Hiebert Airfield

38KS · Kansas, United States

Climate Hiebert Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Newton-City-County Airport (KEWK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.3 53 73 88 69 63
February 75.6 80 100 86 68 78
March 71.6 69 69 77 76 66
April 82.0 89 84 82 81
May 76.6 85 70 63 76
June 93.0 95 94 87 96
July 92.0 87 94 91 86
August 91.2 97 96 94 93
September 84.8 90 94 88 77
October 78.6 75 96 72 73
November 79.3 80 76 90 84
December 77.0 63 71 90 83
Average 80.0 67.0 83.0 86.0 81.1 80.0

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 2021 2020
January 81.2 60 84 95 85 75
February 88.2 89 100 92 90 90
March 85.6 78 88 91 86 76
April 93.8 99 95 95 93
May 90.0 93 83 87 87
June 97.7 97 98 95 99
July 96.8 93 98 98 96
August 96.0 99 99 98 97
September 91.6 97 96 90 87
October 89.5 91 98 78 92
November 89.2 86 87 96 92
December 88.9 81 78 97 93
Average 89.5 75.6 92.1 93.0 91.4 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 6.1 2 8 8 7 6
February 8.3 15 11 8 2 8
March 14.5 15 13 15 16 15
April 19.5 22 21 18 19
May 24.4 27 25 22 22
June 31.3 31 32 31 33
July 32.5 33 34 32 32
August 30.3 35 35 25 31
September 28.6 31 31 28 26
October 20.1 22 23 20 18
November 13.3 15 12 15 16
December 9.2 10 8 14 9
Average 18.8 10.3 22.0 21.3 19.3 19.6

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 -5.4 -7 -3 -7 -2 -3
February -4.3 1 -4 -5 -9 -4
March 2.4 3 2 1 4 4
April 6.3 6 8 6 6
May 13.0 13 14 12 12
June 19.0 18 20 19 20
July 20.5 21 22 20 21
August 18.5 20 20 14 18
September 16.1 17 16 16 14
October 7.9 10 9 8 7
November 1.7 3 1 3 4
December -2.0 0 -2 0 -3
Average 7.0 -2.8 9.4 8.3 7.8 8.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.3 15 9 8 9 7
February 8.4 6 0 13 21 8
March 5.0 4 3 10 7 5
April 4.2 4 2 4 5
May 4.8 6 10 5 5
June 1.7 4 3 2 0
July 1.4 2 3 3 0
August 1.5 1 1 1 0
September 3.1 6 4 1 3
October 4.2 4 3 3 4
November 4.4 7 5 2 2
December 4.6 12 4 0 5
Average 4.6 8.4 4.8 5.1 4.4 3.5

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 11.4 10 10 11 13 12
February 12.0 12 11 13 12 11
March 13.5 12 14 14 15 11
April 14.0 14 16 14 12
May 11.0 10 12 11 11
June 11.1 8 11 10 14
July 9.0 9 9 9 9
August 9.0 9 9 11 9
September 10.3 10 10 9 10
October 11.8 13 11 10 12
November 12.1 11 14 12 14
December 11.2 11 12 11 10
Average 11.3 11.3 10.7 11.8 11.3 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 309° 311° 294° 309° 301°
February 231° 217° 321° 003° 324°
March 230° 290° 318° 187° 200°
April 227° 201° 253° 263°
May 157° 149° 144° 062°
June 154° 171° 175° 182°
July 189° 158° 165° 158°
August 218° 163° 173° 159°
September 171° 170° 187° 201°
October 246° 220° 254° 205°
November 180° 255° 220° 202°
December 262° 216° 212° 303°

Prevailing wind direction

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