Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport

KRKS · Wyoming, United States

Climate Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport (KRKS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.8 69 64 85 83 84
February 82.3 71 79 82 85 89
March 82.7 80 71 84 84 79
April 88.1 97 72 90 88 97
May 91.0 93 84 95 99
June 97.5 93 98 99 96
July 99.5 98 100 100 100
August 97.8 98 100 96 97
September 96.2 96 97 97 97
October 93.3 90 93 93 98
November 88.1 85 78 92 93
December 83.9 78 76 92 93
Average 89.2 79.7 84.9 89.6 92.4 94.0

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 85.4 80 77 94 92 94
February 88.7 81 84 89 90 96
March 91.1 90 84 92 93 89
April 93.8 99 81 93 95 98
May 95.9 97 91 99 100
June 99.1 98 99 99 99
July 99.7 98 100 100 100
August 98.8 100 100 98 99
September 98.8 98 100 100 98
October 96.2 95 94 96 99
November 93.6 91 91 97 97
December 90.4 89 84 94 98
Average 93.9 87.9 91.1 94.4 96.2 97.5

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 -2.6 -1 -5 1 1 -1
February -1.8 2 -3 1 -1 -1
March 5.5 5 0 7 6 6
April 11.8 13 8 12 12 12
May 17.9 19 17 19 20
June 24.6 22 25 28 24
July 30.1 30 31 31 29
August 28.2 27 29 27 31
September 22.8 23 25 24 22
October 13.2 15 15 13 15
November 5.9 7 1 9 6
December -1.8 1 -4 3 0
Average 12.2 4.9 12.1 13.9 14.3 13.9

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 -10.4 -9 -11 -9 -9 -9
February -10.6 -6 -12 -10 -10 -11
March -5.4 -4 -9 -5 -5 -3
April -2.8 0 -3 -2 -3 -2
May 3.8 6 3 4 4
June 9.2 9 9 12 9
July 13.9 13 15 15 13
August 12.2 13 14 12 13
September 7.8 8 9 8 7
October 0.3 2 2 2 1
November -5.7 -3 -8 -2 -5
December -9.0 -8 -12 -7 -10
Average 0.1 -5.1 0.4 0.8 1.5 0.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.5 14 20 3 5 8
February 10.7 17 18 11 9 5
March 10.2 14 18 12 7 12
April 8.2 4 17 8 7 3
May 5.7 6 11 1 2
June 3.4 7 3 3 4
July 1.6 1 3 2 1
August 1.6 3 2 2 1
September 2.7 6 3 2 1
October 4.4 9 1 5 3
November 7.1 10 12 2 3
December 7.7 8 19 8 2
Average 6.5 11.8 10.0 6.6 4.1 3.4

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 11.0 9 12 14 11 13
February 13.1 11 13 15 17 13
March 11.6 12 11 12 12 13
April 12.8 14 12 14 13 12
May 10.8 9 13 11 12
June 10.1 9 11 9 12
July 8.1 9 9 7 9
August 8.3 9 7 9 8
September 9.3 9 8 8 11
October 11.7 10 10 11 15
November 11.6 9 13 12 11
December 10.6 8 10 13 10
Average 10.8 11.4 9.9 11.2 10.9 11.4

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 253° 265° 256° 248° 253°
February 247° 258° 262° 265° 266°
March 238° 245° 262° 256° 262°
April 250° 274° 260° 297° 271°
May 317° 252° 260° 245°
June 224° 247° 257° 246°
July 256° 240° 270° 260°
August 239° 258° 255° 258°
September 242° 253° 256° 275°
October 246° 266° 238° 264°
November 249° 245° 260° 239°
December 253° 244° 241° 256°

Prevailing wind direction

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