Climate Carrizo Springs Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Carrizo Springs Weather Station (KFTN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	77.1	74	80	89	76	71
February	71.8	83	83	80	58	78
March	78.2	78	71	95	85
April	78.2		76	73	81
May	79.6		82	80	93
June	89.4		90	95		5
July	96.3		98	95
August	94.5		96	89
September	87.7		99	95
October	77.8		79	93		77
November	69.9		62	63	81	87
December	72.8		75	48	75	89
Average	79.3	78.6	82.9	84.7	77.3	79.1

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	88.8	83	88	97	91	88
February	85.6	89	91	96	72	92
March	94.4	97	95	100	99
April	96.7		97	98	97
May	96.6		96	98	97
June	97.3		100	100		5
July	99.6		100	100
August	98.6		98	98
September	96.8		100	99
October	91.5		93	97		92
November	87.4		82	78	94	95
December	85.0		87	67	86	97
Average	91.9	88.9	94.1	95.3	90.5	91.3

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	20.6	19	24	21	20	22
February	23.5	25	25	22	20	23
March	28.0	30	30	29	28
April	31.1		30	33	32
May	34.6		33	37	35
June	37.7		39	38		12
July	39.1		40	39
August	38.0		40	37
September	34.4		38	34
October	28.5		29	30		29
November	23.5		22	22	24	27
December	21.7		22	20	27	22
Average	27.6	23.9	30.9	30.4	25.7	23.9

26th highest temperature of United States

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	7.0	5	9	5	7	10
February	9.8	11	10	6	7	9
March	14.7	17	16	12	15
April	17.8		18	20	18
May	21.9		21	23	20
June	23.8		25	25		0
July	25.2		26	26
August	25.2		26	25
September	22.8		24	22
October	17.3		19	17		16
November	12.8		13	12	14	15
December	9.1		9	13	13	6
Average	14.7	10.2	18.0	17.3	12.7	10.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0		0
July	0.0		0	0
August	0.0		0	0
September	0.0		0	0
October	0.0		0	0		0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

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	6.6	7	7	6	7	7
February	7.2	7	8	8	7	8
March	8.1	7	8	10	9
April	8.8		8	9	9
May	8.3		7	9	9
June	7.9		7	9		0
July	7.4		8	7
August	7.3		7	7
September	5.6		7	6
October	7.0		7	7		9
November	6.2		6	6	7	7
December	6.1		6	5	6	8
Average	7.3	7.3	7.1	7.6	7.5	7.4

26th highest wind speed of United States

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	017°	065°	004°	017°	110°
February	071°	050°	037°	070°	015°
March	134°	114°	123°	120°
April		105°	122°	097°
May		115°	136°	073°
June		144°	137°		129°
July		130°	129°
August		118°	114°
September		127°	115°
October		125°	126°		126°
November		075°	082°	123°	121°
December		089°	077°	139°	316°

Prevailing wind direction

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