Hereford Municipal Airport

KHRX · Texas, United States

Climate Hereford Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hereford Municipal Airport (KHRX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.1 85 88 94 82 93
February 87.4 86 94 90 73 79
March 88.5 87 96 94 89 86
April 90.0 91 97 90 89
May 89.1 90 95 77 94
June 92.8 88 86 92 100
July 98.0 96 100 94 100
August 95.5 100 94 97 100
September 90.5 92 98 96 89
October 85.4 93 90 94 82
November 86.2 89 85 92 87
December 90.9 86 95 99 88
Average 90.0 86.1 91.6 92.9 89.5 90.8

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 94.3 88 93 97 93 97
February 94.4 95 97 97 86 92
March 94.7 97 99 99 95 91
April 96.5 98 100 95 97
May 95.6 97 98 91 96
June 97.4 97 92 97 100
July 99.1 98 100 97 100
August 98.2 100 98 99 100
September 95.8 98 99 100 97
October 92.4 96 95 97 88
November 94.1 94 98 98 90
December 95.5 91 99 100 98
Average 95.5 93.5 96.3 97.6 95.6 95.4

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 13 14 12 13
February 15.2 18 16 13 11 13
March 20.0 20 19 20 20 20
April 24.1 25 27 23 24
May 29.2 28 32 28 31
June 33.9 31 35 33 35
July 35.0 36 37 32 37
August 33.8 36 32 33 36
September 30.6 32 32 32 30
October 23.7 25 23 26 25
November 18.1 19 15 20 20
December 14.3 15 14 19 13
Average 23.3 16.0 24.6 24.9 24.0 24.7

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 -4.3 -4 -2 -6 -3 -2
February -3.3 1 -2 -7 -7 -3
March 2.1 3 2 0 2 4
April 5.1 5 7 5 5
May 11.6 13 12 13 12
June 17.1 16 18 18 19
July 19.6 20 21 19 21
August 18.9 20 19 19 19
September 14.8 16 16 15 12
October 7.7 8 9 8 5
November 1.8 2 1 2 3
December -3.8 -1 -1 0 -4
Average 6.6 -1.5 8.2 7.7 7.6 7.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.8 6 5 2 2 3
February 3.4 4 1 3 13 3
March 2.3 2 1 1 5 3
April 1.6 1 0 1 1
May 1.5 4 0 2 1
June 1.5 3 0 5 0
July 1.0 1 1 2 0
August 1.7 1 5 2 1
September 1.5 0 1 0 1
October 3.8 1 7 1 4
November 0.8 2 2 0 1
December 2.0 6 0 0 3
Average 2.2 4.2 2.2 1.6 2.7 1.7

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 10.0 10 12 11 11 11
February 11.9 12 14 12 9 10
March 11.7 11 12 12 13 11
April 12.5 12 14 12 11
May 8.9 8 1 11 10
June 8.2 7 1 9 10
July 6.9 9 8 7 0
August 7.8 8 7 9 5
September 9.0 8 9 10 9
October 9.9 10 9 11 11
November 9.5 10 12 10 12
December 9.5 10 11 13 10
Average 9.8 11.2 10.2 8.6 10.3 8.9

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 265° 279° 306° 316° 286°
February 274° 269° 317° 302° 298°
March 274° 239° 297° 257° 233°
April 241° 256° 248° 267°
May 195° 182° 186° 217°
June 200° 196° 194° 204°
July 185° 184° 202° 360°
August 193° 171° 219° 204°
September 204° 196° 220° 322°
October 218° 217° 264° 268°
November 249° 253° 277° 255°
December 264° 233° 266° 335°

Prevailing wind direction

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