The O'neill Municipal-John L Baker Field

KONL · Nebraska, United States

Climate The O'neill Municipal-John L Baker Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of The O'neill Municipal-John L Baker Field (KONL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.7 59 67 88 57 64
February 78.9 69 83 86 82 82
March 68.1 77 60 83 74 58
April 80.1 81 89 79 77 88
May 75.9 85 77 71 75
June 91.5 93 90 98 90
July 89.4 90 90 81 94
August 84.3 86 84 95 94
September 83.6 86 93 88 91
October 79.2 78 97 77 80
November 80.1 92 82 93 89
December 74.4 78 51 88 76
Average 79.1 72.4 82.5 84.5 81.7 82.2

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 79.3 64 77 97 73 71
February 89.7 83 88 97 87 94
March 81.6 87 79 95 81 71
April 90.3 90 96 95 90 94
May 89.5 90 93 92 91
June 95.6 97 93 100 96
July 95.3 98 93 91 99
August 92.7 94 91 99 97
September 92.6 93 96 93 96
October 88.4 81 98 85 90
November 91.6 96 94 99 94
December 83.9 84 54 97 88
Average 88.8 82.0 89.8 92.6 90.9 90.6

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 0.4 -4 -2 5 2 0
February 2.1 9 1 5 -4 5
March 9.1 10 5 10 13 11
April 15.6 16 17 16 16 16
May 21.2 24 21 21 19
June 28.7 28 29 30 30
July 30.1 29 32 30 30
August 29.0 30 31 31 31
September 25.9 27 28 27 25
October 16.2 16 20 18 15
November 10.3 12 8 13 13
December 3.8 6 0 7 6
Average 15.1 7.5 16.1 17.4 17.0 16.7

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 -9.0 -11 -9 -11 -5 -8
February -9.0 -3 -9 -10 -14 -7
March -3.7 -3 -5 -4 0 0
April 2.2 4 2 1 2 2
May 9.7 10 10 9 9
June 15.8 15 15 16 17
July 17.9 16 18 17 19
August 16.6 17 17 17 17
September 12.8 13 12 13 11
October 3.8 4 4 6 3
November -3.8 -2 -5 0 -1
December -7.7 -4 -9 -6 -6
Average 3.3 -4.5 4.1 3.5 4.7 4.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.7 11 15 5 8 7
February 7.6 8 6 4 12 3
March 5.9 5 5 1 10 8
April 5.1 7 3 6 3 2
May 7.0 4 4 3 11
June 3.3 5 2 1 2
July 2.1 3 3 2 1
August 2.4 4 2 1 0
September 2.0 2 1 2 1
October 5.1 12 1 2 5
November 4.1 5 1 4 4
December 8.3 7 19 3 8
Average 5.2 7.3 5.6 3.4 3.9 4.1

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 9.4 9 9 11 9 9
February 10.0 10 10 12 8 10
March 10.7 11 11 13 11 11
April 12.4 13 14 17 12 12
May 9.3 9 10 9 9
June 8.6 7 9 8 11
July 7.5 6 8 8 8
August 8.0 8 9 9 9
September 8.9 8 9 9 10
October 10.4 10 11 10 9
November 10.2 10 11 10 10
December 9.6 8 12 10 10
Average 9.7 10.7 9.0 10.9 9.4 9.7

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 296° 311° 283° 304° 280°
February 286° 282° 308° 285° 298°
March 333° 320° 331° 283° 232°
April 323° 308° 295° 317° 305°
May 162° 271° 120° 002°
June 167° 214° 186° 168°
July 235° 201° 163° 169°
August 207° 178° 161° 181°
September 180° 176° 197° 255°
October 308° 277° 277° 287°
November 266° 294° 291° 242°
December 291° 289° 294° 302°

Prevailing wind direction

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