Medicine Lodge Weather Station

P28 · Kansas, United States

Climate Medicine Lodge Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Medicine Lodge Weather Station (KP28) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

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
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

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 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
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

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 8.9 7 10 10 9 9
February 10.9 18 12 11 3 10
March 16.9 21 15 17 17 16
April 21.5 23 24 20 22
May 24.0 27 27 23 25
June 32.4 31 33 33 34
July 34.3 34 37 34 34
August 33.2 35 36 35 32
September 30.3 31 33 32 27
October 22.4 25 25 24 20
November 15.3 17 14 17 17
December 11.1 13 10 16 10
Average 20.9 15.0 22.6 23.3 22.2 21.3

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 -5.5 -5 -3 -8 -3 -3
February -4.5 2 -4 -6 -9 -3
March 2.7 4 1 1 4 5
April 6.4 6 8 6 6
May 12.5 14 14 12 12
June 18.7 18 19 20 19
July 21.1 21 22 20 22
August 19.8 20 20 21 19
September 16.9 17 16 18 14
October 7.7 9 7 10 6
November 1.4 2 0 3 4
December -3.9 1 -2 -1 -3
Average 7.1 0.0 8.6 8.0 8.6 8.0

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
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 8.8 8 8 9 10 9
February 9.7 10 9 11 10 10
March 11.0 10 12 12 11 9
April 11.4 11 13 12 10
May 8.9 8 10 9 9
June 8.5 6 9 8 11
July 7.3 7 7 7 7
August 7.3 6 7 9 7
September 8.6 8 8 9 8
October 9.5 10 8 9 9
November 9.3 8 11 9 9
December 8.5 9 8 8 8
Average 9.1 9.4 8.3 9.5 9.1 8.9

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° 334° 351° 340° 359°
February 314° 296° 357° 023° 357°
March 360° 015° 346° 179° 134°
April 213° 209° 014° 019°
May 140° 118° 128° 064°
June 119° 169° 169° 185°
July 168° 154° 151° 144°
August 164° 160° 168° 146°
September 152° 157° 170° 133°
October 062° 181° 345° 079°
November 155° 018° 101° 178°
December 318° 238° 219° 337°

Prevailing wind direction

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