Meteorological Climate Summary for Goodland, KS

METEOROLOGICAL CLIMATE SUMMARY TABLES

FOR GOODLAND, KS

The following statistics are from the National Climatic Data Center for a period from 1949-1995.
Values may be slightly different from the 30 year normals.

Wind

Frequency of Surface Wind Direction vs Speed

Use the drop down menu to choose the time period of interest: annual or monthly. Use the table below to view data for a given hour during a month. The data shows the frequency of occurrence for a surface wind direction using a 16 point compass versus wind speeds ranging from 1 to greater than 56 knots in a tabular format.

Month	Valid Hour (Local Standard Time)
January	00	03	06	09	12	15	18	21
February	00	03	06	09	12	15	18	21
March	00	03	06	09	12	15	18	21
April	00	03	06	09	12	15	18	21
May	00	03	06	09	12	15	18	21
June	00	03	06	09	12	15	18	21
July	00	03	06	09	12	15	18	21
August	00	03	06	09	12	15	18	21
September	00	03	06	09	12	15	18	21
October	00	03	06	09	12	15	18	21
November	00	03	06	09	12	15	18	21
December	00	03	06	09	12	15	18	21

Wind Rose

Use the drop down menu to choose the wind rose of interest, annual or monthly. The data is from 1973-2007 and uses hourly observations. An example of a wind rose can be seen below.

Aviation

Percent Frequency of Ceiling vs Visibility

Percent Hours with Flying Weather

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Temperatures and Humidity

Daily Extreme Temperatures by Day of the Year

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Percent Frequency Temperature vs Wind Direction

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Cumulative Percent of Daily Temperatures

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Percent Frequency of Wet Bulb Temperature Depression

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Cumulative Percent Frequency of Hourly Relative Humidity Amounts

Moisture Statistics and Thresholds

Precipitation and Weather Conditions

Percent Frequency of Daily Precipitation/Snow/Snow Depth Amounts

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Historical Occurence of Daily/Weekly/Semi-Monthly Precipitation

Use the drop down menu to choose the month of interest. The data shows the number of years precipitation has occured for each day and week of the given month. The maximum, minimum, and mean amounts of precipitation that occured on each day is also listed. The data spans the years from 1949-1995.

Percent Frequency of Hourly Wind Direction vs Weather Conditions

Use the drop down menu to choose the month of interest. The data shows the frequency that rain, rain showers, drizzle, freezing rain, sleet/sleet showers/ice, snow/snow grains/snow pellets, hail, thunder/tornado/squalls, fog, ice fog/ground fog, smoke/haze, blowing snow, blowing sand/dust, or no weather occured for a given wind direction, using a 16 point compass. The data incorporates the years 1949-1995.

Percent Frequency of Hourly Total Sky Cover Amounts

Use the drop down menu to choose the month of interest. The data shows the frequency of sky cover, clear, scattered, broken, or overcast, every 3 hours for a given month or averaged over the whole year. The data incorporates the years 1949-1995.

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