Split Mountain Air Airport

UT79 · Utah, United States

Climate Split Mountain Air Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Vernal Regional Airport (KVEL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.3 86 52 100 84 69
February 86.9 81 79 93 92 95
March 87.0 87 61 93 94 88
April 96.4 97 97 98 97
May 98.3 100 98 100 100
June 99.4 98 100 100 100
July 99.5 100 98 100 100
August 98.3 100 100 92 100
September 98.4 100 98 98 97
October 96.3 100 97 92 99
November 91.4 78 87 98 97
December 82.4 92 40 90 78
Average 92.0 84.7 87.8 93.2 95.0 93.7

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 82.5 94 59 100 88 80
February 91.1 91 83 95 97 96
March 92.2 95 71 97 97 98
April 98.6 98 99 100 98
May 99.4 100 99 100 100
June 99.6 100 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.1 100 100 97 100
September 99.2 100 99 99 100
October 98.7 100 98 98 99
November 96.0 96 91 99 98
December 86.9 95 52 94 83
Average 95.2 93.2 91.5 95.3 97.4 96.3

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 -2.7 4 -6 2 -3 -3
February 2.1 7 -7 3 4 2
March 9.8 11 0 11 11 12
April 16.7 14 17 17 17
May 22.8 23 23 24 24
June 29.5 26 30 32 29
July 34.0 34 34 35 34
August 32.1 32 33 31 34
September 26.9 26 28 27 26
October 16.4 18 18 15 19
November 8.6 8 6 11 8
December 0.9 4 -6 2 -2
Average 15.4 7.1 14.4 17.3 17.1 16.7

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 -12.6 -8 -14 -9 -13 -13
February -10.5 -4 -19 -9 -8 -10
March -3.6 -1 -9 -2 -2 -1
April 1.2 -1 1 1 1
May 6.8 7 6 8 8
June 11.9 11 12 14 11
July 16.3 16 17 18 15
August 14.4 15 16 14 15
September 9.2 9 11 9 7
October 1.3 3 3 3 1
November -4.0 -3 -6 -2 -4
December -10.4 -8 -14 -8 -13
Average 1.2 -5.7 0.7 2.7 2.7 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 8.6 3 21 0 2 5
February 8.0 14 10 5 3 1
March 7.6 9 19 5 4 7
April 3.7 2 4 3 4
May 2.9 2 4 1 2
June 1.9 5 1 2 3
July 1.1 1 2 1 1
August 1.3 3 1 1 1
September 3.4 5 5 6 2
October 3.5 3 5 7 1
November 3.8 5 8 1 3
December 5.5 2 14 6 9
Average 4.6 8.6 6.5 4.1 3.0 3.1

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 2.1 3 2 2 2 2
February 3.4 4 3 3 4 4
March 4.8 7 3 4 6 5
April 6.5 6 8 7 6
May 6.1 6 7 7 6
June 5.9 6 6 5 6
July 4.9 5 5 5 6
August 4.7 5 5 4 5
September 4.7 5 4 4 5
October 4.2 4 3 3 5
November 3.2 3 4 3 3
December 2.3 2 2 3 3
Average 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.6

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 142° 069° 025° 089° 104°
February 229° 068° 076° 214° 074°
March 211° 062° 141° 127° 214°
April 329° 234° 066° 201°
May 220° 243° 255° 220°
June 235° 248° 221° 241°
July 256° 245° 249° 239°
August 235° 216° 225° 226°
September 232° 208° 184° 179°
October 186° 152° 145° 214°
November 081° 182° 134° 176°
December 143° 093° 226° 073°

Prevailing wind direction

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