Houston/Southwest Airport

KAXH · Texas, United States

Climate Houston/Southwest Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Houston/Southwest Airport (KAXH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.7 63 68 79 73 55
February 54.0 75 59 60 56 60
March 67.0 64 62 81 65 58
April 65.5 53 65 63 63 64
May 74.5 78 80 60 83
June 85.9 85 90 88 84
July 88.1 87 93 86 81
August 91.7 94 95 94 96
September 87.4 97 87 81
October 80.7 85 88 86 75
November 73.1 71 66 81 78
December 68.5 75 57 63 73
Average 74.4 63.4 77.7 77.8 75.6 74.6

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 86.5 83 84 94 84 83
February 81.9 95 83 88 81 86
March 89.6 88 92 94 88 87
April 91.8 95 91 93 88 86
May 95.3 95 98 93 95
June 96.5 96 99 97 96
July 96.5 96 97 97 96
August 97.3 98 98 99 99
September 95.9 99 96 93
October 92.5 97 97 94 89
November 89.2 86 89 91 91
December 88.6 91 84 88 88
Average 91.8 90.3 92.6 94.0 91.5 91.0

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 18.4 17 21 18 18 19
February 20.4 22 22 18 17 20
March 24.1 24 25 24 24 25
April 26.3 27 26 29 25 26
May 29.4 30 29 28 29
June 32.6 35 35 33 31
July 33.7 36 36 32 33
August 34.4 39 36 34 34
September 31.7 36 32 30
October 27.4 28 27 29 27
November 22.3 22 21 22 25
December 20.3 20 22 25 20
Average 26.2 22.6 28.2 26.7 26.6 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 7.7 6 10 6 8 10
February 10.0 11 11 6 7 8
March 13.8 15 15 10 13 17
April 15.5 17 16 17 15 16
May 18.5 21 18 15 19
June 22.4 23 23 23 22
July 23.0 24 24 23 23
August 22.6 24 24 24 23
September 21.7 23 21 22
October 16.6 18 15 18 16
November 11.6 12 12 12 14
December 9.6 10 14 15 8
Average 15.5 12.2 17.2 15.0 16.1 16.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.8 5 5 6 5 10
February 6.3 4 4 5 6 7
March 3.9 3 6 5 5 2
April 3.0 1 4 1 7 4
May 3.7 4 1 10 2
June 3.1 0 1 6 3
July 2.7 1 2 6 3
August 3.1 1 4 2 1
September 6.0 2 5 8
October 3.3 5 3 3 4
November 6.7 10 14 5 5
December 4.9 2 1 1 7
Average 4.2 3.2 3.5 3.7 5.0 4.5

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 6.3 7 7 6 6 6
February 6.4 6 6 6 6 7
March 6.4 5 7 7 7 7
April 6.6 6 6 7 6 6
May 5.6 4 5 6 6
June 4.6 4 4 4 5
July 3.7 4 4 3 4
August 4.0 5 4 3 4
September 4.6 4 4 5
October 5.1 6 6 4 5
November 5.2 5 6 5 5
December 5.5 5 5 5 5
Average 5.4 6.2 5.0 5.5 5.0 5.4

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 360° 335° 350° 344° 068°
February 248° 228° 006° 087° 331°
March 123° 129° 180° 105° 146°
April 153° 098° 138° 108° 095°
May 131° 160° 128° 153°
June 199° 159° 160° 133°
July 200° 180° 167° 165°
August 157° 144° 168° 158°
September 117° 073° 030°
October 076° 140° 031° 044°
November 037° 063° 051° 076°
December 048° 122° 176° 099°

Prevailing wind direction

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