Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle Airport

KBPG · Texas, United States

Climate Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle Airport (KBPG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 86.6 80 88 94 81 88
February 80.8 93 80 85 67 77
March 85.9 83 81 92 90 75
April 84.9 84 89 90 77 82
May 86.0 90 93 73 89
June 93.8 92 95 92 96
July 98.1 98 100 94 100
August 93.9 100 95 80 100
September 90.0 92 96 99 87
October 85.3 86 93 93 86
November 82.4 87 84 87 81
December 82.6 82 72 95 90
Average 87.3 84.8 89.0 90.8 85.6 87.9

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 91.7 88 91 98 89 93
February 91.5 98 97 97 77 87
March 92.6 93 93 98 95 82
April 94.4 95 96 99 92 93
May 96.8 97 100 96 94
June 98.3 98 98 99 99
July 99.5 100 100 99 100
August 96.2 100 98 85 100
September 95.8 98 99 100 95
October 94.0 95 98 98 94
November 92.3 94 94 94 92
December 89.8 91 83 97 95
Average 94.3 93.3 95.6 96.8 93.5 93.8

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 14.4 12 16 16 12 16
February 17.0 20 17 15 12 15
March 22.3 23 23 22 23 22
April 26.4 28 27 30 23 26
May 30.8 30 35 28 33
June 34.7 36 36 33 36
July 35.4 38 38 32 37
August 34.5 38 34 33 37
September 30.5 34 32 32 29
October 25.4 26 26 29 27
November 19.3 19 17 21 22
December 16.3 16 17 23 16
Average 24.9 20.6 26.5 26.7 25.1 26.3

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 0.4 -1 2 -1 1 2
February 2.0 5 2 -2 -2 1
March 7.7 8 7 5 7 10
April 11.5 12 11 14 10 11
May 16.4 17 19 16 16
June 20.7 21 23 21 21
July 22.2 24 25 21 24
August 22.1 25 23 21 23
September 18.2 22 19 19 16
October 11.7 13 12 13 11
November 5.7 8 5 6 8
December 2.5 3 6 5 0
Average 11.0 6.1 12.8 12.6 11.5 12.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.1 2 1 1 4 2
February 2.5 1 3 3 5 9
March 1.1 1 1 0 1 7
April 0.8 0 1 0 5 1
May 0.5 2 0 2 0
June 0.3 1 0 2 0
July 0.2 0 0 2 0
August 0.4 0 2 1 1
September 0.8 2 1 0 2
October 1.0 2 4 0 1
November 1.0 3 2 1 1
December 1.1 0 1 1 6
Average 0.9 0.7 1.2 1.1 1.7 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 9.9 10 12 10 10 10
February 11.0 12 13 10 11 11
March 11.8 11 13 13 15 11
April 12.3 12 12 14 12 12
May 11.5 9 13 12 12
June 10.4 9 12 9 12
July 9.1 10 10 8 10
August 9.0 10 9 10 10
September 7.3 8 9 2 8
October 8.8 10 10 6 11
November 10.0 10 12 10 11
December 9.7 10 11 10 11
Average 10.2 11.1 10.5 10.9 9.6 10.6

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 230° 228° 253° 318° 219°
February 233° 218° 153° 097° 216°
March 212° 203° 228° 182° 196°
April 214° 207° 191° 131° 209°
May 148° 188° 128° 160°
June 169° 158° 148° 165°
July 156° 159° 143° 159°
August 151° 129° 165° 163°
September 156° 160° 163° 094°
October 146° 167° 201° 149°
November 196° 194° 180° 180°
December 213° 206° 225° 245°

Prevailing wind direction

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