Creech Air Force Base

KINS · United States

Climate Creech Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.3 95 94 100 93 100
February 96.9 87 97 100 100 97
March 97.8 95 97 100 98 96
April 99.2 98 99 100 99
May 99.6 100 100 100 100
June 99.4 99 100 99 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 99
August 98.9 97 100 96 100
September 99.4 100 98 100 100
October 98.5 94 100 100 100
November 98.6 99 98 100 100
December 98.1 98 98 98 98
Average 98.0 92.1 97.8 99.4 98.9 99.1

6th best VFR conditions of United States

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 98.8 99 99 100 99 100
February 99.1 96 99 100 100 99
March 99.5 99 99 100 100 100
April 99.7 99 100 100 99
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.4 99 100 99 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.5 99 100 98 100
September 99.6 100 99 100 100
October 99.0 96 100 100 100
November 99.5 100 98 100 100
December 99.5 99 100 100 100
Average 99.3 97.6 99.0 99.7 99.6 99.7

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 13.0 13 11 14 13 14
February 14.9 14 13 16 16 17
March 18.7 19 15 21 18 17
April 25.1 25 26 26 23
May 29.0 29 30 30 31
June 35.4 32 36 37 35
July 38.5 40 38 38 39
August 37.3 36 36 38 39
September 33.2 32 34 34 35
October 25.5 27 27 23 28
November 18.6 18 15 22 19
December 12.8 16 11 12 13
Average 24.1 15.2 24.4 25.8 25.5 26.1

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 -1.7 0 0 -3 0 -1
February 0.9 4 -2 -2 1 1
March 5.0 7 3 5 3 5
April 9.7 8 9 9 10
May 13.6 14 13 14 15
June 19.2 17 20 22 17
July 23.4 24 23 25 21
August 20.8 19 22 20 20
September 16.8 16 18 17 17
October 8.6 9 10 8 9
November 2.5 3 0 5 3
December -1.2 0 -2 0 -3
Average 9.2 3.3 9.2 9.8 10.4 9.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.9 7 8 0 3 0
February 4.6 17 6 1 1 3
March 3.8 7 9 2 2 3
April 1.8 2 3 1 3
May 1.1 2 0 0 0
June 0.6 3 0 1 0
July 0.7 0 2 1 0
August 1.8 7 3 0 0
September 0.6 1 2 0 0
October 0.3 0 1 1 0
November 1.5 0 3 0 0
December 2.1 1 4 4 1
Average 2.6 10.0 3.2 1.5 1.1 0.8

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 3.6 3 7 3 2 3
February 5.2 5 8 4 4 3
March 6.4 8 8 7 7 6
April 6.8 6 8 6 6
May 6.9 8 7 6 7
June 6.5 6 8 7 7
July 6.3 6 7 5 6
August 5.7 7 6 6 6
September 5.3 6 6 5 4
October 3.3 3 3 5 3
November 3.1 3 5 2 3
December 3.1 2 5 4 3
Average 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.8 5.0 4.9

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 307° 055° 022° 040° 015°
February 139° 200° 296° 303° 058°
March 214° 291° 309° 160° 098°
April 268° 268° 310° 260°
May 146° 306° 266° 257°
June 115° 234° 202° 106°
July 141° 114° 123° 136°
August 122° 128° 130° 147°
September 089° 121° 196° 032°
October 304° 077° 148° 279°
November 283° 200° 046° 286°
December 311° 110° 141° 347°

Prevailing wind direction

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