Reno/Stead Airport

KRTS · Nevada, United States

Climate Reno/Stead Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Reno/Stead Airport (KRTS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.8 93 82 100 94 96
February 89.9 94 83 91 98 100
March 92.3 90 86 98 97 92
April 98.6 99 99 98 100 98
May 97.0 97 99 95 99
June 99.1 98 99 100 100
July 98.4 100 100 92 100
August 94.8 99 100 82 92
September 96.1 98 94 99 84
October 98.1 96 100 95 99
November 97.8 98 96 98 99
December 86.1 91 69 89 97
Average 95.2 93.8 94.4 96.4 94.9 96.4

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 96.6 97 90 100 95 99
February 94.0 97 88 91 99 100
March 96.0 95 94 99 99 95
April 99.5 100 99 98 100 100
May 99.7 100 99 100 100
June 99.7 100 99 100 100
July 98.8 100 100 94 100
August 96.3 100 100 89 95
September 97.3 99 96 99 88
October 99.1 100 100 97 100
November 99.2 100 98 99 100
December 92.6 97 79 92 100
Average 97.5 97.2 97.3 97.3 96.8 98.0

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 7.0 8 2 8 7 9
February 7.9 8 6 10 9 12
March 10.3 10 7 15 12 10
April 16.2 16 16 16 18 17
May 20.4 20 20 22 22
June 26.5 23 27 30 26
July 32.3 33 32 34 32
August 31.0 29 32 32 32
September 26.0 24 27 27 29
October 19.2 20 21 17 23
November 11.4 11 8 14 11
December 6.4 9 1 6 8
Average 16.9 10.6 16.7 18.6 18.9 19.0

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 -5.4 -3 -8 -5 -5 -3
February -5.0 -2 -6 -6 -4 -6
March -3.8 -1 -3 -1 -3 -3
April 0.9 0 0 0 1 1
May 4.4 5 3 5 5
June 9.0 8 8 12 8
July 12.8 13 13 15 11
August 11.9 12 13 12 13
September 7.4 7 9 7 8
October 1.0 2 2 2 2
November -4.6 -4 -6 0 -4
December -5.1 -4 -7 -5 -6
Average 1.7 -2.4 1.7 2.1 3.1 1.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.2 5 15 0 6 2
February 8.2 4 12 0 2 0
March 7.8 9 15 3 3 7
April 1.9 2 2 3 1 1
May 2.6 3 1 3 1
June 1.1 1 1 0 1
July 0.2 0 0 0 1
August 0.3 0 2 0 0
September 1.3 3 3 0 0
October 2.3 1 0 8 2
November 2.1 1 4 1 2
December 5.9 5 12 10 2
Average 3.4 4.7 4.4 1.9 2.5 1.4

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 5.8 7 5 5 6 8
February 7.2 7 6 5 8 7
March 7.9 9 9 7 8 8
April 8.9 7 9 11 9 8
May 7.8 6 9 8 9
June 7.4 6 8 7 8
July 6.4 7 7 6 6
August 5.9 6 6 7 6
September 6.4 5 6 6 6
October 6.2 7 5 7 5
November 5.6 5 6 6 7
December 5.0 4 6 7 5
Average 6.9 7.6 6.2 6.8 7.1 6.9

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 253° 159° 166° 251° 262°
February 221° 239° 090° 297° 316°
March 256° 241° 278° 295° 242°
April 284° 248° 256° 278° 272°
May 244° 267° 292° 249°
June 271° 247° 249° 257°
July 255° 250° 260° 264°
August 221° 235° 239° 266°
September 240° 224° 225° 159°
October 173° 069° 250° 078°
November 101° 251° 238° 236°
December 192° 230° 255° 083°

Prevailing wind direction

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