Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport

KFST · Texas, United States

Climate Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport (KFST) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.9 97 52 90 87 88
February 79.8 96 21 82 77 84
March 89.8 100 75 87 99 91
April 94.0 99 92 98 92 91
May 94.9 93 95 93 99
June 96.8 98 96 94 99
July 99.2 100 100 98 100
August 96.5 99 90 97 100
September 91.7 92 94 100 91
October 89.0 85 84 96 92
November 79.5 67 46 90 92
December 85.7 94 41 100 84
Average 91.1 96.9 80.6 85.8 93.9 92.7

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 2020
January 89.4 98 52 94 94 93
February 84.1 100 23 85 82 92
March 93.0 100 79 88 100 92
April 98.8 99 99 100 99 98
May 98.7 98 97 99 99
June 98.8 99 97 97 100
July 99.6 100 100 99 100
August 98.3 99 95 99 100
September 95.7 96 97 100 97
October 93.4 87 91 98 96
November 86.0 80 47 95 99
December 88.5 96 44 100 88
Average 94.4 99.0 84.2 88.6 97.0 96.0

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 2020
January 16.9 17 18 17 15 17
February 19.8 23 20 18 16 18
March 24.4 26 25 24 24 24
April 28.6 33 28 30 25 28
May 32.2 31 35 31 33
June 35.7 38 36 35 35
July 35.4 38 37 33 37
August 34.8 38 33 33 37
September 31.3 35 31 33 30
October 26.6 28 25 29 29
November 21.4 21 18 23 24
December 18.1 19 19 24 17
Average 26.4 21.4 27.6 27.3 26.7 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 3.1 3 5 2 2 5
February 4.7 8 5 1 3 4
March 9.3 11 9 8 8 11
April 12.7 19 12 14 12 13
May 17.3 17 18 17 18
June 21.3 23 22 20 21
July 22.6 25 24 21 23
August 22.0 25 22 21 23
September 18.9 21 18 19 16
October 13.2 15 12 15 12
November 7.9 9 6 9 9
December 5.1 6 8 9 3
Average 12.4 6.9 13.8 13.2 13.0 13.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.7 1 1 2 3 2
February 2.7 2 5 3 5 5
March 0.8 0 0 0 1 4
April 0.7 0 0 0 2 0
May 1.0 2 0 1 2
June 0.6 1 1 1 1
July 1.2 0 1 0 3
August 1.4 0 3 4 0
September 3.4 1 5 1 2
October 2.6 4 3 0 3
November 3.8 11 6 4 0
December 2.7 0 1 0 6
Average 1.8 1.2 2.0 1.9 1.6 2.3

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 8.9 8 10 8 9 10
February 9.6 10 9 9 9 9
March 10.4 11 10 11 12 9
April 10.3 8 10 11 10 10
May 10.1 9 10 11 10
June 9.7 8 11 9 11
July 9.0 10 9 8 9
August 8.2 7 9 8 9
September 8.1 8 8 8 7
October 8.1 8 8 8 8
November 8.1 7 9 8 8
December 8.4 9 8 8 9
Average 9.1 9.2 8.8 9.4 9.0 9.0

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 264° 253° 300° 265° 261°
February 274° 254° 267° 339° 289°
March 254° 248° 274° 209° 190°
April 244° 245° 204° 185° 249°
May 153° 198° 139° 161°
June 194° 144° 132° 151°
July 137° 139° 129° 135°
August 133° 122° 147° 134°
September 145° 139° 137° 107°
October 130° 146° 210° 172°
November 322° 239° 297° 166°
December 233° 247° 258° 273°

Prevailing wind direction

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