Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport

KAMA · Texas, United States

Climate Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (KAMA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.7 73 79 88 84 94
February 83.9 76 90 85 68 84
March 85.8 82 91 90 86 84
April 87.9 83 94 89 92
May 84.3 78 90 74 89
June 89.9 83 76 91 99
July 97.7 94 99 94 100
August 94.5 99 92 96 100
September 90.0 87 97 94 89
October 83.3 90 87 94 79
November 85.4 87 82 92 86
December 87.9 77 94 99 86
Average 87.1 76.8 86.5 89.3 88.4 90.4

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 90.9 78 90 94 89 97
February 91.0 90 95 89 79 92
March 91.6 91 95 96 90 88
April 95.1 94 99 95 97
May 92.5 88 97 87 94
June 93.6 90 82 96 100
July 98.8 99 99 96 100
August 97.5 100 95 98 100
September 95.4 96 98 99 94
October 90.1 94 91 97 83
November 92.3 91 96 98 90
December 92.5 82 99 100 93
Average 92.8 86.2 92.8 94.3 93.7 93.9

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 11.6 8 12 13 11 13
February 13.7 16 15 12 8 11
March 19.0 19 18 19 18 20
April 23.0 23 25 22 22
May 27.4 26 30 25 29
June 32.2 30 33 31 34
July 34.4 35 36 32 36
August 33.2 35 32 33 35
September 30.1 32 31 32 28
October 22.6 24 22 26 24
November 17.0 18 14 20 19
December 13.3 14 13 18 12
Average 22.1 14.3 23.5 23.8 22.9 23.4

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 -4.9 -5 -2 -5 -2 -2
February -3.5 1 -2 -5 -7 -3
March 2.7 3 2 1 2 5
April 6.2 6 7 6 6
May 12.1 13 13 12 12
June 17.3 17 19 18 19
July 19.7 21 22 19 21
August 19.1 20 19 19 19
September 15.6 17 16 16 13
October 7.8 9 9 9 6
November 2.1 3 1 3 4
December -2.6 0 -1 2 -3
Average 7.0 -1.7 8.7 8.2 8.1 8.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.4 7 7 6 2 1
February 5.0 10 2 10 11 2
March 2.9 6 4 2 2 1
April 1.9 3 0 1 1
May 1.4 6 0 1 1
June 1.2 3 3 2 0
July 0.4 0 0 1 0
August 0.8 0 2 1 0
September 1.2 1 0 1 2
October 3.8 1 8 2 1
November 1.9 2 5 0 3
December 2.8 9 1 0 5
Average 2.7 7.4 3.0 2.9 1.8 1.3

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 12.2 12 12 13 12 12
February 13.2 13 16 13 11 12
March 13.6 13 14 14 15 13
April 14.7 14 15 14 14
May 12.7 12 15 13 12
June 12.2 10 13 11 15
July 10.1 11 10 10 10
August 10.4 11 9 11 11
September 11.4 11 11 12 11
October 12.1 12 10 13 13
November 12.4 11 14 11 14
December 12.4 13 13 14 12
Average 12.3 12.6 12.1 12.3 12.3 12.3

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 256° 270° 296° 297° 273°
February 263° 250° 313° 332° 306°
March 254° 241° 291° 223° 209°
April 223° 237° 228° 248°
May 176° 224° 158° 165°
June 170° 184° 167° 185°
July 196° 180° 178° 167°
August 193° 182° 188° 175°
September 195° 195° 197° 240°
October 216° 225° 232° 242°
November 256° 237° 254° 229°
December 267° 233° 240° 316°

Prevailing wind direction

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