Curtis Field

KBBD · Texas, United States

Climate Curtis Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Curtis Field (KBBD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.8 67 85 98 75 72
February 77.4 87 80 94 58 72
March 77.7 73 75 100 82 59
April 77.4 78 79 68 72
May 80.4 89 67 92
June 89.6 94 85 88
July 94.2 99 84 95
August 96.1 100 88 91 99
September 86.6 92 97 97 75
October 82.2 82 94 93 82
November 79.8 79 80 94 80
December 82.0 80 67 95 83
Average 83.2 76.3 86.4 91.4 82.2 81.2

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 88.2 80 91 98 86 87
February 88.4 100 89 95 75 88
March 94.1 93 95 100 98 88
April 92.0 95 93 86 88
May 95.2 96 90 99
June 98.2 98 97 99
July 98.6 100 96 99
August 97.7 100 97 91 100
September 94.5 98 99 97 86
October 90.9 93 100 94 91
November 91.3 88 88 96 95
December 91.3 92 85 97 91
Average 93.4 91.8 94.6 95.9 92.1 92.8

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 15.5 14 18 16 15 18
February 16.8 20 19 15 13 17
March 22.2 22 23 23 22 23
April 25.6 27 26 24 25
May 28.9 29 27 30
June 33.0 35 32 33
July 34.9 37 32 36
August 35.1 38 32 32 36
September 31.3 34 32 32 29
October 25.8 26 26 27 27
November 19.7 19 18 21 23
December 18.2 18 18 24 17
Average 24.6 20.7 26.8 21.6 25.0 26.1

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 2.9 1 5 1 3 5
February 4.0 8 5 0 1 4
March 9.6 11 10 6 9 13
April 12.3 15 13 12 12
May 17.3 17 16 17
June 20.9 21 21 20
July 22.6 24 22 23
August 22.3 24 22 19 23
September 19.8 22 19 19 17
October 13.4 15 14 15 12
November 7.3 8 7 9 9
December 5.5 6 9 10 3
Average 12.2 8.4 14.1 8.8 12.9 13.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.3 5 3 1 3 3
February 2.2 1 1 3 4 4
March 0.5 1 0 0 0 2
April 1.1 1 0 4 1
May 1.2 1 2 2
June 0.5 1 1 0
July 0.5 0 2 0
August 0.6 0 2 0 0
September 1.6 1 1 0 3
October 3.5 3 1 0 3
November 1.8 3 4 0 1
December 2.2 2 0 0 4
Average 1.5 1.7 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.7

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 9.5 9 10 9 10 9
February 10.2 10 11 10 10 11
March 10.3 10 11 12 11 9
April 10.5 11 11 10 10
May 9.0 7 9 9
June 8.5 8 8 9
July 7.4 7 7 8
August 7.6 8 6 7 8
September 7.3 8 7 6 8
October 8.8 9 8 9 9
November 8.9 8 9 9 9
December 9.1 9 9 9 11
Average 9.0 9.8 8.8 8.7 8.7 9.1

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 292° 270° 301° 310° 238°
February 261° 257° 323° 324° 291°
March 201° 205° 241° 185° 169°
April 165° 159° 140° 174°
May 151° 127° 155°
June 177° 154° 160°
July 173° 151° 163°
August 159° 097° 176° 170°
September 181° 137° 142° 047°
October 135° 182° 198° 183°
November 231° 215° 185° 187°
December 247° 192° 216° 289°

Prevailing wind direction

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