Hutchinson County Airport

KBGD · Texas, United States

Climate Hutchinson County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hutchinson County Airport (KBGD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.4 72 75 90 84 95
February 84.3 79 90 87 67 86
March 86.2 89 89 93 85 83
April 89.8 94 84 96 92 91
May 86.2 80 91 78 89
June 92.4 89 81 92 98
July 96.9 92 99 93 100
August 94.3 97 93 95 98
September 91.2 91 97 95 90
October 84.5 89 87 96 79
November 86.9 85 83 94 89
December 88.6 82 92 100 87
Average 88.5 83.2 87.2 90.7 89.1 90.6

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 92.6 79 91 96 93 98
February 94.1 95 96 90 87 97
March 93.9 97 96 98 90 89
April 96.4 100 92 99 98 97
May 95.3 90 97 96 96
June 97.8 97 95 98 100
July 98.6 97 99 97 100
August 97.8 100 97 96 99
September 97.4 96 99 99 99
October 94.6 96 94 98 91
November 95.2 92 96 98 96
December 95.1 90 98 100 93
Average 95.5 92.8 94.4 96.4 95.9 96.2

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 12.7 9 13 13 13 15
February 14.9 18 16 13 9 14
March 20.3 21 19 20 21 22
April 24.6 26 25 27 24 25
May 28.9 28 31 28 31
June 34.0 31 34 34 37
July 36.1 36 38 34 38
August 34.8 37 34 35 37
September 31.6 33 33 33 30
October 24.1 26 24 27 26
November 18.3 20 15 21 20
December 14.2 15 14 19 13
Average 23.8 18.2 24.8 25.1 24.7 25.6

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 -2.5 -3 0 -4 0 1
February -1.2 4 0 -4 -5 0
March 4.7 6 4 3 5 8
April 8.8 11 9 9 9 9
May 14.7 16 15 15 15
June 19.8 19 21 21 21
July 22.4 23 24 22 23
August 21.5 23 22 22 22
September 18.0 19 19 19 15
October 9.7 11 11 11 9
November 4.0 5 2 5 6
December 0.4 2 1 4 -1
Average 9.4 4.1 10.7 10.2 10.6 10.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.8 6 6 4 1 1
February 4.2 9 2 10 6 3
March 3.2 5 4 4 4 2
April 2.7 2 5 1 1 2
May 1.6 6 1 1 0
June 1.2 3 3 1 1
July 0.8 1 1 1 1
August 1.5 0 3 2 0
September 2.0 3 0 0 3
October 7.4 1 13 2 9
November 2.5 4 6 0 2
December 2.9 11 0 0 6
Average 3.0 5.5 3.7 3.7 1.5 2.2

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 9.2 9 9 9 9 9
February 10.3 11 11 10 8 10
March 10.7 11 11 12 12 10
April 11.9 12 11 13 12 11
May 9.7 9 11 10 9
June 9.5 8 10 8 12
July 7.9 9 8 7 8
August 8.1 8 7 9 9
September 9.0 8 8 10 8
October 9.3 10 7 10 9
November 9.4 8 10 9 10
December 9.2 9 9 11 9
Average 9.6 10.8 9.3 9.6 9.5 9.4

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 262° 261° 317° 303° 282°
February 254° 231° 324° 012° 325°
March 250° 212° 288° 224° 212°
April 223° 198° 207° 248° 264°
May 147° 180° 156° 119°
June 166° 146° 164° 193°
July 195° 146° 174° 174°
August 176° 155° 183° 171°
September 187° 172° 203° 240°
October 215° 194° 236° 239°
November 260° 229° 280° 227°
December 263° 213° 238° 320°

Prevailing wind direction

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