Derby Field

KLOL · Nevada, United States

Climate Derby Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Derby Field (KLOL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 91.4 90 85 97 90 96
February 92.9 84 85 95 98 97
March 92.1 93 82 97 94 93
April 97.1 94 99 96 99 98
May 97.8 100 95 98 100 93
June 98.8 100 98 98 99 99
July 96.1 94 100 100 84 100
August 93.1 97 99 100 73 88
September 95.2 99 98 93 97 82
October 98.2 98 100 97 99
November 95.8 97 98 98 83
December 86.8 93 69 87 93
Average 94.9 94.8 94.2 96.0 93.1 93.4

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 94.8 91 89 97 94 98
February 94.2 88 87 95 99 97
March 94.4 96 87 97 96 94
April 98.4 96 99 97 100 99
May 98.6 100 98 99 100 93
June 98.9 100 98 98 99 99
July 96.8 96 100 100 86 100
August 95.7 99 99 100 82 91
September 97.0 100 98 95 99 89
October 99.1 99 100 99 100
November 97.2 99 100 98 85
December 93.2 97 88 92 94
Average 96.6 96.3 95.9 97.4 95.4 94.9

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 7.5 8 4 8 8 10
February 9.8 10 8 11 11 13
March 13.7 13 10 17 14 15
April 19.5 19 19 19 21 20
May 24.0 24 24 23 26 25
June 30.8 33 27 31 35 30
July 36.4 37 36 37 38 36
August 34.3 33 32 36 34 36
September 29.0 30 27 31 31 31
October 20.5 20 23 19 24
November 12.3 12 9 14 12
December 6.6 10 4 7 7
Average 20.8 23.0 19.0 21.2 21.6 21.6

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 -5.0 -4 -5 -9 -6 -4
February -6.6 -3 -7 -10 -4 -6
March -3.5 -1 -4 -3 -5 -2
April 1.4 1 0 -1 1 2
May 5.7 5 6 4 6 5
June 10.8 12 10 10 14 10
July 14.3 16 15 14 14 13
August 12.5 11 14 14 10 14
September 7.5 7 8 10 7 7
October 0.2 2 1 2 0
November -5.3 -5 -9 -2 -5
December -7.8 -7 -7 -5 -7
Average 2.7 4.9 2.2 1.6 2.7 2.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.5 10 12 0 3 3
February 4.9 10 7 0 2 1
March 5.8 7 10 4 5 3
April 2.7 4 1 4 2 2
May 3.0 1 4 2 1 3
June 1.5 1 3 1 1 0
July 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
August 0.6 2 1 2 0 0
September 1.3 3 3 2 0 1
October 2.6 1 1 7 2
November 1.8 2 3 0 4
December 3.6 0 2 8 2
Average 2.7 3.8 3.5 1.6 2.4 1.6

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 4.5 4 6 3 5 6
February 6.6 6 8 5 7 6
March 6.8 8 9 5 7 7
April 7.4 7 7 9 7 7
May 6.9 7 6 8 7 6
June 6.7 7 7 7 6 7
July 5.3 5 5 6 5 5
August 5.0 5 5 5 5 5
September 5.1 5 5 5 5 4
October 4.7 4 4 4 4
November 4.1 4 5 4 4
December 3.8 4 5 5 4
Average 5.7 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.5

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 223° 050° 320° 019° 249°
February 225° 244° 301° 290° 328°
March 269° 238° 302° 303° 251°
April 279° 261° 261° 339° 303°
May 010° 335° 285° 325° 251°
June 279° 012° 251° 237° 249°
July 173° 192° 221° 195° 143°
August 222° 165° 183° 137° 134°
September 169° 127° 232° 192° 077°
October 316° 020° 198° 054°
November 294° 289° 330° 228°
December 183° 220° 211° 010°

Prevailing wind direction

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