Hutchinson Regional Airport

KHUT · Kansas, United States

Climate Hutchinson Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hutchinson Regional Airport (KHUT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.8 59 76 91 68 68
February 77.3 77 85 90 70 77
March 75.8 78 75 83 77 66
April 84.1 83 90 87 85 84
May 80.2 84 71 69 82
June 94.1 94 93 90 96
July 92.8 87 93 93 90
August 91.5 97 96 92 94
September 87.2 87 93 96 78
October 83.0 81 97 88 76
November 80.4 78 76 90 86
December 80.3 68 76 95 84
Average 82.9 74.4 83.8 87.3 84.3 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 83.4 65 85 96 83 80
February 89.8 89 98 93 87 88
March 90.7 93 94 93 88 80
April 94.8 94 99 97 96 96
May 92.0 94 83 90 91
June 98.3 99 97 98 99
July 97.3 95 96 99 98
August 96.8 100 99 97 99
September 94.5 96 97 99 89
October 92.3 93 99 95 91
November 89.7 83 88 96 95
December 90.2 80 80 98 96
Average 92.1 85.6 93.1 93.5 93.9 91.9

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 6.9 2 7 8 9 7
February 9.4 15 11 9 3 9
March 15.5 17 13 16 18 16
April 20.9 23 22 21 20 21
May 25.3 27 25 24 23
June 32.3 31 32 33 34
July 33.9 35 35 33 33
August 32.7 35 35 35 32
September 29.9 31 31 32 28
October 21.3 22 23 24 20
November 14.2 14 13 17 17
December 10.0 10 8 15 11
Average 20.2 14.0 21.6 21.9 21.8 20.7

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 -6.8 -8 -4 -8 -3 -4
February -5.7 0 -5 -7 -8 -4
March 2.0 2 1 0 4 4
April 6.2 8 6 7 6 5
May 12.9 13 14 13 12
June 18.8 18 19 20 19
July 20.8 21 21 20 22
August 19.4 20 19 21 18
September 16.3 16 16 17 13
October 7.7 9 7 10 7
November 0.9 1 0 3 3
December -3.1 -1 -3 -2 -3
Average 6.9 0.3 7.9 7.4 8.6 7.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.3 8 7 3 5 6
February 4.4 3 1 9 10 6
March 3.1 1 2 9 6 1
April 3.2 2 2 2 3 2
May 4.9 5 11 5 7
June 1.5 4 1 1 2
July 1.9 2 4 2 2
August 1.3 1 0 0 1
September 2.9 5 2 2 5
October 3.8 2 2 3 3
November 4.2 9 4 1 2
December 2.5 5 1 0 6
Average 3.2 3.5 3.6 4.1 3.0 3.3

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 10.0 9 9 10 11 10
February 10.6 10 11 11 10 10
March 12.3 12 12 12 13 11
April 13.0 14 13 15 13 11
May 10.0 9 11 10 9
June 10.1 7 10 8 13
July 8.4 9 9 8 8
August 8.5 8 8 10 9
September 9.8 9 10 10 9
October 10.7 12 10 10 10
November 10.6 9 12 10 12
December 9.8 10 10 9 9
Average 10.4 11.3 9.9 10.7 10.2 10.1

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 308° 317° 305° 321° 312°
February 246° 236° 335° 012° 336°
March 322° 345° 340° 175° 173°
April 207° 211° 199° 236° 271°
May 144° 136° 136° 066°
June 132° 170° 169° 178°
July 171° 148° 159° 150°
August 199° 150° 169° 153°
September 160° 155° 170° 167°
October 171° 213° 273° 177°
November 161° 232° 221° 192°
December 281° 221° 212° 312°

Prevailing wind direction

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