Eppley Airfield

KOMA · Iowa, United States

Climate Eppley Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Eppley Airfield (KOMA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 64.4 52 53 89 60 55
February 79.2 84 74 92 78 87
March 69.4 81 61 76 77 61
April 81.5 86 84 82 84 87
May 78.5 85 84 74 77 70
June 93.6 93 95 93 93 95
July 93.3 93 88 91 91 96
August 90.3 90 83 93 96 95
September 89.1 99 91 92 94 83
October 81.5 80 99 78 85
November 84.5 95 80 94 82
December 74.1 64 52 90 76
Average 82.4 85.3 79.6 85.5 84.7 81.5

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 82.3 69 82 97 84 74
February 90.9 95 89 98 87 99
March 89.3 94 88 93 90 84
April 95.0 93 98 96 96 95
May 94.0 95 93 96 95 91
June 98.0 98 99 97 96 100
July 97.4 98 94 96 97 100
August 96.6 97 93 98 100 98
September 96.5 100 96 99 100 94
October 92.5 96 100 94 94
November 95.3 99 97 98 92
December 88.2 83 71 95 93
Average 93.4 93.6 92.8 95.5 94.5 92.9

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 0.9 -2 2 3 2 1
February 4.4 12 6 6 -4 6
March 11.6 14 9 12 15 13
April 18.2 20 20 18 19 18
May 24.0 25 26 24 22 21
June 30.6 30 31 30 32 31
July 31.1 30 30 32 31 32
August 30.0 30 30 31 31 31
September 27.6 29 28 28 29 26
October 18.0 19 20 20 16
November 10.7 13 10 13 14
December 5.0 7 3 9 5
Average 18.1 20.7 18.4 18.6 18.4 17.7

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 -8.3 -10 -6 -10 -5 -7
February -8.8 -2 -6 -9 -12 -6
March 0.1 0 -3 -1 2 3
April 5.1 6 5 5 6 4
May 12.5 12 13 13 12 11
June 19.0 19 18 19 19 20
July 20.3 20 19 21 20 21
August 19.2 19 20 19 21 19
September 15.5 15 15 14 16 13
October 6.6 8 5 9 5
November -1.5 0 -2 2 1
December -5.4 -2 -6 -3 -6
Average 6.9 8.7 6.7 6.1 7.3 6.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.6 16 9 4 14 16
February 9.1 1 10 6 16 3
March 9.5 7 11 8 10 9
April 7.2 9 4 7 5 6
May 6.8 4 3 9 7 14
June 3.0 1 2 4 2 2
July 3.5 3 8 4 1 3
August 3.0 2 4 4 1 1
September 3.9 0 3 2 2 7
October 8.1 6 3 6 7
November 6.0 5 7 3 6
December 11.6 15 25 5 7
Average 6.6 4.6 6.4 6.1 5.6 6.5

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 9.9 9 9 10 10 11
February 10.4 10 11 12 9 11
March 11.6 12 11 13 12 10
April 12.2 14 13 14 11 11
May 9.8 10 9 11 10 10
June 9.3 10 8 9 8 11
July 8.0 8 7 9 8 9
August 8.3 8 8 8 9 10
September 9.6 9 9 10 9 9
October 9.9 10 10 9 10
November 10.5 9 13 10 11
December 9.5 9 11 10 9
Average 9.9 10.0 9.3 10.6 9.5 10.1

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 323° 326° 293° 331° 309°
February 275° 282° 325° 351° 341°
March 360° 340° 341° 147° 224°
April 261° 263° 239° 291° 307°
May 198° 140° 164° 147° 001°
June 160° 141° 180° 169° 164°
July 149° 074° 187° 157° 149°
August 151° 161° 152° 154° 170°
September 149° 166° 150° 171° 193°
October 308° 238° 190° 308°
November 199° 280° 244° 223°
December 307° 223° 239° 312°

Prevailing wind direction

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