A Bar A Ranch Airport

WY11 · United States

Climate A Bar A Ranch Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Shively Field (KSAA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 86.0 86 74 88 90 88
February 88.5 93 80 89 89 87
March 87.3 85 86 84 87 87
April 89.4 87 91 89 90
May 93.6 92 90 94 100
June 98.4 98 99 98 98
July 99.4 98 100 99 100
August 95.1 99 99 100 100
September 95.1 100 99 94 95
October 90.3 94 97 90 86
November 89.7 93 83 92 95
December 89.5 92 88 87 89
Average 91.7 87.5 91.4 92.5 92.8 93.3

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 92.2 95 85 95 94 95
February 92.8 96 86 93 95 92
March 94.4 95 92 94 93 93
April 94.5 95 95 94 92
May 97.8 97 98 98 100
June 99.2 99 100 99 99
July 99.6 99 100 100 100
August 95.5 99 100 100 100
September 97.0 100 100 98 98
October 94.6 96 99 95 90
November 94.6 98 90 98 98
December 93.7 96 91 91 95
Average 95.6 95.3 95.4 96.5 96.3 96.1

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 0.0 1 -2 0 1 0
February 0.8 4 -1 -1 0 -1
March 5.6 6 1 6 7 7
April 11.6 9 12 12 12
May 17.6 19 17 18 19
June 24.5 21 25 27 24
July 29.4 29 30 30 29
August 27.6 27 28 27 30
September 23.2 23 24 24 23
October 13.0 15 14 14 15
November 6.8 8 3 10 8
December 1.3 3 0 3 1
Average 12.3 3.2 12.5 13.6 14.5 13.9

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 -10.2 -10 -10 -11 -10 -8
February -9.0 -6 -12 -12 -8 -12
March -5.0 -4 -9 -6 -5 -3
April -3.8 -3 -2 -4 -3
May 2.6 3 2 2 3
June 7.3 7 7 9 7
July 11.3 11 12 13 10
August 9.7 10 11 9 10
September 5.5 6 7 5 4
October -2.9 0 -1 1 -1
November -5.2 -5 -8 -2 -5
December -9.0 -9 -10 -6 -10
Average -2.9 -7.1 -1.1 -1.4 0.5 -1.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.7 8 19 8 8 8
February 8.3 6 14 9 7 9
March 8.1 10 7 12 6 10
April 6.3 6 6 5 9
May 4.9 6 6 3 2
June 1.9 3 1 2 1
July 1.6 1 3 1 2
August 1.6 2 1 4 0
September 2.5 1 3 4 2
October 5.1 7 3 5 2
November 6.7 5 12 4 3
December 7.8 4 11 10 10
Average 5.5 7.9 6.0 5.7 4.5 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 8.8 7 8 8 8 12
February 11.1 10 11 10 14 9
March 10.1 10 10 9 10 11
April 11.4 10 14 10 11
May 8.9 8 11 9 9
June 9.3 8 10 7 10
July 7.5 8 8 6 9
August 7.7 8 7 9 7
September 9.3 9 8 8 9
October 9.7 9 9 9 11
November 10.4 9 10 12 11
December 9.0 7 10 12 8
Average 9.4 9.3 8.7 9.4 9.4 9.7

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 220° 223° 209° 217° 229°
February 223° 219° 221° 243° 237°
March 224° 221° 238° 242° 230°
April 239° 243° 256° 246°
May 239° 241° 230° 237°
June 219° 227° 227° 228°
July 247° 214° 229° 232°
August 241° 252° 222° 254°
September 215° 227° 236° 242°
October 238° 246° 227° 243°
November 235° 213° 231° 218°
December 223° 226° 218° 220°

Prevailing wind direction

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