Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport

KLBL · Kansas, United States

Climate Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (KLBL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 84.3 72 77 93 87 93
February 80.7 78 88 88 67 83
March 84.0 84 83 92 82 74
April 88.8 86 95 90 92
May 82.6 77 87 72 88
June 92.9 84 94 89 96
July 92.3 85 93 92 89
August 92.9 98 97 97 88
September 87.8 85 93 94 85
October 86.0 96 93 97 82
November 85.1 85 85 90 90
December 86.5 78 89 98 83
Average 86.3 78.0 85.1 91.8 88.0 86.9

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 91.1 77 87 98 96 95
February 90.4 92 94 90 85 95
March 91.5 90 94 96 88 83
April 95.0 92 99 96 97
May 91.9 91 92 89 94
June 97.5 93 99 95 99
July 96.8 96 96 97 94
August 96.7 100 100 98 94
September 94.2 91 96 98 94
October 94.1 99 96 100 92
November 93.9 94 96 95 98
December 93.9 89 93 98 92
Average 93.3 86.3 93.3 95.9 94.6 93.9

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 9.1 3 10 11 10 11
February 11.3 15 14 11 5 10
March 17.5 19 16 18 18 18
April 21.7 23 24 21 22
May 26.4 26 29 24 27
June 32.3 29 33 32 36
July 33.9 31 37 33 35
August 33.2 34 35 35 34
September 30.5 31 33 33 29
October 22.2 23 24 25 22
November 15.8 17 14 18 18
December 11.4 12 11 17 9
Average 21.0 12.0 22.1 23.5 22.5 22.4

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 -6.9 -2 -5 -8 -4 -5
February -6.7 -1 -7 -8 -9 -4
March 0.2 0 -1 -2 0 2
April 4.5 5 5 4 4
May 11.6 13 12 11 12
June 17.0 16 18 17 18
July 19.2 17 21 19 20
August 18.4 18 19 19 18
September 14.7 15 15 16 11
October 5.7 6 6 7 4
November -1.2 -1 -2 0 1
December -5.4 -3 -5 -3 -5
Average 5.4 -1.1 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.6 14 16 6 1 3
February 8.4 6 2 12 24 5
March 4.8 7 4 7 10 4
April 3.3 5 0 2 2
May 3.9 5 5 6 2
June 1.5 3 3 1 1
July 1.2 1 3 2 1
August 1.0 1 0 1 1
September 2.8 6 2 0 4
October 3.7 0 1 4 4
November 3.6 7 8 3 1
December 4.8 11 1 0 8
Average 4.2 8.8 4.8 3.9 4.2 2.9

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 10.7 10 11 12 13 10
February 11.8 12 13 13 10 12
March 13.2 12 14 14 15 12
April 14.1 13 16 14 13
May 12.2 12 15 13 13
June 12.2 9 13 10 16
July 10.0 10 10 10 11
August 10.0 10 9 12 11
September 11.6 10 11 13 11
October 11.7 11 10 12 11
November 11.4 10 13 11 13
December 11.6 11 14 12 11
Average 11.7 11.3 11.1 12.4 11.9 11.9

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 319° 310° 335° 320° 328°
February 293° 294° 347° 043° 332°
March 299° 275° 330° 238° 186°
April 227° 248° 284° 299°
May 155° 181° 152° 101°
June 134° 177° 163° 196°
July 181° 159° 165° 146°
August 171° 172° 183° 156°
September 176° 180° 190° 206°
October 243° 219° 241° 351°
November 293° 264° 301° 220°
December 310° 270° 235° 319°

Prevailing wind direction

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