Burnet Municipal/Kate Craddock Field

KBMQ · Texas, United States

Climate Burnet Municipal/Kate Craddock Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Burnet Municipal/Kate Craddock Field (KBMQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.4 52 75 77 67 70
February 64.2 74 67 73 54 63
March 71.3 61 70 86 80 57
April 71.8 63 70 68 70
May 76.1 77 82 62 86
June 86.4 88 97 77 85
July 93.4 96 96 84 91
August 93.7 99 88 90 98
September 85.3 89 95 95 71
October 79.1 73 90 85 77
November 65.8 67 61 84 74
December 72.0 76 45 74 80
Average 76.5 62.5 78.4 81.3 77.1 77.3

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 82.8 67 83 89 82 83
February 83.8 91 87 92 71 85
March 90.1 88 86 97 95 82
April 90.3 86 95 84 83
May 93.9 95 97 87 96
June 97.2 96 100 93 97
July 98.7 100 99 96 99
August 98.7 100 97 99 100
September 95.3 96 100 100 90
October 91.5 91 99 96 89
November 81.5 81 81 94 87
December 85.0 84 79 91 87
Average 90.2 81.9 90.6 94.3 91.2 90.1

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 16.0 13 19 16 15 17
February 17.9 21 19 16 13 16
March 22.9 23 24 23 23 23
April 25.9 25 28 24 25
May 29.7 29 33 27 30
June 33.5 35 36 32 32
July 35.7 38 38 32 36
August 35.6 39 35 33 36
September 31.9 35 33 33 29
October 26.5 27 28 28 27
November 19.6 20 18 21 23
December 18.3 19 18 23 19
Average 25.3 18.8 27.4 27.2 25.4 26.0

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 4.6 2 7 3 5 7
February 6.4 9 7 2 3 5
March 11.4 12 12 7 10 14
April 14.0 14 17 13 13
May 18.9 19 21 18 18
June 22.6 23 23 22 22
July 23.8 25 24 23 24
August 23.8 25 24 23 23
September 21.0 23 21 21 18
October 15.1 16 15 17 14
November 9.1 10 9 9 11
December 6.8 7 11 12 4
Average 14.0 7.9 15.6 14.9 14.9 14.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.2 4 8 7 6 3
February 4.4 2 6 3 6 6
March 4.5 3 6 1 3 6
April 3.2 6 2 4 3
May 3.2 3 1 7 2
June 1.9 1 1 3 2
July 1.0 0 1 3 2
August 2.8 1 6 2 1
September 3.4 2 0 0 5
October 4.8 9 3 2 1
November 4.9 5 11 4 4
December 5.7 8 4 0 8
Average 3.6 3.0 4.3 3.0 3.2 3.3

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 7.3 7 8 7 8 7
February 7.7 8 8 8 8 8
March 8.2 8 8 9 9 7
April 8.3 8 10 8 7
May 7.4 5 9 7 8
June 6.9 7 7 6 7
July 6.4 6 6 6 7
August 6.6 7 6 6 6
September 5.9 6 5 6 7
October 6.7 7 7 7 7
November 6.4 6 7 7 7
December 6.7 6 6 7 7
Average 7.1 7.4 6.8 7.3 7.0 7.1

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 323° 285° 325° 318° 230°
February 257° 265° 336° 332° 321°
March 182° 165° 214° 170° 159°
April 115° 164° 121° 143°
May 141° 170° 120° 147°
June 175° 159° 150° 155°
July 180° 174° 154° 162°
August 155° 144° 170° 160°
September 147° 129° 115° 038°
October 119° 158° 189° 119°
November 165° 113° 178° 157°
December 226° 178° 186° 290°

Prevailing wind direction

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