 87 88 98 95
September 92.7 87 91 97 92
October 89.2 87 91 82 92
November 88.6 86 90 92 93
December 82.6 71 75 84 95
Average 88.2 77.3 86.2 89.9 91.7 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 1.6 1 4 -1 1 4
February 5.1 10 8 2 -2 3
March 10.3 14 10 12 14 11
April 16.0 18 15 17 15
May 22.6 23 24 21 21
June 27.6 27 29 28 28
July 28.7 29 29 28 30
August 27.5 27 28 29 28
September 25.4 25 24 27 25
October 18.3 19 18 20 17
November 9.6 12 12 9 13
December 5.5 8 4 9 5
Average 15.5 8.1 17.3 16.7 16.9 16.6

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 -6.7 -5 -2 -10 -3 -2
February -5.8 -1 -3 -7 -9 -5
March 0.3 3 -1 1 2 2
April 4.7 5 5 5 4
May 11.4 10 12 10 11
June 16.5 15 16 18 17
July 18.4 17 19 19 19
August 17.1 17 17 19 17
September 14.0 14 13 15 13
October 7.8 8 5 12 6
November 0.5 1 1 0 3
December -3.7 2 -2 -1 -3
Average 5.7 -1.1 7.0 6.2 7.2 6.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 18.8 27 27 11 11 21
February 15.3 8 12 26 16 22
March 13.4 8 18 22 6 14
April 11.7 16 19 10 8
May 9.4 7 17 9 9
June 4.9 7 5 7 2
July 5.2 5 11 4 4
August 3.5 6 5 3 3
September 5.1 6 6 6 4
October 9.7 15 7 10 6
November 10.4 8 19 8 9
December 11.7 15 15 8 8
Average 9.9 14.1 11.5 13.4 7.6 8.4

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 9.7 10 10 10 8 9
February 10.2 9 12 10 9 10
March 11.0 11 11 12 11 10
April 10.7 11 12 10 10
May 9.1 8 10 8 9
June 8.2 8 8 8 8
July 6.6 6 7 7 6
August 6.4 7 6 6 6
September 7.2 6 7 9 8
October 9.3 10 10 8 9
November 9.8 9 11 10 11
December 9.4 9 10 10 10
Average 9.0 10.1 8.8 9.3 8.5 8.6

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 254° 268° 271° 248° 241°
February 250° 248° 254° 288° 267°
March 247° 261° 251° 227° 260°
April 248° 237° 256° 280°
May 057° 177° 255° 273°
June 019° 267° 233° 220°
July 257° 260° 267° 251°
August 263° 253° 206° 267°
September 133° 272° 236° 239°
October 261° 238° 237° 236°
November 249° 239° 242° 238°
December 243° 190° 232° 244°

Prevailing wind direction

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