Northwest Arkansas National Airport

KXNA · Arkansas, United States

Climate Northwest Arkansas National Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Northwest Arkansas National Airport (KXNA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 63.8 56 61 76 60 59
February 68.2 89 77 71 53 63
March 71.4 79 61 68 86 66
April 79.2 80 86 78 83 73
May 79.0 81 68 74 78
June 91.7 95 92 87 93
July 92.8 96 94 89 91
August 90.7 95 93 97 95
September 89.2 96 93 95 81
October 75.4 76 88 71 68
November 78.1 83 72 89 80
December 68.5 61 49 84 74
Average 79.0 76.0 80.9 79.7 81.3 77.3

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 80.9 71 79 86 85 79
February 83.1 95 88 83 72 85
March 91.1 98 85 91 96 84
April 93.1 96 96 96 94 87
May 92.1 90 85 95 90
June 97.4 98 96 95 99
July 98.0 99 96 99 98
August 96.5 99 96 100 99
September 95.5 97 95 99 90
October 88.3 89 92 90 81
November 91.2 96 91 97 91
December 86.9 84 75 97 91
Average 91.3 90.2 91.9 90.9 93.6 89.9

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 9.0 6 11 9 8 10
February 12.1 17 14 11 5 11
March 16.9 19 15 17 18 18
April 20.6 22 21 21 19 19
May 25.0 26 25 23 23
June 30.0 31 31 30 30
July 32.1 32 36 31 32
August 30.9 33 32 32 31
September 29.0 29 29 31 27
October 21.5 22 23 23 20
November 15.5 17 15 16 18
December 11.7 12 11 17 10
Average 20.6 16.0 21.8 21.9 21.0 20.8

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 -2.2 -5 0 -4 -1 0
February 0.4 4 2 -3 -5 0
March 5.4 7 5 3 6 8
April 8.6 11 8 9 8 7
May 14.4 15 16 13 13
June 19.0 18 19 19 19
July 21.2 21 23 20 22
August 20.3 21 21 21 19
September 16.9 17 16 17 15
October 9.9 11 9 12 8
November 3.4 4 3 4 5
December 1.6 2 3 5 0
Average 9.2 4.0 10.4 9.8 10.1 9.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.9 21 7 11 14 7
February 10.2 6 8 17 14 11
March 9.1 5 12 11 13 9
April 7.4 7 4 11 6 8
May 7.3 9 10 11 7
June 2.3 2 2 3 2
July 2.4 2 3 3 4
August 3.7 2 3 2 2
September 2.8 3 2 0 5
October 8.7 11 9 11 8
November 6.2 5 4 4 5
December 7.1 10 4 10 12
Average 6.7 9.2 6.1 7.2 7.2 6.3

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 8.6 7 9 9 8 9
February 9.4 10 8 10 9 9
March 9.6 10 9 10 10 9
April 9.7 11 9 11 9 8
May 8.1 6 10 8 8
June 7.2 6 7 7 8
July 6.4 7 7 6 7
August 6.2 6 6 7 6
September 6.6 6 6 7 7
October 8.3 9 8 8 9
November 8.4 7 9 8 9
December 8.3 9 8 9 8
Average 8.2 9.4 7.5 8.3 7.8 8.0

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 275° 240° 286° 279° 205°
February 208° 209° 263° 024° 263°
March 194° 206° 212° 184° 192°
April 193° 207° 190° 210° 213°
May 172° 179° 142° 153°
June 192° 173° 178° 192°
July 209° 201° 205° 187°
August 235° 161° 180° 164°
September 151° 140° 179° 186°
October 202° 221° 226° 192°
November 184° 199° 207° 190°
December 220° 206° 202° 241°

Prevailing wind direction

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