Brazos 538 Weather Station

KBQX · United States

Climate Brazos 538 Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Palacios Municipal Airport (KPSX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.1 65 65 69 70
February 56.0 78 65 58 0 68
March 68.7 67 62 75 55
April 65.8 58 57 54 66
May 75.6 79 74 83
June 81.6 76 80 86
July 91.8 86 94 95 88
August 90.4 87 90 89 99
September 92.3 95 94 90 0
October 84.0 85 92 87 0
November 73.5 70 60 81 0
December 71.1 81 50 70 25
Average 76.7 66.3 77.0 75.0 84.2 75.1

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 87.3 83 83 89 84
February 79.9 96 79 84 0 83
March 90.2 86 100 95 85
April 93.3 97 91 96 84
May 97.6 97 99 99
June 96.1 100 98 99
July 98.7 99 99 100 99
August 95.9 94 96 98 100
September 97.7 98 99 97 67
October 93.5 97 97 94 50
November 87.9 86 81 91 0
December 86.6 89 74 92 50
Average 92.3 90.5 92.9 93.0 94.7 91.1

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 18.7 16 21 19 20
February 20.2 21 18 18 0 20
March 23.7 23 25 23 25
April 26.3 26 25 28 27
May 29.4 29 31 29
June 31.8 32 33 32
July 32.9 34 33 33 33
August 33.1 35 33 33 32
September 31.5 33 32 31 27
October 27.8 27 28 29 21
November 22.0 21 21 23 20
December 20.6 20 22 24 17
Average 26.1 21.5 27.1 26.8 27.8 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 9.1 7 11 8 12
February 11.2 11 9 6 0 10
March 15.7 16 20 12 19
April 18.1 20 17 20 18
May 22.5 21 24 22
June 25.0 26 26 25
July 26.5 27 28 27 26
August 26.1 25 25 26 27
September 23.5 25 22 23 19
October 17.7 19 17 20 21
November 13.0 13 14 13 20
December 11.7 11 15 16 17
Average 17.9 13.3 18.8 18.2 19.7 19.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.6 8 5 7 5
February 4.8 5 4 9 0 2
March 3.5 5 0 3 3
April 2.8 1 3 7 3
May 2.4 3 5 3
June 4.6 0 2 14
July 2.7 4 1 28 4
August 4.5 1 8 11 2
September 7.4 3 5 11 67
October 5.8 17 1 2 0
November 9.9 16 15 14 100
December 6.7 6 4 3 75
Average 5.1 4.7 5.3 5.6 8.5 4.8

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 10.7 11 11 10 11
February 11.3 11 12 12 0 12
March 11.8 10 15 13 12
April 12.3 13 12 14 12
May 11.2 8 13 11
June 10.3 10 10 10
July 9.3 10 9 8 10
August 9.0 10 9 8 8
September 8.2 8 7 9 20
October 9.3 9 9 8 10
November 9.4 8 11 9 8
December 9.2 8 10 10 9
Average 10.2 11.4 9.6 10.6 8.7 10.9

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 014° 051° 014° 081°
February 147° 028° 018° 360° 081°
March 113° 105° 128° 138°
April 139° 105° 135° 100°
May 128° 157° 148°
June 177° 169° 143°
July 181° 180° 155° 163°
August 168° 164° 158° 168°
September 151° 112° 113° 012°
October 110° 111° 136° 005°
November 047° 064° 069° 074°
December 074° 097° 158° 152°

Prevailing wind direction

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