Imperial Municipal Airport

KIML · Nebraska, United States

Climate Imperial Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Imperial Municipal Airport (KIML) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.2 77 65 86 79 91
February 78.3 72 82 91 69 85
March 76.8 83 69 79 82 66
April 87.6 82 93 96 85 92
May 79.0 73 88 76 81
June 93.9 84 96 94 98
July 87.8 76 86 94 87
August 91.7 95 93 94 98
September 88.3 86 93 91 93
October 85.0 79 97 91 85
November 86.3 88 90 93 94
December 84.8 78 75 96 85
Average 84.6 78.6 80.4 89.6 87.1 87.8

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 88.6 82 75 96 90 94
February 91.0 81 88 98 94 93
March 87.1 90 77 88 93 79
April 95.5 95 99 100 96 96
May 89.2 88 94 88 90
June 97.2 93 99 98 100
July 94.3 85 95 98 96
August 95.8 98 97 98 99
September 95.8 94 95 97 98
October 92.3 88 99 95 95
November 92.2 93 95 94 97
December 90.8 85 76 100 94
Average 92.1 87.4 88.6 94.8 94.9 94.1

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 4.4 2 -1 6 5 7
February 5.8 12 3 8 -1 9
March 12.5 14 8 13 14 13
April 18.4 20 19 19 18 18
May 22.7 23 25 22 22
June 30.7 26 32 32 34
July 32.6 31 34 33 33
August 31.7 33 34 33 33
September 28.7 30 29 30 28
October 18.6 19 21 21 18
November 13.0 14 11 16 16
December 7.5 9 5 11 8
Average 18.0 11.7 17.9 20.1 19.6 19.9

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 -8.0 -10 -9 -9 -7 -7
February -8.0 -3 -8 -9 -12 -7
March -3.6 -2 -4 -3 -1 -1
April 1.7 3 1 2 1 0
May 8.5 10 8 9 9
June 15.0 14 15 16 16
July 17.1 14 19 17 18
August 15.8 17 16 17 17
September 11.7 12 12 12 10
October 2.5 4 4 4 1
November -3.2 -3 -6 -1 -2
December -7.8 -4 -9 -6 -6
Average 2.9 -4.9 3.7 3.6 4.2 4.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.9 7 11 6 4 1
February 6.4 4 8 2 7 7
March 6.8 6 8 15 3 6
April 4.1 6 0 1 6 5
May 3.9 4 4 5 1
June 2.2 4 1 1 2
July 0.7 1 1 1 1
August 1.0 1 1 1 1
September 2.2 2 5 2 2
October 4.0 3 1 1 2
November 3.1 7 4 1 1
December 6.0 15 3 1 6
Average 3.8 5.4 4.9 3.5 2.6 2.7

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 9.8 10 9 10 10 10
February 10.3 11 10 12 9 12
March 11.2 11 11 12 11 11
April 13.0 14 13 17 12 12
May 10.6 10 12 11 10
June 9.7 9 11 9 12
July 7.6 7 8 9 5
August 8.0 9 8 8 9
September 8.5 8 9 8 9
October 10.2 10 10 10 10
November 9.8 9 11 10 10
December 10.5 11 12 9 11
Average 10.1 11.4 9.5 10.9 9.6 9.9

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° 335° 310° 326° 320°
February 316° 315° 317° 023° 328°
March 007° 001° 348° 360° 318°
April 322° 322° 314° 340° 328°
May 123° 247° 126° 086°
June 143° 187° 141° 149°
July 107° 158° 145° 133°
August 190° 163° 156° 152°
September 156° 112° 293° 316°
October 328° 313° 332° 331°
November 322° 323° 309° 268°
December 322° 310° 304° 316°

Prevailing wind direction

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