Salina Regional Airport

KSLN · Kansas, United States

Climate Salina Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Salina Regional Airport (KSLN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.9 53 71 93 70 63
February 80.5 78 87 95 81 84
March 75.1 78 72 83 77 61
April 86.2 86 92 91 85 87
May 82.3 89 77 74 82
June 94.9 97 92 93 98
July 93.3 91 91 92 90
August 92.2 95 95 93 95
September 87.0 86 94 95 80
October 84.0 88 98 85 81
November 84.1 82 83 93 90
December 81.7 69 80 94 84
Average 83.8 73.7 85.3 89.3 85.9 83.2

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 82.6 63 83 96 89 80
February 92.4 90 98 98 93 95
March 90.3 95 90 94 89 78
April 95.6 96 99 98 96 98
May 93.8 95 88 94 95
June 98.7 99 97 99 100
July 97.6 97 97 98 96
August 97.1 98 98 98 98
September 94.6 93 100 98 90
October 93.7 99 99 96 93
November 93.2 87 96 97 97
December 92.8 87 83 99 95
Average 93.0 85.8 94.0 95.5 95.4 92.9

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 6.1 2 6 8 8 6
February 9.2 15 11 10 3 9
March 15.2 17 13 15 17 16
April 20.9 23 22 21 19 20
May 25.5 27 26 23 23
June 32.5 31 32 33 33
July 33.8 34 34 33 33
August 32.6 35 35 34 32
September 29.8 32 31 30 27
October 21.0 22 23 23 19
November 14.0 15 13 16 17
December 9.3 10 8 13 10
Average 20.0 13.9 21.5 21.7 21.1 20.4

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 -6.9 -7 -4 -8 -3 -4
February -5.7 0 -5 -7 -9 -4
March 1.9 1 1 0 4 4
April 6.4 8 6 7 6 5
May 13.4 13 15 13 12
June 19.2 18 20 20 20
July 21.3 21 22 20 22
August 19.9 21 20 21 19
September 16.4 17 16 15 13
October 7.7 9 7 9 6
November 1.0 1 0 2 3
December -3.2 0 -3 -2 -3
Average 7.0 0.2 8.2 7.7 8.1 7.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.8 13 6 3 3 7
February 4.0 3 1 4 8 4
March 4.3 3 4 8 7 2
April 4.0 1 2 1 4 4
May 4.7 2 10 5 8
June 2.6 5 5 0 2
July 1.4 1 1 0 4
August 1.9 1 2 1 1
September 2.8 4 3 1 5
October 4.8 2 2 4 3
November 4.4 10 4 0 3
December 4.6 11 2 0 5
Average 3.8 4.9 3.8 3.6 2.8 3.8

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 9.7 9 9 10 11 10
February 10.7 11 11 11 11 10
March 12.3 12 12 13 13 11
April 12.9 14 13 15 13 11
May 9.9 9 12 10 10
June 10.2 8 11 8 13
July 8.8 8 9 9 8
August 8.4 8 8 10 8
September 9.7 9 9 9 9
October 10.6 12 9 10 10
November 10.8 9 13 10 12
December 9.8 10 11 10 9
Average 10.4 11.4 9.8 10.8 10.3 10.0

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 332° 331° 312° 314° 313°
February 254° 261° 327° 358° 338°
March 341° 329° 348° 186° 197°
April 246° 242° 226° 274° 317°
May 145° 139° 133° 041°
June 128° 179° 167° 180°
July 145° 135° 148° 148°
August 226° 147° 167° 156°
September 159° 155° 181° 180°
October 226° 237° 292° 203°
November 146° 267° 248° 211°
December 293° 230° 229° 313°

Prevailing wind direction

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