Stephens County Airport

KBKD · Texas, United States

Climate Stephens County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Stephens County Airport (KBKD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.4 63 83 92 73 73
February 75.1 83 84 78 63 73
March 81.1 72 82 91 90 66
April 79.9 71 84 96 79 70
May 84.0 88 88 68 89
June 88.4 76 89 87 87
July 93.6 92 96 83 91
August 93.4 95 89 90 95
September 82.6 82 96 90 53
October 82.1 73 91 87 79
November 77.3 82 76 88 79
December 82.6 83 63 97 81
Average 82.6 71.9 83.8 88.0 82.1 78.7

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 91.4 81 92 100 84 91
February 90.6 95 90 93 80 90
March 94.2 93 95 98 98 83
April 94.9 93 95 99 92 95
May 96.5 98 99 91 98
June 97.3 92 99 98 98
July 98.8 100 100 96 98
August 98.3 99 97 97 99
September 93.4 95 99 99 83
October 93.7 93 98 96 90
November 92.9 95 95 93 96
December 93.5 97 83 98 92
Average 94.4 90.3 95.2 97.1 93.3 93.1

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 15.8 12 19 17 14 18
February 17.7 21 19 16 12 17
March 23.0 23 23 24 23 23
April 26.3 27 26 30 24 25
May 31.0 31 34 28 32
June 34.4 36 36 33 34
July 36.9 39 40 34 37
August 36.7 41 37 35 38
September 32.8 36 34 34 28
October 27.3 28 28 29 26
November 20.8 18 19 22 24
December 17.8 19 17 24 17
Average 26.0 20.9 28.2 27.6 25.7 26.5

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 1 5 0 3 5
February 4.8 7 8 1 0 4
March 9.7 10 10 7 10 12
April 12.8 15 12 15 12 12
May 18.3 18 21 17 17
June 22.6 23 26 21 22
July 24.3 26 27 22 25
August 24.2 26 25 23 23
September 20.6 23 21 20 16
October 13.7 15 13 15 12
November 7.4 6 7 8 9
December 5.1 6 8 9 3
Average 13.1 8.2 15.3 14.1 13.0 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 3.2 8 4 0 5 3
February 3.7 4 10 6 4 4
March 1.8 2 1 1 1 6
April 1.6 1 2 0 3 2
May 2.1 3 1 4 3
June 1.3 1 0 2 1
July 1.0 1 0 1 2
August 1.0 0 2 2 0
September 3.2 2 1 1 4
October 2.4 2 4 1 3
November 2.0 1 3 2 2
December 2.0 3 3 0 3
Average 2.2 3.5 2.1 1.6 2.3 2.6

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 6.1 0 8 7 7 4
February 6.6 0 8 7 7 7
March 7.9 0 8 10 10 7
April 8.0 0 8 11 8 7
May 8.2 6 10 7 7
June 7.3 6 7 6 7
July 6.0 7 7 6 6
August 6.6 7 6 6 5
September 5.1 6 6 7 4
October 6.0 7 6 7 7
November 5.9 2 7 7 8
December 4.7 0 6 7 7
Average 6.1 6.4 7.4 7.1 6.3

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° 240° 279° 291° 227°
February 360° 234° 234° 296° 255°
March 360° 221° 231° 193° 203°
April 360° 141° 197° 151° 194°
May 160° 175° 139° 157°
June 169° 162° 165° 169°
July 191° 180° 159° 164°
August 189° 161° 172° 173°
September 181° 161° 176° 006°
October 179° 186° 175° 167°
November 186° 200° 204° 194°
December 360° 202° 220° 260°

Prevailing wind direction

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