Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport

KICT · Kansas, United States

Climate Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport (KICT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.7 61 77 87 67 67
February 76.1 83 87 85 67 77
March 75.2 76 72 81 75 66
April 83.8 91 86 85 82
May 78.4 80 69 66 82
June 94.3 96 93 88 97
July 95.6 92 98 95 93
August 92.8 98 97 94 93
September 87.8 93 94 97 77
October 81.6 79 96 89 72
November 79.2 79 73 90 84
December 78.0 67 67 93 83
Average 82.4 73.5 84.6 86.0 84.0 81.6

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 85.4 73 91 91 84 81
February 90.1 93 100 91 86 92
March 91.3 94 93 93 89 83
April 95.1 99 96 96 94
May 92.7 92 87 91 90
June 98.6 98 99 96 100
July 98.9 97 99 99 98
August 97.9 100 100 98 98
September 95.6 98 96 99 92
October 93.4 94 98 97 90
November 90.0 85 86 97 93
December 90.5 85 77 97 94
Average 92.8 86.7 94.3 93.5 94.2 92.3

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 7.7 4 9 9 8 8
February 9.9 15 12 9 3 9
March 16.2 17 14 16 18 17
April 20.8 23 22 20 21
May 25.3 27 25 22 24
June 31.8 31 31 31 34
July 33.6 34 36 32 34
August 33.0 35 36 34 32
September 30.1 31 32 32 27
October 21.6 23 24 24 19
November 14.3 15 13 16 17
December 10.5 10 9 15 10
Average 20.1 12.1 21.9 22.2 21.2 20.9

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 -4.1 -6 -2 -7 -2 -2
February -3.2 1 -3 -5 -8 -2
March 3.6 4 3 2 5 6
April 7.4 7 8 7 7
May 14.2 14 15 13 13
June 19.7 19 19 20 20
July 21.7 21 22 20 23
August 20.6 21 21 21 20
September 17.3 18 17 18 14
October 9.0 10 9 11 7
November 2.1 2 1 3 4
December -2.6 1 -1 0 -3
Average 7.9 -1.8 9.2 8.8 8.9 9.0

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 10 9 7 7 9
February 8.4 3 3 13 19 9
March 5.1 2 4 9 9 3
April 5.1 6 2 5 5
May 5.7 5 10 7 10
June 2.6 2 4 4 2
July 2.0 2 2 3 4
August 1.6 1 0 1 1
September 3.8 4 4 2 4
October 6.2 7 2 4 9
November 6.2 11 5 3 5
December 4.1 6 2 0 7
Average 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.9 5.0 5.3

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 10.5 10 10 10 11 11
February 11.3 11 12 12 11 11
March 12.9 13 13 13 14 11
April 13.2 13 15 13 12
May 10.7 9 12 11 10
June 10.5 8 11 9 13
July 8.8 9 9 8 9
August 9.0 8 9 11 9
September 10.3 10 10 10 10
October 11.3 12 10 11 11
November 11.0 10 13 11 12
December 10.3 10 10 10 10
Average 10.8 11.1 10.2 11.2 10.8 10.5

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 324° 305° 334° 323° 342°
February 199° 240° 339° 019° 345°
March 216° 353° 323° 183° 184°
April 212° 186° 252° 233°
May 147° 147° 134° 064°
June 137° 162° 169° 180°
July 175° 148° 152° 153°
August 209° 155° 169° 154°
September 168° 158° 178° 177°
October 115° 216° 289° 178°
November 169° 286° 208° 198°
December 266° 216° 202° 320°

Prevailing wind direction

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