Hays Regional Airport

KHYS · Kansas, United States

Climate Hays Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hays Regional Airport (KHYS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.8 58 74 89 73 79
February 81.7 76 88 98 75 89
March 80.2 79 77 88 76 65
April 88.0 86 92 94 83 89
May 80.3 85 76 74 82
June 94.2 93 93 91 95
July 90.7 86 88 91 88
August 91.5 96 94 93 94
September 86.0 81 90 95 85
October 83.9 89 97 91 80
November 84.3 82 86 91 89
December 83.2 67 85 97 85
Average 84.3 74.5 84.3 89.7 86.1 85.2

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 83.8 61 80 91 88 88
February 91.5 86 97 100 95 95
March 90.8 93 92 94 88 79
April 96.1 96 100 99 94 97
May 90.9 92 90 94 89
June 98.6 100 98 96 99
July 96.0 94 92 97 96
August 96.4 98 97 96 98
September 93.0 90 95 97 92
October 92.8 98 97 94 95
November 91.9 86 93 98 97
December 92.5 86 87 99 93
Average 92.3 84.1 93.0 94.6 94.7 93.1

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 5.7 1 5 7 7 6
February 8.6 14 10 9 3 9
March 14.6 16 12 15 16 15
April 20.2 22 21 20 20 21
May 24.4 26 25 23 23
June 30.8 30 32 26 33
July 33.1 33 35 33 32
August 32.1 33 35 34 32
September 29.2 30 31 30 27
October 20.3 22 23 22 19
November 13.8 16 12 15 16
December 8.9 9 7 12 10
Average 19.3 13.1 20.4 21.3 20.1 20.2

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 -7.4 -9 -7 -9 -5 -4
February -7.8 -2 -7 -8 -11 -5
March -1.8 0 -2 -2 2 2
April 4.3 6 4 5 4 3
May 10.9 12 11 10 10
June 16.6 16 17 12 19
July 19.6 19 20 19 20
August 18.2 18 18 19 18
September 14.9 14 14 16 12
October 5.5 7 5 7 4
November -1.2 1 -3 1 1
December -5.2 -3 -7 -4 -5
Average 5.1 -2.6 6.1 5.6 5.9 6.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.0 18 13 11 2 7
February 7.7 4 5 2 15 6
March 4.2 6 4 7 8 1
April 3.3 1 2 0 3 2
May 3.9 3 11 2 3
June 1.7 3 4 1 1
July 1.4 3 3 2 0
August 0.8 0 1 0 1
September 2.2 6 1 1 5
October 2.8 1 5 3 1
November 4.5 8 6 3 1
December 5.0 14 4 0 4
Average 4.0 7.2 4.9 4.5 2.9 2.5

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 10 9 10 11 10
February 11.2 11 12 13 11 11
March 12.9 13 13 13 14 12
April 14.0 15 14 16 13 13
May 11.0 10 12 12 12
June 11.1 9 12 10 14
July 9.6 9 10 10 10
August 9.4 9 9 11 10
September 11.0 10 10 11 10
October 11.3 13 10 11 11
November 11.1 11 13 11 12
December 10.4 10 12 10 10
Average 11.2 12.3 10.5 11.5 11.0 11.2

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 331° 333° 311° 327° 339°
February 303° 296° 331° 037° 330°
March 009° 340° 346° 318° 186°
April 313° 261° 268° 293° 346°
May 148° 074° 146° 075°
June 115° 164° 153° 182°
July 097° 137° 153° 144°
August 165° 142° 166° 161°
September 152° 144° 156° 080°
October 290° 263° 324° 011°
November 317° 290° 279° 224°
December 310° 262° 282° 327°

Prevailing wind direction

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