El Paso International Airport

KELP · Texas, United States

Climate El Paso International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of El Paso International Airport (KELP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.2 96 99 100 97 100
February 97.0 98 98 97 94 95
March 97.9 95 99 97 99 99
April 99.6 100 100 100 100
May 99.4 100 100 100 100
June 99.0 100 99 98 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.1 99 98 99 100
September 98.3 100 100 100 95
October 97.5 99 99 100 98
November 97.4 94 96 100 100
December 96.8 97 100 99 100
Average 98.2 96.2 98.8 98.7 98.8 98.8

33rd best VFR conditions of United States

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 99.3 97 100 100 99 100
February 99.0 99 99 99 98 100
March 98.7 98 99 98 99 99
April 99.8 100 100 100 100
May 99.7 100 100 100 100
June 99.6 100 100 99 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.7 100 99 100 100
September 99.9 100 100 100 100
October 99.7 99 100 100 100
November 99.6 100 100 100 100
December 98.8 97 100 99 100
Average 99.3 97.8 99.5 99.6 99.5 99.9

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 15.6 16 16 15 15 16
February 18.6 19 17 17 19 17
March 23.0 22 23 23 23 22
April 28.1 28 29 27 28
May 32.5 32 34 32 34
June 36.6 37 36 36 37
July 36.6 40 37 34 38
August 35.3 37 33 33 38
September 32.7 36 32 32 32
October 26.9 28 25 28 29
November 20.9 21 19 22 23
December 16.0 17 17 19 15
Average 26.0 19.3 27.8 26.6 26.6 27.4

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 2.4 4 3 1 1 3
February 4.6 6 3 1 4 5
March 9.1 10 9 6 8 10
April 13.5 13 13 13 15
May 18.2 19 19 18 20
June 22.8 23 23 23 22
July 24.2 26 24 22 25
August 23.3 24 22 22 25
September 19.9 22 20 19 18
October 13.7 15 13 14 13
November 7.3 9 6 7 9
December 3.2 3 5 5 0
Average 12.7 6.8 14.0 13.0 12.9 13.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.4 3 5 1 2 3
February 2.7 2 5 1 4 4
March 2.4 1 2 4 0 7
April 0.5 0 0 2 0
May 0.1 0 0 0 0
June 1.1 0 0 5 0
July 0.8 1 0 1 0
August 1.9 2 3 4 1
September 1.3 1 1 1 0
October 1.8 1 3 0 2
November 1.4 1 2 2 1
December 3.6 2 3 3 2
Average 1.7 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.8 1.5

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 7.6 10 8 6 7 7
February 8.7 9 9 7 8 8
March 9.9 11 11 9 10 8
April 10.0 10 11 10 10
May 8.9 8 10 9 8
June 7.9 9 7 8 8
July 6.2 6 6 6 6
August 5.9 7 7 6 5
September 6.2 6 6 6 7
October 7.1 7 7 8 6
November 6.8 7 8 5 7
December 6.6 6 7 7 6
Average 7.9 10.1 7.9 7.6 7.5 7.2

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 261° 260° 276° 275° 274°
February 263° 247° 256° 242° 252°
March 249° 252° 265° 248° 232°
April 256° 253° 245° 250°
May 223° 251° 236° 234°
June 245° 288° 255° 242°
July 150° 122° 111° 139°
August 125° 083° 149° 158°
September 224° 115° 305° 058°
October 203° 298° 261° 216°
November 302° 271° 335° 265°
December 312° 258° 248° 283°

Prevailing wind direction

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