Hampton Municipal Airport

KHPT · Iowa, United States

Climate Hampton Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hampton Municipal Airport (KHPT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 54.1 40 46 82 57 44
February 75.1 84 79 78 71 85
March 70.3 86 60 71 76 54
April 76.1 75 78 66 80 82
May 73.3 85 80 74 65
June 86.7 87 89 94 88
July 90.1 93 89 87 93
August 86.7 87 81 90 95
September 82.1 83 90 87 82
October 75.2 69 97 73 83
November 71.2 90 62 87 76
December 61.8 50 49 80 69
Average 75.8 72.2 76.7 79.3 80.1 77.6

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 72.2 60 54 94 78 70
February 85.6 94 90 94 79 93
March 85.8 95 85 87 88 75
April 91.5 93 92 90 96 93
May 86.8 93 92 87 84
June 94.2 94 96 96 94
July 95.6 96 95 93 98
August 94.7 95 93 97 99
September 91.2 93 96 93 87
October 88.7 87 100 89 92
November 88.8 98 85 96 87
December 78.0 72 62 87 85
Average 88.2 86.2 88.3 91.4 90.3 88.8

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 -3.5 -3 -2 -3 -1 -2
February -1.6 9 1 -1 -7 0
March 7.7 10 6 8 11 9
April 14.9 15 16 12 16 15
May 21.9 25 23 21 20
June 25.6 28 28 17 28
July 28.4 28 29 29 29
August 27.4 28 28 29 28
September 24.4 26 24 26 22
October 15.3 17 17 18 13
November 7.5 11 8 9 11
December 2.9 6 1 5 2
Average 14.1 7.6 15.8 14.9 14.4 14.7

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 -11.8 -9 -8 -15 -8 -10
February -10.1 -3 -8 -12 -15 -9
March -2.1 -2 -3 -1 1 0
April 2.7 3 3 1 4 1
May 10.0 10 11 9 9
June 14.2 14 15 8 17
July 15.7 13 15 16 17
August 15.2 15 14 16 15
September 12.3 13 11 12 11
October 4.4 6 4 8 2
November -3.9 -1 -2 -1 0
December -6.5 -3 -6 -5 -8
Average 3.4 -3.1 4.4 3.4 3.8 3.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.8 12 16 4 5 23
February 8.7 0 8 7 11 6
March 9.8 10 12 11 8 8
April 8.7 13 6 11 3 7
May 7.7 4 7 9 11
June 5.1 4 7 3 4
July 3.1 3 3 3 2
August 4.2 4 4 3 2
September 6.1 4 3 4 11
October 8.7 7 3 9 8
November 7.4 2 14 2 5
December 8.6 8 21 3 6
Average 7.5 8.9 6.2 7.2 5.1 7.2

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 9.3 9 9 11 8 10
February 10.4 11 10 12 9 10
March 10.6 12 11 11 11 10
April 12.7 14 14 14 11 11
May 9.4 10 11 10 8
June 8.2 6 9 8 10
July 6.4 6 7 6 6
August 6.3 6 6 6 7
September 7.8 7 8 8 9
October 9.6 11 9 9 11
November 10.6 9 12 12 11
December 9.1 9 10 10 9
Average 9.3 11.7 8.8 9.9 8.8 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 292° 300° 288° 324° 260°
February 271° 280° 301° 309° 294°
March 322° 307° 319° 159° 281°
April 302° 266° 250° 286° 300°
May 129° 190° 185° 021°
June 143° 223° 235° 174°
July 277° 238° 240° 214°
August 222° 218° 174° 213°
September 191° 240° 234° 251°
October 290° 261° 343° 285°
November 248° 257° 268° 244°
December 273° 195° 249° 280°

Prevailing wind direction

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