Dick's Strip Airport

3II9 · Indiana, United States

Climate Dick's Strip Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Smith Field (KSMD) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 41.5 30 30 66
February 71.2 73 75 66
March 71.6 73 66 76
April 83.8 83 85
May 82.8 85 81
June 65.8 73 60
July 39.3 79 0
August 39.7 81 0
September 37.2 76 0
October 46.0 77 14
November 80.7 84 77
December 45.2 51 36
Average 59.6 60.3 72.7 46.0

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
January 75.4 63 73 90
February 87.5 91 88 83
March 89.7 89 87 93
April 94.9 96 95
May 94.3 97 92
June 73.3 86 62
July 46.3 93 0
August 45.6 93 0
September 43.5 89 0
October 53.8 88 18
November 92.5 94 91
December 79.5 77 84
Average 75.6 82.0 88.9 56.0

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
January 0.9 0 4 -1
February 4.4 3 7 3
March 9.1 7 9 12
April 15.8 18 14
May 22.6 22 24
June 22.2 26 19
July 14.3 29 0
August 13.4 27 0
September 12.4 25 0
October 10.1 18 2
November 11.2 11 11
December 6.2 8 4
Average 9.2 3.5 16.8 7.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January -6.6 -5 -2 -10
February -3.2 0 -2 -7
March 0.2 1 0 0
April 4.8 5 5
May 10.8 9 13
June 12.1 14 11
July 8.8 18 0
August 7.4 15 0
September 6.6 13 0
October 4.1 8 1
November 1.3 1 2
December 0.3 2 -2
Average 2.1 -2.5 6.6 1.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 0.0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0
Average

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
January 7.8 8 7 9
February 8.8 8 10 9
March 9.4 10 9 10
April 9.0 8 10
May 7.5 7 8
June 5.6 7 5
July 2.7 5 0
August 2.9 6 0
September 2.3 5 0
October 4.1 7 1
November 8.2 8 9
December 7.2 7 8
Average 7.0 8.6 7.0 5.3

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 233° 220° 215°
February 242° 217° 213°
March 241° 205° 224°
April 203° 213°
May 317° 176°
June 335° 251°
July 254° 360°
August 264° 360°
September 145° 360°
October 265° 109°
November 244° 200°
December 242° 170°

Prevailing wind direction

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