Robert R Wells Jr. Airport

66R · Texas, United States

Climate Robert R Wells Jr. Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Robert R Wells Jr. Airport (K66R) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.4 61 64 74 72 61
February 56.2 74 64 64 52 58
March 69.1 67 64 83 69 56
April 67.4 56 61 68 67 64
May 70.1 74 76 57 81
June 80.6 81 89 79 84
July 82.9 85 93 79 75
August 83.0 92 89 87 89
September 84.4 92 94 87 77
October 78.6 80 90 82 78
November 70.3 67 63 81 73
December 65.3 79 43 53 70
Average 72.6 64.2 75.6 78.8 72.5 72.5

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 85.2 84 80 91 86 81
February 78.8 92 85 86 74 82
March 86.9 88 84 92 86 82
April 89.2 91 85 92 88 86
May 90.2 86 95 89 94
June 93.9 97 97 92 94
July 92.7 94 98 92 91
August 91.6 98 98 93 97
September 94.0 99 98 95 90
October 90.0 97 95 89 88
November 85.3 83 81 90 84
December 84.4 89 78 80 87
Average 88.7 88.6 89.9 92.5 88.1 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 17.8 16 19 18 18 19
February 19.3 21 21 17 15 19
March 23.6 24 24 23 24 24
April 26.0 27 25 28 25 26
May 29.8 29 33 28 29
June 33.0 34 35 32 32
July 34.7 36 37 32 33
August 35.2 39 34 33 35
September 31.6 36 33 32 30
October 27.5 28 28 29 27
November 20.9 21 21 22 25
December 18.6 20 21 24 18
Average 26.0 21.8 27.5 27.3 25.9 26.6

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 6.0 2 9 5 7 8
February 8.0 6 9 4 5 7
March 11.2 5 10 9 12 15
April 14.0 12 11 17 14 14
May 18.1 9 21 20 19
June 20.6 10 22 23 21
July 20.7 8 24 23 24
August 20.7 15 23 24 23
September 17.2 14 20 20 21
October 14.8 11 14 17 15
November 8.3 5 12 10 13
December 7.6 5 13 14 6
Average 13.2 6.3 9.6 15.3 15.7 15.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.2 8 6 5 5 12
February 7.0 4 4 8 7 10
March 4.9 5 7 4 6 7
April 2.9 3 5 0 6 5
May 2.6 4 0 9 1
June 3.2 1 0 5 5
July 2.2 1 0 8 3
August 3.1 0 4 2 1
September 3.2 1 1 1 8
October 3.1 4 3 2 2
November 6.4 6 13 6 5
December 5.1 3 3 2 7
Average 4.1 4.6 3.3 3.2 4.9 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 6.1 5 5 6 6 6
February 6.5 5 6 6 7 7
March 6.5 4 6 7 7 7
April 6.9 7 5 7 7 6
May 6.2 3 7 7 7
June 5.2 4 5 4 5
July 4.8 4 5 3 6
August 4.9 4 5 4 5
September 4.5 3 3 4 6
October 5.1 4 5 5 5
November 4.9 3 5 5 5
December 5.3 4 5 6 5
Average 5.6 5.5 4.2 5.5 5.3 5.8

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 348° 327° 334° 338° 135°
February 233° 249° 346° 018° 298°
March 142° 148° 179° 118° 152°
April 156° 111° 151° 115° 103°
May 140° 166° 135° 156°
June 181° 162° 154° 139°
July 181° 176° 162° 163°
August 159° 161° 159° 160°
September 144° 097° 089° 021°
October 082° 127° 182° 039°
November 012° 064° 059° 077°
December 050° 149° 183° 340°

Prevailing wind direction

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