Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

KDFW · Texas, United States

Climate Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (KDFW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.0 67 75 92 73 62
February 68.3 87 71 73 57 70
March 77.5 78 73 84 87 65
April 79.4 78 84 77 77
May 82.5 90 77 68 83
June 90.1 89 97 83 92
July 96.5 98 100 93 90
August 95.0 100 88 93 100
September 88.7 94 99 98 79
October 80.9 77 86 87 73
November 76.3 78 64 88 77
December 75.7 84 56 85 75
Average 82.0 77.1 84.4 84.5 82.7 79.2

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 89.0 83 89 95 89 83
February 86.5 94 87 91 83 90
March 92.5 95 89 96 99 83
April 95.3 96 100 94 92
May 96.3 98 96 90 97
June 98.2 95 100 99 99
July 99.4 99 100 99 99
August 98.3 100 94 99 100
September 96.9 100 100 99 95
October 92.4 91 93 98 89
November 91.6 91 83 97 95
December 87.6 90 79 92 91
Average 93.6 90.5 93.9 94.5 94.9 92.9

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 14.7 12 18 16 14 16
February 16.7 21 18 16 11 16
March 22.1 22 22 22 22 22
April 24.8 24 27 24 24
May 29.3 29 31 27 29
June 33.5 34 35 33 33
July 36.0 38 39 34 35
August 35.5 40 35 34 36
September 32.2 35 33 33 29
October 26.2 27 27 28 25
November 19.9 20 18 21 22
December 16.8 17 17 22 16
Average 24.8 18.0 26.7 26.6 25.2 25.1

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 3.7 1 6 1 4 6
February 5.4 9 6 1 1 5
March 11.1 12 11 9 11 13
April 13.6 14 15 13 13
May 19.0 19 20 18 18
June 23.4 24 25 23 23
July 25.3 26 28 25 24
August 25.2 28 26 25 25
September 21.9 23 22 21 20
October 14.9 16 15 17 13
November 8.8 10 9 9 11
December 6.3 7 8 11 4
Average 14.0 7.4 15.8 15.1 14.9 14.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.8 8 7 3 11 12
February 9.6 7 13 8 8 12
March 4.9 5 4 4 3 12
April 3.4 3 1 5 4
May 4.7 4 3 10 6
June 1.7 2 0 3 2
July 1.1 1 0 2 2
August 2.7 0 5 3 0
September 3.4 3 1 1 4
October 8.1 9 9 3 8
November 5.7 5 14 4 2
December 7.4 8 6 1 10
Average 5.0 6.2 4.6 4.2 4.3 5.8

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 10.3 10 11 10 10 10
February 11.2 11 11 12 11 11
March 11.5 11 12 12 12 11
April 12.1 11 15 11 11
May 10.5 8 13 9 11
June 9.5 9 9 9 10
July 8.6 9 9 8 9
August 8.2 9 8 9 8
September 7.9 8 7 8 9
October 9.7 11 9 10 10
November 9.7 9 9 10 10
December 9.4 9 9 11 10
Average 10.0 10.6 9.6 10.2 9.6 9.8

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 322° 264° 308° 313° 215°
February 216° 246° 310° 344° 295°
March 166° 187° 204° 178° 172°
April 128° 175° 153° 179°
May 151° 170° 140° 156°
June 147° 157° 168° 175°
July 184° 172° 165° 167°
August 164° 156° 168° 161°
September 154° 147° 143° 063°
October 170° 190° 198° 111°
November 175° 165° 173° 174°
December 216° 210° 188° 263°

Prevailing wind direction

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