Major Samuel B Cornelius Field

E42 · Texas, United States

Climate Major Samuel B Cornelius Field 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Major Samuel B Cornelius Field (KE42) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 86.1 79 85 95
February 82.4 81 91 90 60
March 89.6 89 90 95 85
April 90.4 87 94 91
May 80.1 79 89 73
June 89.4 88 90 90
July 91.8 88 98 90
August 94.5 97 94 93
September 92.2 89 93 95
October 95.7 93 96 99
November 89.0 90 84 93
December 92.0 84 96 97
Average 88.2 83.2 88.1 92.7 88.7

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
January 92.5 83 96 99
February 93.6 95 98 93 87
March 93.9 95 95 98 88
April 96.7 94 99 97
May 92.0 91 93 92
June 96.5 97 98 95
July 96.1 95 100 95
August 97.5 100 98 96
September 96.0 94 97 97
October 98.6 97 99 100
November 97.3 97 97 98
December 96.1 92 98 99
Average 94.7 91.1 95.2 97.3 95.0

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
January 10.0 7 11 12
February 11.5 16 14 11 2
March 18.2 19 18 18 18
April 23.0 24 24 21
May 26.7 26 29 25
June 31.7 30 33 32
July 34.4 35 37 32
August 34.4 36 34 34
September 31.7 31 32 32
October 23.8 23 23 25
November 16.3 17 14 19
December 13.8 12 12 17
Average 21.2 14.1 23.1 23.6 23.9

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -6.2 -6 -4 -7
February -6.6 -1 -4 -8 -11
March 0.2 1 0 -1 1
April 5.1 5 6 4
May 12.1 13 12 12
June 17.5 16 18 18
July 19.4 19 20 19
August 18.7 19 19 19
September 15.9 16 16 16
October 7.6 7 8 8
November 0.1 1 -2 2
December -2.2 -2 -3 -1
Average 5.1 -2.0 7.1 6.9 8.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 4.3 3 8 2
February 6.7 4 1 8 17
March 4.4 6 2 2 7
April 1.1 2 0 1
May 2.8 5 1 2
June 2.0 3 2 2
July 2.2 2 3 2
August 2.6 1 3 4
September 2.6 7 1 0
October 2.6 1 5 3
November 3.2 3 5 1
December 2.7 7 1 0
Average 3.4 4.5 3.4 2.7 2.9

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
January 11.4 11 11 12
February 12.7 13 14 12 10
March 14.0 13 15 14 15
April 14.8 14 16 14
May 13.1 12 15 13
June 11.6 11 13 11
July 10.0 10 10 10
August 10.2 10 9 12
September 11.4 11 11 13
October 11.6 12 11 13
November 11.8 11 14 11
December 12.4 12 12 14
Average 12.2 12.4 11.7 12.4 12.2

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 239° 279° 321°
February 258° 254° 319° 014°
March 247° 239° 277° 227°
April 219° 226° 241°
May 166° 197° 153°
June 164° 173° 169°
July 191° 162° 165°
August 162° 177° 175°
September 174° 183° 193°
October 220° 204° 236°
November 253° 246° 262°
December 279° 241° 233°

Prevailing wind direction

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