Ellington Airport

KEFD · Texas, United States

Climate Ellington Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ellington Airport (KEFD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.5 60 69 80 75 47
February 53.9 70 62 56 56 63
March 67.0 60 61 79 62 61
April 69.3 71 67 63 65
May 78.0 76 86 66 88
June 88.9 90 96 89 88
July 92.3 92 98 94 83
August 93.1 98 93 95 97
September 87.4 94 96 86 77
October 82.8 84 92 90 77
November 75.7 69 66 86 78
December 68.4 76 55 63 77
Average 76.1 63.4 79.0 81.9 77.5 75.8

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 84.9 80 82 93 85 80
February 79.7 93 83 82 79 85
March 89.5 86 91 91 90 90
April 92.3 91 94 90 89
May 96.8 95 99 93 98
June 98.2 99 99 98 98
July 99.1 100 100 99 99
August 98.3 100 97 100 100
September 95.5 99 99 94 93
October 93.9 97 98 98 92
November 89.5 82 84 96 91
December 87.4 88 86 87 88
Average 91.7 86.3 92.6 94.1 92.6 92.2

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 17 21 18 18 19
February 20.2 22 22 17 16 19
March 23.6 24 25 23 23 25
April 26.0 26 27 27 26
May 29.6 30 31 28 29
June 32.6 34 34 32 32
July 33.6 35 35 32 33
August 33.9 37 33 33 34
September 31.8 34 32 31 31
October 27.5 28 28 28 27
November 22.2 23 21 22 24
December 20.0 20 22 24 19
Average 26.0 20.7 27.8 26.7 26.1 26.6

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 8.7 7 12 7 9 10
February 11.0 12 12 6 7 10
March 14.6 16 16 11 13 17
April 16.8 16 18 16 17
May 21.3 22 22 20 20
June 24.4 24 25 24 24
July 24.9 26 26 25 25
August 24.1 27 25 25 25
September 23.0 25 22 22 23
October 17.9 19 17 18 18
November 12.6 13 12 11 15
December 10.7 11 14 15 9
Average 16.8 11.5 18.4 17.2 17.0 17.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.0 7 4 7 3 8
February 3.3 3 3 2 3 3
March 2.0 1 2 1 2 2
April 2.6 2 1 4 3
May 3.3 4 1 9 1
June 3.5 0 2 4 4
July 2.4 2 1 3 5
August 3.7 0 7 1 3
September 4.8 1 3 6 6
October 3.3 6 1 2 2
November 6.0 10 14 2 4
December 3.1 1 3 1 6
Average 3.5 3.5 2.8 3.5 3.5 3.8

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 9.3 10 11 10 10 8
February 9.7 11 11 11 10 9
March 9.9 9 12 11 11 11
April 10.2 10 13 11 10
May 9.0 8 11 11 9
June 7.8 8 8 8 9
July 6.6 8 8 6 7
August 6.9 8 7 7 7
September 6.9 7 7 7 8
October 8.0 10 9 8 8
November 7.9 8 10 8 8
December 8.2 8 10 10 9
Average 8.5 9.8 8.9 9.3 8.8 8.5

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 345° 185° 332° 297° 091°
February 192° 170° 338° 052° 230°
March 110° 127° 153° 103° 139°
April 099° 134° 101° 082°
May 115° 149° 120° 142°
June 174° 147° 136° 132°
July 172° 167° 153° 158°
August 154° 152° 142° 154°
September 114° 063° 071° 036°
October 077° 101° 103° 056°
November 035° 064° 079° 060°
December 052° 126° 163° 125°

Prevailing wind direction

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