Zapata County Airport

KAPY · Texas, United States

Climate Zapata County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Zapata County Airport (KAPY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.5 77 74 68 71 74
February 72.2 81 81 85 60 79
March 67.3 72 40 26 78 72
April 75.1 65 77 80 68
May 79.7 91 87 80 82
June 89.5 94 97 84 87
July 93.0 96 95 84 90
August 95.5 98 93 97 98
September 88.4 99 83 97 81
October 78.6 82 90 85 72
November 65.2 78 49 74 50
December 72.5 84 45 74 81
Average 79.2 76.5 82.0 79.9 81.4 78.8

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 86.2 84 87 82 87 88
February 86.0 91 93 91 76 91
March 86.0 89 69 30 97 87
April 92.3 90 98 98 84
May 95.4 99 96 97 96
June 98.1 100 100 97 98
July 98.6 100 97 96 99
August 98.0 99 99 99 100
September 95.8 100 88 99 96
October 92.5 95 97 94 88
November 79.5 82 60 91 63
December 86.1 91 76 89 89
Average 91.1 87.8 92.4 89.1 94.1 90.7

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 22.2 21 25 22 23 24
February 25.4 26 27 23 22 26
March 29.7 29 31 33 31 32
April 32.3 30 35 34 33
May 34.7 34 38 36 30
June 35.0 40 39 37 16
July 38.8 40 41 36 39
August 38.9 41 39 39 38
September 35.6 39 35 38 33
October 30.5 31 31 35 28
November 24.9 23 23 26 28
December 23.5 23 24 29 25
Average 30.3 25.4 31.9 32.1 32.2 29.3

5th highest temperature of United States

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 8.8 7 11 8 9 12
February 11.7 13 12 7 10 11
March 16.9 17 17 15 16 19
April 19.3 19 22 20 21
May 20.9 22 25 23 17
June 21.0 25 26 25 10
July 25.3 27 27 25 27
August 25.8 26 27 26 27
September 23.6 25 23 23 23
October 19.9 20 23 21 21
November 14.4 14 15 15 18
December 10.9 11 15 16 8
Average 17.5 12.1 19.0 19.7 19.1 17.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.2 4 1 3 3 4
February 2.6 6 1 1 4 4
March 2.3 2 2 0 2 3
April 2.3 5 1 3 5
May 1.5 3 0 2 2
June 1.1 0 0 2 1
July 1.5 0 0 6 3
August 1.3 4 3 1 2
September 2.3 0 4 1 5
October 3.8 9 5 2 3
November 8.2 13 17 1 2
December 3.0 4 1 1 0
Average 2.7 3.8 3.3 2.6 2.1 2.8

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 6.0 6 6 5 6 7
February 6.6 7 8 7 7 7
March 7.0 6 7 9 8 8
April 7.4 7 8 7 7
May 7.4 6 9 8 6
June 6.9 7 8 7 3
July 7.7 8 8 7 8
August 7.0 7 7 7 7
September 5.7 5 4 5 6
October 5.7 6 4 5 7
November 5.0 4 5 6 6
December 5.2 5 4 5 7
Average 6.5 6.2 6.2 6.6 6.5 6.5

5th highest wind speed of United States

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 006° 034° 340° 017° 123°
February 095° 100° 028° 082° 036°
March 127° 116° 157° 099° 121°
April 096° 122° 110° 094°
May 124° 136° 125° 126°
June 145° 131° 125° 144°
July 137° 133° 131° 138°
August 133° 124° 130° 140°
September 123° 101° 110° 066°
October 127° 115° 124° 116°
November 022° 355° 105° 113°
December 105° 163° 145° 323°

Prevailing wind direction

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