Reservoir · Kansas · United States
Cheney Reservoir
Best for kiting from March to April, with 51 to 58 % kite days.
A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots (gusts up to 45) between 10:00 and 19:00, in daylight. Percentages are the share of such days in each month, counted over 9 years.
- Prime 60 % and more
- Good 40 to 59 %
- Possible 20 to 39 %
- Off under 20 %
- No data hatched
- Ringed: this month
Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.
Confidence lowLake or river spot: global weather models underestimate local thermal winds here.
Month by month
- Kite days
- 43 % Goodabout 13 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 57 %
- Kiteable 43 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 3 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- Best hours
- 10:00 to 17:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 11.3 h
- Air
- 21 °Cdaily maximum, 20 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 7 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Cheney Reservoir averaged 13 kite days out of 31 (43 %).
| Kite days% of days | 32 | 41 | 51 | 58 | 42 | 41 | 20 | 22 | 32 | 43 | 40 | 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | cold | Good | Good | Good | Good | Possible | Possible | Possible | Good | Good | cold |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 3 of 9 | 4 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 1 of 9 | 3 of 9 | 1 of 9 | 0 of 9 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 10 to 15 | 10 to 16 | 10 to 17 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 17 | 12 to 17 | 10 to 17 | 12 to 18 | 12 to 17 | 10 to 17 | 11 to 15 | 11 to 15 |
| Daylighth | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 9.6 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 6 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 25 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 28 | 21 | 13 | 9 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 5 of 31 | 4 of 28 | 6 of 31 | 8 of 30 | 13 of 31 | 10 of 30 | 8 of 31 | 7 of 31 | 5 of 30 | 7 of 31 | 5 of 30 | 3 of 31 |
- In January, Cheney Reservoir averaged 10 kite days out of 31 (32 %).
- In February, Cheney Reservoir averaged 11 kite days out of 28 (41 %).
- In March, Cheney Reservoir averaged 16 kite days out of 31 (51 %).
- In April, Cheney Reservoir averaged 17 kite days out of 30 (58 %).
- In May, Cheney Reservoir averaged 13 kite days out of 31 (42 %).
- In June, Cheney Reservoir averaged 12 kite days out of 30 (41 %).
- In July, Cheney Reservoir averaged 6 kite days out of 31 (20 %).
- In August, Cheney Reservoir averaged 7 kite days out of 31 (22 %).
- In September, Cheney Reservoir averaged 10 kite days out of 30 (32 %).
- In October, Cheney Reservoir averaged 13 kite days out of 31 (43 %).
- In November, Cheney Reservoir averaged 12 kite days out of 30 (40 %).
- In December, Cheney Reservoir averaged 9 kite days out of 31 (28 %).
Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on. Best hours: the hours from 10:00 on when the wind most often reaches 12 to 35 knots. Rain day: 1 mm or more of rain.
Source: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly model wind, 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds
Trip odds at Cheney Reservoir
Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on.
How the wind behaves
In April, the windiest month
- Too light 42 %
- Kiteable 58 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 42 %, kiteable on 58 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Best hours: 10:00 to 18:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind direction varies, most often S (180°).
Kitesurfing at Cheney Reservoir: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Cheney Reservoir?
The best months are March to April: from 2017 to 2025, 51 to 58 % of days in those months were kite days.
Is Cheney Reservoir windy in October?
Yes, often. 43 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 13 days in a typical October.
How many kite days does Cheney Reservoir get in a year?
About 137 days a year were kite days from 2017 to 2025, out of 365. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn.
Live forecast
The numbers above are long term averages. The forecast shows the next days.
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Spot facts
- Region
- Kansas
- Country
- United States
- Water body
- Reservoir, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT), 34 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC-05:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 37.7464, -97.7912
- Model
- ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly
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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025
Model wind: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025. Water temperature: 2023 to 2025. Kite day: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn. Confidence: low.
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In October, 43 % of days at Cheney Reservoir met the kiteCOMPASS kite day rule: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn (ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025). https://kitecompass.app/spot/cheney-reservoir
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