Panola County-Sharpe Field

4F2 · Texas, United States

Climate Panola County-Sharpe Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Panola County-Sharpe Field (K4F2) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.1 61 67 82 67 49
February 60.6 72 62 65 46 56
March 70.1 70 68 80 77 56
April 73.5 77 74 73 71
May 75.4 79 77 69 77
June 85.9 91 90 80 85
July 87.3 88 93 87 82
August 87.3 96 81 82 91
September 84.7 92 93 81 73
October 78.0 76 91 84 66
November 76.0 74 69 81 79
December 71.2 87 60 60 67
Average 75.3 67.9 79.6 80.6 74.9 71.6

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 83.8 79 83 96 94 69
February 83.7 89 84 86 77 80
March 89.8 90 91 95 89 85
April 91.9 95 96 91 87
May 92.7 92 96 87 96
June 96.3 97 98 93 97
July 96.3 98 98 95 95
August 94.9 100 91 91 98
September 93.4 96 96 94 88
October 90.3 93 96 95 83
November 88.4 90 84 87 90
December 87.2 95 77 89 83
Average 89.9 86.5 92.6 93.1 90.4 88.2

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 15.3 13 17 17 14 16
February 17.2 21 20 17 12 16
March 22.7 23 23 22 22 23
April 24.5 25 26 23 24
May 28.5 29 31 26 28
June 32.5 32 35 32 32
July 34.2 36 36 33 33
August 34.7 39 34 33 33
September 31.2 33 32 31 29
October 25.9 26 27 28 24
November 20.1 19 19 21 22
December 18.4 18 18 22 16
Average 23.7 19.0 25.9 26.2 25.0 24.7

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 3.5 1 6 1 4 6
February 4.9 8 7 1 3 5
March 10.0 11 10 7 10 13
April 12.5 12 13 12 13
May 17.4 17 19 17 17
June 21.2 20 22 22 21
July 23.1 23 24 22 23
August 22.8 24 23 23 22
September 18.9 20 17 19 19
October 12.6 13 11 15 12
November 7.0 8 8 5 8
December 6.1 4 10 11 3
Average 11.4 6.6 13.4 13.1 13.5 13.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.6 13 9 2 4 11
February 8.9 8 10 9 9 10
March 5.5 5 3 4 7 9
April 2.7 3 2 4 2
May 2.6 1 1 7 3
June 1.9 2 1 4 2
July 1.6 0 1 3 3
August 2.7 0 4 4 3
September 2.4 3 0 2 5
October 4.1 4 3 2 6
November 4.0 4 7 3 2
December 5.7 3 9 1 12
Average 4.8 8.1 3.3 3.1 3.9 5.2

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 6.4 6 7 7 7 6
February 6.8 7 7 7 6 7
March 6.8 5 7 7 7 7
April 6.8 7 8 6 6
May 6.0 4 7 6 7
June 4.7 3 4 5 6
July 4.4 5 5 4 5
August 4.4 5 4 4 5
September 4.2 4 3 5 5
October 5.3 5 5 6 5
November 5.0 4 5 6 5
December 5.8 5 6 7 6
Average 5.6 6.2 5.2 5.6 5.6 5.7

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 281° 190° 331° 292° 132°
February 204° 171° 304° 021° 242°
March 170° 142° 180° 138° 159°
April 131° 153° 125° 124°
May 126° 158° 124° 138°
June 195° 135° 144° 161°
July 192° 189° 169° 164°
August 223° 159° 139° 090°
September 124° 055° 077° 017°
October 168° 157° 178° 072°
November 001° 080° 117° 096°
December 257° 172° 180° 218°

Prevailing wind direction

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