McConnell Air Force Base

KIAB · Kansas, United States

Climate McConnell Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of McConnell Air Force Base (KIAB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.5 51 74 80 69 66
February 74.5 81 83 80 66 75
March 72.7 70 68 77 76 64
April 81.5 80 87 82 83 81
May 76.6 77 65 65 81
June 93.0 95 88 89 97
July 94.4 87 98 94 92
August 92.6 98 97 95 91
September 86.0 91 90 96 78
October 78.9 70 94 89 69
November 77.0 75 70 90 82
December 73.0 54 51 92 83
Average 80.3 70.1 79.9 81.4 84.4 80.3

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 82.2 62 89 91 82 77
February 88.7 92 99 90 84 91
March 89.1 89 92 90 87 82
April 93.5 91 98 94 95 93
May 90.5 91 81 90 91
June 97.4 98 94 96 99
July 97.8 95 98 98 97
August 97.0 100 99 98 96
September 93.3 95 93 98 89
October 90.2 87 96 95 87
November 88.8 81 84 98 93
December 86.1 78 58 97 93
Average 90.8 83.1 91.9 89.6 93.4 90.8

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 7.4 4 9 9 7 8
February 10.0 16 11 10 3 9
March 16.1 18 14 16 18 16
April 20.9 23 22 22 20 21
May 25.1 26 26 22 23
June 31.4 31 32 31 33
July 33.3 33 36 32 33
August 32.3 35 35 33 32
September 29.7 31 31 31 27
October 21.2 22 23 23 19
November 14.3 15 13 16 17
December 10.4 11 9 15 10
Average 20.3 15.1 21.7 22.0 21.2 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 -4.8 -5 -2 -6 -2 -2
February -3.8 3 -2 -4 -7 -2
March 4.1 6 3 2 6 6
April 8.2 11 8 9 8 7
May 14.1 15 15 13 13
June 19.7 19 20 19 21
July 21.5 22 21 21 22
August 19.5 22 14 22 20
September 17.6 18 17 18 15
October 9.3 10 10 11 8
November 2.9 4 2 4 5
December -1.5 2 0 1 -1
Average 8.5 3.4 9.8 8.5 9.8 9.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.9 12 8 8 7 9
February 8.0 6 5 16 16 9
March 5.0 5 3 12 7 3
April 4.8 3 6 2 5 4
May 6.9 6 13 6 8
June 3.4 4 7 5 2
July 2.5 3 3 3 4
August 2.2 3 1 1 1
September 3.7 7 4 2 3
October 6.0 12 3 3 5
November 6.1 16 9 3 3
December 3.9 10 0 0 5
Average 5.1 6.6 6.6 6.7 4.5 4.4

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 10.3 9 9 11 11 11
February 11.4 12 12 13 11 11
March 12.9 14 14 14 14 11
April 13.3 14 14 15 14 12
May 10.8 10 13 12 10
June 10.5 8 10 10 13
July 8.7 9 8 9 9
August 8.8 8 7 11 9
September 9.8 9 8 11 10
October 10.9 12 7 11 12
November 11.2 10 12 12 13
December 10.0 11 9 11 9
Average 10.9 12.1 10.5 10.8 11.3 10.7

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 309° 298° 333° 320° 327°
February 252° 258° 337° 012° 342°
March 248° 314° 308° 208° 222°
April 231° 247° 212° 259° 240°
May 171° 150° 164° 082°
June 143° 172° 190° 196°
July 204° 172° 177° 176°
August 228° 170° 190° 166°
September 187° 182° 199° 200°
October 322° 305° 265° 229°
November 205° 288° 230° 221°
December 267° 226° 225° 298°

Prevailing wind direction

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