Gainesville Municipal Airport

KGLE · Texas, United States

Climate Gainesville Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gainesville Municipal Airport (KGLE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.1 71 77 90 73 59
February 69.3 87 74 75 58 78
March 76.5 75 74 84 85 64
April 76.9 81 79 74 73
May 78.1 87 74 60 79
June 86.7 88 95 81 89
July 95.6 98 99 95 90
August 93.5 98 89 93 99
September 86.1 92 96 98 73
October 79.3 76 92 83 72
November 76.0 84 64 84 72
December 73.4 80 62 81 69
Average 80.4 77.5 84.4 84.6 79.7 76.9

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 88.5 85 90 96 87 78
February 84.8 91 88 94 79 92
March 92.1 97 90 96 97 78
April 93.4 97 98 92 89
May 94.0 97 94 81 93
June 96.5 96 100 96 97
July 98.8 100 99 100 98
August 96.9 98 95 96 99
September 94.6 97 99 99 88
October 89.7 92 97 95 83
November 89.9 92 82 90 88
December 84.5 89 77 89 79
Average 92.1 91.3 94.1 94.8 91.6 89.0

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 12.8 10 16 14 12 14
February 14.7 19 16 14 8 14
March 20.2 20 21 20 21 21
April 22.8 23 25 21 22
May 27.3 29 29 24 27
June 31.8 34 33 31 32
July 33.2 25 38 34 34
August 33.9 39 34 32 34
September 30.7 34 32 32 28
October 24.3 25 25 26 23
November 18.3 19 16 19 21
December 14.8 15 14 21 13
Average 22.8 16.2 24.6 24.9 22.9 23.4

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 0.8 -1 2 -2 2 4
February 2.6 6 3 -1 -2 3
March 8.0 9 7 5 8 11
April 10.8 10 12 11 10
May 16.4 16 18 16 16
June 20.9 21 22 21 20
July 21.2 14 24 23 24
August 22.3 24 23 21 22
September 19.1 21 18 18 17
October 11.9 13 12 13 11
November 6.0 7 6 7 8
December 3.7 4 6 7 2
Average 11.0 4.5 11.9 12.1 11.5 12.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.2 4 6 1 5 7
February 7.1 6 8 5 7 6
March 2.8 0 3 3 3 6
April 3.9 3 2 7 2
May 3.2 1 2 4 7
June 2.3 0 1 0 4
July 2.0 4 2 0 2
August 3.1 1 4 5 2
September 3.4 2 0 1 4
October 6.1 4 6 3 6
November 3.6 4 7 4 2
December 5.3 1 4 3 10
Average 3.8 3.2 2.8 2.8 3.5 4.6

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 8.6 8 9 9 9 8
February 9.1 9 9 9 9 10
March 10.0 10 10 10 11 9
April 9.8 9 12 9 9
May 7.5 6 10 7 9
June 6.9 7 7 7 9
July 6.8 8 7 6 8
August 6.9 8 7 7 7
September 6.6 7 6 6 6
October 7.9 9 7 8 9
November 8.0 7 8 7 9
December 7.8 8 8 8 7
Average 8.1 8.9 8.0 8.4 7.9 8.2

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 331° 241° 316° 310° 193°
February 223° 241° 285° 360° 297°
March 170° 180° 207° 180° 162°
April 131° 167° 158° 157°
May 145° 168° 135° 137°
June 126° 156° 164° 175°
July 173° 172° 155° 160°
August 141° 150° 165° 141°
September 151° 154° 152° 076°
October 155° 170° 192° 125°
November 170° 151° 173° 169°
December 224° 225° 188° 298°

Prevailing wind direction

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