Springfield-Branson National

KSGF · Missouri, United States

Climate Springfield-Branson National 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Springfield-Branson National (KSGF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.5 48 58 77 53 57
February 68.6 86 76 72 52 69
March 70.2 80 62 66 79 64
April 80.6 80 89 77 84 79
May 81.1 82 74 74 76
June 93.8 94 93 86 96
July 93.2 98 92 89 93
August 90.1 87 95 98 91
September 90.2 94 89 95 84
October 74.7 73 90 68 66
November 79.2 84 76 96 80
December 68.5 63 46 87 75
Average 79.1 73.4 80.5 80.2 80.8 78.3

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 74.1 58 75 83 78 71
February 82.0 94 89 82 74 81
March 88.6 94 86 90 87 83
April 91.7 92 96 89 94 91
May 92.6 89 89 93 90
June 97.8 98 96 95 100
July 96.9 99 95 96 97
August 95.5 94 97 100 94
September 95.2 98 92 99 91
October 86.2 86 92 84 82
November 89.9 95 90 99 88
December 85.6 83 62 97 93
Average 89.5 84.4 90.8 89.3 91.8 88.9

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 7.1 4 9 7 6 8
February 10.7 16 13 9 2 9
March 15.4 18 13 15 17 16
April 19.9 21 21 19 19 19
May 24.3 25 24 22 22
June 29.8 30 31 29 30
July 32.2 33 35 30 32
August 30.4 32 32 31 30
September 28.5 29 28 30 27
October 20.7 21 22 21 20
November 14.3 16 14 15 16
December 10.6 11 9 16 10
Average 19.6 14.7 20.9 20.8 19.9 19.8

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 -3.1 -5 0 -6 -2 -1
February -1.0 3 1 -5 -7 -1
March 4.2 6 3 3 5 6
April 8.1 10 8 8 7 7
May 14.1 14 15 13 13
June 18.9 18 19 19 19
July 21.1 21 21 21 22
August 20.1 21 20 21 19
September 16.8 16 15 17 15
October 9.5 10 8 12 8
November 2.8 4 3 3 5
December 0.7 2 1 4 -1
Average 8.6 3.2 9.9 8.8 9.5 9.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.9 23 13 13 14 9
February 10.1 7 9 14 19 9
March 9.7 7 14 17 10 8
April 7.2 9 3 8 9 7
May 9.0 10 13 16 10
June 3.5 2 3 4 4
July 3.3 2 5 2 3
August 4.6 4 3 2 1
September 3.1 1 4 1 2
October 9.9 10 9 14 11
November 4.7 5 1 1 6
December 5.2 11 6 5 8
Average 7.2 11.4 6.7 8.0 7.8 6.4

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 10.0 9 10 11 9 10
February 10.1 10 9 11 9 10
March 10.7 11 11 11 11 10
April 10.7 12 10 12 10 9
May 9.0 8 10 9 9
June 8.0 6 8 7 8
July 7.1 8 8 6 8
August 7.3 7 7 8 8
September 7.6 7 8 9 8
October 9.5 10 9 10 10
November 9.4 9 10 10 11
December 9.5 10 9 11 9
Average 9.2 10.7 8.7 9.2 9.0 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 239° 231° 291° 245° 197°
February 211° 216° 270° 016° 231°
March 188° 195° 230° 175° 178°
April 194° 209° 190° 222° 225°
May 148° 168° 153° 170°
June 163° 190° 189° 191°
July 227° 208° 223° 184°
August 205° 177° 179° 143°
September 161° 157° 176° 174°
October 215° 236° 208° 171°
November 187° 206° 211° 184°
December 215° 192° 198° 229°

Prevailing wind direction

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