Champion Ranch Airport

01NM · United States

Climate Champion Ranch Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Artesia Municipal Airport (KATS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.6 96 93 96 90 96
February 91.5 90 95 97 78 81
March 93.6 93 98 98 97 88
April 94.6 98 99 90 94
May 94.8 93 98 89 100
June 94.6 98 94 77 99
July 85.3 99 100 0 100
August 94.8 99 96 79 100
September 92.2 94 95 99 91
October 89.1 89 89 97 93
November 86.3 86 88 91 93
December 92.5 90 95 99 98
Average 92.1 93.1 94.3 95.4 81.4 94.7

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 96.3 97 94 99 94 99
February 95.5 96 99 100 86 88
March 97.1 98 99 99 99 93
April 98.4 100 99 95 98
May 99.1 100 100 98 100
June 96.2 99 99 78 99
July 85.5 100 100 0 100
August 96.7 100 98 81 100
September 96.9 99 98 100 99
October 94.9 94 96 98 97
November 91.7 91 93 96 95
December 95.0 91 96 99 99
Average 95.5 96.8 97.3 98.1 84.4 97.4

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 14.5 14 15 15 14 16
February 17.6 19 16 16 15 16
March 22.0 22 22 22 22 21
April 27.0 26 29 24 27
May 31.7 31 34 30 33
June 35.6 37 35 35 36
July 35.7 38 37 32 38
August 34.4 36 33 32 37
September 31.4 34 31 32 31
October 25.0 26 23 27 27
November 18.9 19 16 21 21
December 15.6 16 16 20 15
Average 24.9 18.1 26.3 25.8 25.4 26.4

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 -1.0 -1 1 -3 -2 0
February 0.8 3 1 -3 -1 1
March 5.3 7 5 2 5 8
April 8.9 7 9 8 9
May 14.5 14 15 15 15
June 19.3 20 20 20 19
July 21.7 23 22 20 23
August 21.1 22 21 20 22
September 17.0 18 17 16 15
October 10.0 11 10 10 8
November 4.0 5 3 4 4
December 0.6 1 2 4 -2
Average 9.3 2.7 10.5 10.0 9.9 10.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.6 0 1 0 1 1
February 1.6 3 0 1 5 3
March 1.2 2 0 1 1 6
April 0.8 0 0 4 0
May 0.1 0 0 0 0
June 1.1 1 1 5 1
July 0.3 0 0 1 0
August 0.8 1 2 1 0
September 1.4 1 0 2 0
October 1.5 2 2 0 2
November 1.2 3 3 0 2
December 0.8 2 0 0 0
Average 1.0 1.5 0.8 0.8 1.6 1.2

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 9.1 9 10 8 8 9
February 10.9 11 13 10 9 10
March 11.3 12 13 11 13 10
April 11.3 12 12 11 10
May 10.4 9 11 11 10
June 9.4 9 8 9 12
July 7.9 9 7 7 8
August 7.4 8 7 7 7
September 7.9 7 8 8 8
October 8.6 9 8 10 9
November 8.6 8 10 7 10
December 8.0 8 9 11 9
Average 9.4 10.8 9.5 8.9 9.2 9.2

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 199° 232° 267° 232° 228°
February 254° 228° 189° 182° 205°
March 236° 223° 244° 213° 201°
April 201° 221° 192° 207°
May 158° 219° 161° 177°
June 224° 134° 150° 168°
July 154° 136° 155° 147°
August 134° 093° 169° 156°
September 172° 159° 181° 072°
October 163° 278° 213° 135°
November 172° 203° 119° 200°
December 274° 231° 232° 002°

Prevailing wind direction

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