Arlington Municipal Airport

KGKY · Texas, United States

Climate Arlington Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Arlington Municipal Airport (KGKY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.3 63 75 90 74 63
February 66.9 83 68 69 58 69
March 76.0 73 72 82 87 66
April 77.3 74 81 75 76
May 79.8 85 74 63 80
June 88.2 85 96 81 91
July 95.9 97 99 93 89
August 94.4 100 85 93 100
September 87.0 90 97 97 75
October 80.1 77 85 87 71
November 75.0 76 61 87 78
December 74.5 80 60 82 72
Average 80.3 73.1 81.9 82.6 81.7 78.0

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 88.9 80 92 94 88 84
February 86.2 92 85 92 84 89
March 91.5 92 88 96 98 83
April 94.5 97 98 94 91
May 95.0 96 95 88 94
June 97.6 96 100 98 98
July 99.2 99 100 100 98
August 97.5 100 95 96 100
September 95.8 97 99 99 93
October 92.8 94 93 98 89
November 90.5 88 82 95 94
December 87.8 88 79 91 88
Average 92.8 87.8 93.5 94.1 94.2 91.8

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 15.1 12 18 16 16 17
February 17.0 21 18 16 13 17
March 22.3 22 22 23 24 23
April 24.9 24 27 25 25
May 29.4 29 32 28 30
June 33.8 34 36 34 34
July 36.8 38 39 36 38
August 36.1 40 36 36 37
September 32.7 35 33 35 30
October 26.6 27 27 30 26
November 20.3 20 18 22 24
December 17.4 18 17 23 18
Average 25.1 18.3 26.8 26.8 26.7 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 3.2 1 5 0 5 6
February 5.1 9 6 1 2 5
March 10.1 11 11 7 11 14
April 12.6 13 15 13 14
May 18.4 19 20 19 16
June 22.7 24 23 24 23
July 24.6 26 26 25 24
August 24.3 27 24 25 25
September 20.8 23 20 20 20
October 14.1 15 13 17 13
November 8.1 9 8 9 11
December 5.8 6 9 11 4
Average 13.3 7.0 15.1 13.9 15.1 14.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.1 7 7 4 7 5
February 6.0 6 9 5 4 8
March 4.0 7 4 3 2 7
April 3.2 4 0 5 5
May 4.3 6 2 8 7
June 1.3 0 0 3 1
July 0.9 0 0 2 2
August 2.1 0 2 3 0
September 3.2 4 2 1 5
October 6.8 8 9 1 5
November 5.5 7 10 5 2
December 5.6 8 4 1 8
Average 4.1 6.5 4.5 3.2 3.5 4.4

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 9.0 8 10 9 9 9
February 9.8 10 9 10 10 10
March 9.8 9 10 11 11 9
April 10.5 10 13 10 9
May 9.1 7 11 8 10
June 8.3 8 8 7 8
July 7.2 7 8 7 8
August 7.3 7 7 7 7
September 7.1 7 6 7 8
October 8.5 9 7 9 9
November 8.4 8 8 8 9
December 8.2 8 8 9 8
Average 8.6 9.0 8.1 8.8 8.4 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 312° 250° 305° 309° 191°
February 210° 235° 305° 322° 311°
March 144° 170° 184° 157° 143°
April 104° 152° 125° 161°
May 131° 150° 116° 139°
June 131° 134° 147° 153°
July 152° 150° 142° 147°
August 134° 122° 146° 138°
September 134° 124° 112° 026°
October 123° 134° 169° 102°
November 152° 158° 151° 146°
December 189° 150° 168° 259°

Prevailing wind direction

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