Cheyenne County Municipal Airport

KSYF · Kansas, United States

Climate Cheyenne County Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Renner Field/Goodland Municipal (KGLD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.6 71 41 84 86 93
February 76.5 79 82 92 65 87
March 76.5 80 68 76 82 72
April 84.7 81 88 94 82 87
May 77.1 69 81 79 81
June 92.2 80 92 94 96
July 86.4 78 84 93 85
August 88.7 91 92 90 96
September 84.2 90 88 91 91
October 82.7 86 82 96 81
November 76.7 87 24 96 95
December 75.5 75 0 97 81
Average 81.6 77.8 77.9 78.3 87.6 86.9

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 82.3 76 48 91 93 95
February 83.7 85 88 96 79 91
March 84.7 88 74 86 90 80
April 92.6 94 96 97 92 94
May 87.5 86 89 90 88
June 96.6 93 98 97 99
July 92.5 86 92 95 95
August 93.7 94 96 96 99
September 90.0 96 92 97 96
October 88.2 89 83 96 90
November 81.9 92 27 98 96
December 82.4 85 0 99 88
Average 88.2 86.1 86.0 83.3 93.5 92.6

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 5.6 2 0 7 6 9
February 7.4 12 7 7 2 8
March 13.6 15 10 13 14 14
April 19.1 21 20 20 18 20
May 22.9 24 25 21 24
June 30.3 27 32 31 34
July 32.4 31 35 32 33
August 31.2 32 33 34 32
September 28.3 30 30 31 28
October 18.7 20 19 21 18
November 13.0 15 6 17 17
December 7.8 9 0 13 8
Average 18.4 12.3 18.6 19.4 19.9 20.2

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 -8.8 -9 -6 -8 -7 -7
February -7.1 -3 -6 -9 -11 -6
March -3.6 -2 -5 -4 -1 0
April 1.8 4 2 1 1 1
May 8.7 10 8 9 8
June 14.9 14 15 15 16
July 17.1 17 19 17 18
August 15.7 16 16 16 17
September 11.6 12 12 13 10
October 3.1 4 4 4 1
November -2.3 -2 -1 0 -1
December -5.1 -4 0 -5 -6
Average 3.3 -3.4 4.3 4.7 4.2 4.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.0 9 0 9 6 1
February 7.0 1 12 5 12 7
March 6.2 3 10 11 5 5
April 4.0 4 2 0 2 2
May 4.3 2 7 7 2
June 1.5 4 1 0 3
July 0.8 1 1 2 1
August 0.7 1 0 1 1
September 1.4 1 0 1 3
October 3.6 4 0 0 3
November 3.1 7 0 1 0
December 4.6 12 0 1 9
Average 3.5 4.1 4.3 3.0 2.8 2.8

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 10.2 10 7 11 11 11
February 11.5 11 12 11 10 13
March 12.2 11 12 13 12 11
April 13.8 14 13 18 13 12
May 11.1 11 12 11 11
June 10.8 10 12 10 13
July 9.5 8 10 10 11
August 9.4 10 9 10 10
September 9.8 9 9 10 10
October 10.6 10 9 11 11
November 10.0 10 3 11 12
December 10.5 12 0 11 12
Average 10.9 11.5 10.3 10.4 11.0 11.2

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 331° 330° 297° 330° 309°
February 305° 302° 319° 218° 320°
March 359° 352° 342° 358° 196°
April 332° 305° 310° 341° 340°
May 136° 135° 143° 093°
June 144° 185° 161° 193°
July 132° 156° 157° 153°
August 201° 144° 164° 157°
September 182° 153° 193° 356°
October 318° 294° 333° 329°
November 315° 269° 305° 245°
December 321° 360° 242° 313°

Prevailing wind direction

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