Overview

Snowkite

Snowkite spot on Clinton Lake, a 2,800-hectare reservoir near Lawrence. The Bloomington Park area offers expansive frozen surfaces in winter with strong southern prairie winds. The flat Kansas plains terrain ensures unobstructed wind exposure.

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Spot forecast for Lake Clinton | Bloomington Park

Sunrise 07:36 · Sunset 18:36

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Lake Clinton | Bloomington Park: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

28h

in January · 4.5 rideable days

The season runs from January to February, peaking in January: 3 rideable days a month and 28 hours of usable wind, at 4 °C. The low point is March, at 0 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 82%13-20 knots · 21%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 82% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 0 °C. The wettest month is July, with 173 mm. Snow depth peaks in January, at 15 cm.

Monthly averages: Lake Clinton | Bloomington Park

Monthly averages — Lake Clinton | Bloomington Park — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	4.5	28 h	0 °C	62 mm
February	1.0	6 h	8 °C	13 mm
March	0.0	0 h	16 °C	29 mm
April	0.0	0 h	20 °C	91 mm
May	0.0	0 h	23 °C	60 mm
June	0.0	0 h	29 °C	156 mm
July	0.0	0 h	30 °C	173 mm
August	0.0	0 h	28 °C	71 mm
September	0.0	0 h	27 °C	49 mm
October	0.0	0 h	23 °C	8 mm
November	0.0	0 h	12 °C	68 mm
December	0.0	1 h	7 °C	9 mm

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Technical details of Lake Clinton | Bloomington Park spot

The spot works with winds from N, SSE, S, SSW.

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Spot opening date

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Spot type: Freeride (Ski touring access)
Altitude: 273 m

Hazards

Unstable ice near inflows and the dam — check thickness regularly. Kansas sits in Tornado Alley — violent winter storms possible with sudden blizzards. Hypothermia from wind chill. Isolation risk in emergencies on the frozen lake.

Additional information

Frozen surface in winter with wind-sculpted snowdrifts. Ice quality varies considerably — check thickness before every session. Wind-blown snow can create alternating patches of bare ice and snow accumulations.

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