Homan Field

00SD · South Dakota, United States

Climate Homan Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Myers Field (KCNB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 63.5 58 60 80 54 53
February 77.2 72 82 79 78 74
March 72.9 79 58 72 78 73
April 74.3 79 68 74 91
May 83.6 91 82 88 82
June 91.8 91 99 99 93
July 92.8 95 92 87 95
August 85.1 91 85 90 90
September 85.1 81 94 90 92
October 81.3 75 98 78 83
November 73.0 85 64 87 86
December 67.6 60 57 78 79
Average 78.6 70.7 80.0 82.3 82.6 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 77.2 74 71 87 74 65
February 88.4 87 89 89 91 91
March 87.1 90 81 93 83 87
April 86.6 91 84 87 94
May 93.8 96 95 96 94
June 96.3 96 100 100 99
July 96.9 98 95 92 99
August 94.2 96 92 97 95
September 93.6 91 99 95 98
October 92.1 87 100 89 89
November 90.6 99 90 95 95
December 82.6 81 71 86 93
Average 89.6 84.1 90.3 92.5 90.8 92.0

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 2021 2020
January -3.0 -3 -4 -4 0 -2
February -2.9 7 -1 -2 -7 0
March 5.8 8 0 5 11 8
April 11.8 12 9 14 14
May 21.5 25 21 21 19
June 28.9 29 29 31 30
July 29.8 29 30 30 31
August 27.6 30 28 29 29
September 24.7 27 26 26 23
October 14.9 16 18 18 11
November 7.1 11 5 9 11
December 1.4 6 -2 0 6
Average 12.9 3.8 14.9 14.0 15.2 15.0

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 -12.4 -11 -11 -16 -7 -11
February -12.9 -4 -11 -15 -14 -10
March -4.2 -4 -9 -4 -1 -2
April 1.0 1 0 2 1
May 9.9 11 10 9 9
June 16.8 17 17 17 18
July 17.9 16 18 18 18
August 16.8 17 16 18 17
September 12.8 13 12 13 11
October 4.4 5 5 7 2
November -3.6 -2 -3 -1 0
December -8.6 -4 -10 -9 -6
Average 2.5 -7.8 3.7 2.9 4.3 4.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.5 8 13 9 6 11
February 8.2 4 7 7 6 6
March 7.4 10 10 2 10 5
April 8.4 9 15 8 2
May 5.8 3 3 5 9
June 3.1 2 2 4 3
July 3.1 2 4 5 3
August 3.4 5 3 2 1
September 4.1 4 2 4 5
October 6.1 8 4 7 8
November 5.9 4 6 4 1
December 8.4 9 22 10 1
Average 6.2 7.5 6.1 5.3 5.6 4.5

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 8.3 8 7 10 8 9
February 8.7 8 9 11 8 9
March 9.2 10 9 11 10 9
April 10.3 10 14 11 10
May 8.3 8 9 9 9
June 7.4 6 9 7 10
July 6.0 6 8 6 7
August 4.9 1 6 7 7
September 7.2 7 7 8 8
October 9.3 9 10 8 10
November 9.9 10 11 9 10
December 8.4 7 10 8 9
Average 8.1 8.8 7.4 9.4 8.1 8.5

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 262° 281° 271° 279° 283°
February 264° 265° 285° 267° 274°
March 312° 286° 306° 221° 261°
April 291° 285° 307° 295°
May 123° 240° 246° 322°
June 114° 258° 242° 169°
July 289° 277° 195° 209°
August 147° 266° 185° 205°
September 164° 223° 235° 269°
October 282° 266° 239° 279°
November 260° 277° 279° 249°
December 237° 256° 282° 286°

Prevailing wind direction

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