Harrison County Airport

KASL · Texas, United States

Climate Harrison County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Harrison County Airport (KASL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.2 61 81 60 51
February 57.2 77 51 65 49 56
March 73.7 75 80 83 80 51
April 74.8 77 69 77 72
May 79.5 87 77 66 91
June 84.7 92 90 78 86
July 86.0 67 97 87 83
August 82.0 82 79 5 91
September 69.5 66 95 14 71
October 77.5 77 86 85 67
November 74.0 75 71 84 78
December 70.5 89 61 59 67
Average 74.7 70.5 78.2 80.4 64.6 72.8

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 82.7 74 94 82 67
February 77.8 89 72 82 78 77
March 89.4 85 88 94 90 77
April 89.6 89 92 89 85
May 91.3 93 92 84 96
June 94.6 95 98 95 94
July 91.5 69 99 94 96
August 87.1 86 89 6 96
September 77.7 68 98 16 86
October 88.1 90 90 94 82
November 87.8 89 83 88 89
December 84.4 95 79 84 82
Average 86.6 82.0 85.4 91.5 77.9 86.2

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 13.9 13 15 13 15
February 16.5 20 23 15 11 16
March 21.3 22 22 21 21 22
April 23.5 24 25 22 23
May 28.1 29 30 25 27
June 31.5 32 34 31 32
July 33.1 33 36 32 33
August 33.3 38 33 31 32
September 30.5 32 31 30 28
October 24.9 26 25 27 23
November 18.9 19 18 19 21
December 16.3 17 17 21 15
Average 23.7 18.0 26.9 25.1 23.3 23.9

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 2.8 1 1 4 5
February 5.6 9 12 1 1 4
March 9.2 11 10 5 9 13
April 11.2 12 12 10 12
May 16.4 17 17 16 16
June 20.2 21 21 21 19
July 19.8 7 23 21 23
August 21.2 18 22 23 21
September 16.9 10 17 16 19
October 12.6 14 11 14 12
November 6.8 8 7 6 8
December 5.3 4 9 10 3
Average 11.8 6.9 11.8 12.4 12.1 12.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.8 13 0 0 0
February 0.9 8 0 0 0 0
March 1.1 7 4 0 0 0
April 1.1 8 0 0 0
May 0.4 3 0 0 0
June 0.2 2 0 0 0
July 0.2 2 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.4 3 0 0 0
October 0.7 4 2 0 0
November 1.6 3 8 0 0
December 1.8 3 15 0 0
Average 1.7 9.1 3.1 1.4

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 5.3 6 6 5 5
February 5.7 7 5 6 6 6
March 5.9 5 7 6 6 6
April 5.7 6 7 5 5
May 5.0 4 6 5 6
June 4.3 4 4 4 5
July 3.6 3 6 4 4
August 3.3 4 4 3 4
September 2.6 3 3 3 4
October 4.3 6 2 5 4
November 4.5 5 4 5 4
December 5.1 5 6 7 5
Average 4.8 6.3 4.7 5.0 4.8 4.7

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 288° 292° 297° 258°
February 225° 206° 275° 345° 276°
March 180° 193° 229° 177° 184°
April 183° 188° 187° 192°
May 173° 186° 159° 158°
June 192° 185° 183° 188°
July 212° 201° 204° 192°
August 242° 183° 168° 123°
September 151° 058° 063° 015°
October 240° 047° 255° 095°
November 225° 036° 192° 100°
December 274° 239° 205° 255°

Prevailing wind direction

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