Norton Municipal Airport

KNRN · Kansas, United States

Climate Norton Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Norton Municipal Airport (KNRN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.6 69 74 93 66
February 83.8 80 85 98 73
March 82.6 86 77 91 77
April 91.0 87 96 98 83
May 81.7 85 86 75
June 95.5 93 97 96
July 88.3 86 88 91
August 93.3 96 93 92 93
September 91.8 91 97 91 89
October 89.1 86 98 92 81
November 90.2 86 93 90 91
December 83.1 44 82 95 85
Average 86.5 80.9 86.1 93.1 85.2 87.4

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 83.7 72 85 96 82
February 92.9 89 93 100 91
March 93.3 95 91 97 90
April 97.8 96 100 98 97
May 92.5 93 95 90
June 98.4 98 99 98
July 94.1 95 91 96
August 96.1 97 96 96 95
September 96.6 96 99 96 97
October 96.0 95 100 95 95
November 95.3 88 98 97 97
December 91.6 81 87 98 91
Average 93.6 88.7 93.9 96.4 93.9 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 4.2 2 3 7 6
February 7.0 13 7 9 0
March 13.6 15 10 14 15
April 19.9 20 21 21 19
May 23.8 25 25 22
June 30.6 29 32 30
July 32.5 32 33 33
August 33.2 33 33 34 33
September 29.7 30 30 32 27
October 20.2 19 23 21 18
November 15.1 17 12 16 16
December 8.8 6 7 12 9
Average 18.6 11.9 20.2 20.8 20.0 20.2

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 -7.3 -8 -6 -8 -4
February -7.4 -1 -7 -8 -11
March -2.7 -1 -3 -3 1
April 3.7 5 3 4 3
May 10.3 11 10 10
June 16.1 15 17 16
July 18.3 18 19 19
August 17.3 17 16 18 18
September 12.3 14 12 14 10
October 4.8 6 4 6 3
November -1.4 2 -4 1 0
December -5.3 -2 -7 -4 -5
Average 4.1 -2.7 6.3 4.7 5.7 5.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.2 4 7 6 5
February 5.5 3 8 1 11
March 6.0 6 4 4 11
April 1.4 1 2 1 2
May 6.1 6 8 4
June 1.6 3 2 1
July 1.6 2 1 2
August 1.1 3 1 1 0
September 3.5 2 4 2 6
October 1.5 3 2 0 2
November 1.8 3 2 1 1
December 3.1 14 1 1 3
Average 3.1 3.4 3.9 2.7 3.2 2.5

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 8.7 8 7 10 10
February 9.1 9 9 11 7
March 10.5 10 10 11 11
April 12.8 13 13 15 11
May 8.9 8 10 9
June 8.4 7 10 8
July 7.8 7 9 8
August 8.1 8 7 9 8
September 8.3 8 7 9 9
October 9.3 10 8 10 9
November 9.6 8 10 9 11
December 9.6 10 11 8 10
Average 9.4 10.3 8.6 9.8 9.1 9.2

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 338° 343° 313° 341°
February 320° 310° 346° 019°
March 032° 356° 359° 019°
April 347° 313° 316° 340°
May 139° 080° 150°
June 137° 178° 166°
July 115° 147° 163°
August 240° 137° 158° 177°
September 183° 157° 157° 087°
October 337° 294° 346° 006°
November 252° 310° 314° 269°
December 333° 303° 324° 331°

Prevailing wind direction

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