Button Airport

SN67 · Kansas, United States

Climate Button Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Great Bend Municipal Airport (KGBD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.5 61 75 87 72 77
February 79.8 77 88 92 76 80
March 76.8 78 75 90 73 67
April 86.6 83 89 95 85 88
May 80.5 85 76 73 82
June 93.0 91 91 88 97
July 91.4 88 92 94 86
August 90.3 95 94 91 90
September 85.3 82 88 95 83
October 84.5 88 98 89 81
November 83.5 82 82 90 84
December 82.7 65 87 98 84
Average 83.6 75.1 83.7 89.2 85.2 83.4

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 84.4 67 85 92 87 84
February 91.0 89 97 96 92 91
March 90.4 91 93 96 88 83
April 95.4 93 99 98 93 98
May 91.8 94 86 93 89
June 97.2 97 95 95 100
July 96.5 94 95 97 95
August 96.0 99 98 97 93
September 93.4 92 96 97 92
October 94.1 98 100 95 95
November 91.4 86 92 96 95
December 92.1 83 88 99 93
Average 92.3 85.3 93.2 94.4 94.0 92.4

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 6.5 2 7 8 8 7
February 9.3 14 11 9 3 9
March 14.8 17 13 15 16 15
April 20.4 23 22 21 19 21
May 24.6 26 26 23 23
June 31.5 30 32 32 33
July 32.9 33 35 32 32
August 32.2 34 35 34 32
September 29.3 31 31 31 27
October 20.7 22 23 22 19
November 14.0 16 13 16 16
December 9.5 10 8 14 10
Average 19.7 13.9 21.1 21.8 20.7 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 -6.1 -8 -6 -8 -4 -4
February -6.7 -1 -6 -7 -10 -4
March 0.7 1 -1 -1 3 3
April 5.0 6 5 6 5 3
May 12.2 13 13 12 11
June 18.3 17 19 19 19
July 20.3 20 21 20 21
August 18.8 19 19 20 18
September 15.6 16 15 16 12
October 6.2 8 6 7 5
November -1.7 1 -1 2 2
December -5.9 -2 -5 -4 -4
Average 5.9 -1.5 7.0 6.7 7.1 6.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.7 16 13 12 5 7
February 9.2 4 3 9 21 11
March 6.9 6 6 8 14 7
April 4.5 2 5 0 4 2
May 7.0 7 14 7 9
June 2.9 5 5 2 1
July 2.6 2 4 3 3
August 1.7 1 1 0 1
September 3.8 8 3 1 6
October 5.5 1 4 4 2
November 7.0 13 9 2 4
December 6.4 20 3 3 5
Average 5.5 6.9 6.6 5.9 5.2 4.6

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 10.7 10 10 11 12 11
February 11.8 12 12 13 12 11
March 13.5 13 14 14 14 12
April 14.2 15 14 16 14 13
May 11.1 11 13 12 11
June 11.2 8 12 9 14
July 9.5 9 10 9 10
August 9.5 9 9 11 10
September 11.3 10 11 12 10
October 11.7 13 10 11 12
November 11.8 10 13 11 13
December 10.7 10 12 10 10
Average 11.5 12.5 10.8 12.0 11.3 11.4

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 317° 325° 315° 318° 324°
February 293° 282° 337° 022° 331°
March 010° 329° 336° 186° 179°
April 272° 242° 231° 253° 349°
May 144° 118° 135° 071°
June 120° 171° 164° 180°
July 144° 151° 150° 143°
August 175° 152° 168° 156°
September 158° 158° 172° 141°
October 174° 225° 288° 122°
November 196° 241° 266° 209°
December 301° 243° 249° 317°

Prevailing wind direction

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