Altus Air Force Base

KLTS · Oklahoma, United States

Climate Altus Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.7 65 84 88 84 77
February 80.8 90 86 77 69 88
March 83.9 84 82 91 87 71
April 82.1 81 88 88 80 80
May 82.5 86 83 71 86
June 92.6 89 88 89 99
July 98.1 97 100 97 97
August 96.0 100 93 97 98
September 89.4 86 100 97 83
October 87.1 86 96 94 77
November 78.9 72 74 85 82
December 82.2 77 70 91 87
Average 85.8 79.8 86.3 87.9 87.1 85.6

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 91.3 78 94 94 96 92
February 90.8 99 97 90 83 97
March 94.3 94 97 97 98 82
April 94.3 96 98 98 94 95
May 91.0 92 91 89 94
June 97.7 99 97 96 99
July 99.4 100 100 100 99
August 98.4 100 97 99 99
September 96.0 95 100 99 93
October 93.9 92 100 97 87
November 90.6 79 89 93 93
December 91.1 91 79 98 94
Average 94.0 91.5 94.4 94.8 95.2 93.7

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 12.5 10 15 13 11 14
February 14.1 18 16 14 7 13
March 20.3 20 18 21 21 21
April 24.4 26 24 28 22 24
May 29.3 29 33 26 30
June 33.5 33 35 32 34
July 36.4 37 40 33 36
August 35.6 39 36 34 36
September 31.8 35 34 34 29
October 24.3 26 26 27 24
November 18.1 19 16 20 20
December 14.6 15 14 21 15
Average 23.9 18.2 25.5 26.2 24.3 24.5

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 -2.0 -2 0 -5 -1 0
February -1.4 3 0 -4 -5 0
March 4.8 5 4 2 5 7
April 8.3 11 7 10 7 8
May 15.1 16 16 15 14
June 19.4 19 20 19 20
July 21.8 22 24 21 23
August 21.1 22 22 21 20
September 17.9 20 18 17 15
October 9.9 11 10 12 8
November 3.3 5 4 4 5
December 0.6 3 3 2 -1
Average 9.3 4.2 10.6 10.2 9.9 9.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.6 8 8 3 2 5
February 5.9 9 6 9 8 5
March 3.9 6 6 5 1 8
April 3.4 3 5 1 3 1
May 3.0 7 3 4 1
June 2.6 4 3 5 1
July 1.7 3 1 3 2
August 2.5 0 8 1 1
September 3.7 7 2 0 5
October 6.3 10 13 0 4
November 3.5 3 11 1 2
December 3.0 5 6 1 4
Average 3.9 6.3 5.2 5.3 2.3 3.1

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 10.0 9 11 10 11 10
February 10.9 12 12 11 12 10
March 11.6 10 13 13 13 10
April 12.6 13 12 15 12 12
May 10.9 9 13 11 11
June 10.5 10 11 9 12
July 8.3 9 9 7 10
August 8.3 8 8 9 8
September 8.8 9 9 9 8
October 10.2 11 10 11 10
November 9.8 9 11 10 10
December 9.3 9 9 10 10
Average 10.2 10.9 10.0 10.8 10.2 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 014° 279° 002° 326° 042°
February 292° 245° 355° 028° 341°
March 133° 056° 335° 167° 096°
April 140° 124° 142° 103° 130°
May 127° 162° 130° 120°
June 101° 146° 155° 180°
July 162° 165° 153° 161°
August 130° 148° 166° 157°
September 141° 160° 156° 112°
October 139° 112° 165° 126°
November 154° 117° 164° 170°
December 196° 199° 215° 332°

Prevailing wind direction

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