Oakley Municipal Airport

KOEL · Kansas, United States

Climate Oakley Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Oakley Municipal Airport (KOEL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.3 81 82 92 80 91
February 85.6 83 89 97 76 83
March 80.1 87 77 90 80 66
April 91.1 87 95 99 86 89
May 78.8 80 90 77 80
June 92.8 86 96 93 95
July 86.6 84 80 88 86
August 93.8 97 97 95 94
September 90.3 87 92 95 87
October 89.4 94 98 93 81
November 91.3 92 95 99 92
December 86.8 81 86 98 84
Average 87.2 84.7 86.9 93.2 88.0 85.7

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 89.6 83 86 94 91 95
February 90.7 87 95 98 87 88
March 88.9 95 86 95 89 79
April 96.4 96 99 100 93 94
May 88.6 92 95 90 88
June 97.3 95 98 97 98
July 93.1 91 87 94 94
August 96.6 99 98 98 97
September 95.2 93 95 97 95
October 94.1 96 99 94 92
November 94.1 94 97 99 98
December 92.3 91 91 98 90
Average 92.8 90.5 93.2 96.0 93.7 92.3

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 5.4 2 3 7 7 8
February 8.1 13 8 8 3 9
March 14.4 16 12 15 15 14
April 20.6 23 22 21 19 20
May 23.4 25 26 22 24
June 31.2 29 34 32 34
July 31.1 34 36 32 33
August 33.4 34 36 34 33
September 30.4 31 31 32 28
October 20.4 21 24 22 19
November 14.7 16 12 17 17
December 9.7 10 8 13 9
Average 19.6 13.4 20.4 21.3 20.6 20.7

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 -8.8 -9 -7 -8 -6 -5
February -7.3 -2 -7 -8 -11 -5
March -2.4 -1 -4 -3 -1 1
April 2.6 4 3 3 2 2
May 9.0 11 9 10 8
June 15.1 14 16 16 16
July 15.7 17 19 17 18
August 16.7 16 17 17 17
September 13.1 13 12 14 11
October 4.1 5 5 6 3
November -2.3 -1 -4 0 -1
December -5.4 -3 -7 -4 -5
Average 4.0 -3.8 4.8 4.0 5.2 5.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 9.7 8 9 10 11 10
February 10.4 9 12 11 9 12
March 12.1 11 12 13 13 12
April 13.6 14 14 16 13 12
May 10.8 10 12 12 11
June 10.8 8 12 10 13
July 9.3 8 11 9 10
August 9.1 9 9 10 10
September 10.2 9 9 10 10
October 10.4 10 10 10 10
November 11.1 10 12 10 12
December 11.0 10 15 10 11
Average 10.7 10.7 10.0 11.7 10.5 10.9

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 343° 354° 319° 346° 349°
February 333° 318° 348° 334° 344°
March 022° 005° 358° 360° 201°
April 348° 313° 316° 344° 358°
May 149° 073° 154° 092°
June 145° 198° 170° 199°
July 135° 169° 169° 163°
August 215° 164° 173° 176°
September 180° 152° 188° 165°
October 333° 294° 353° 018°
November 332° 321° 314° 264°
December 332° 302° 304° 338°

Prevailing wind direction

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