George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport

KIAH · Texas, United States

Climate George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport (KIAH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.7 60 66 77 74 52
February 59.7 80 67 60 58 64
March 72.3 66 65 83 71 66
April 73.6 73 71 69 69
May 82.4 80 88 71 89
June 88.9 90 92 85 89
July 93.0 91 96 94 84
August 94.2 97 92 98 98
September 88.6 96 99 86 77
October 82.7 85 90 90 76
November 75.0 74 69 83 78
December 71.9 79 62 70 74
Average 78.6 68.3 80.7 82.8 79.7 77.0

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 85.3 81 83 92 87 80
February 83.0 98 86 86 80 86
March 90.4 88 91 93 89 87
April 91.7 91 93 88 88
May 96.5 91 99 95 99
June 96.9 100 100 95 97
July 98.6 99 98 98 98
August 97.5 100 96 100 100
September 94.8 98 100 96 89
October 92.3 95 97 97 89
November 89.5 84 90 94 90
December 88.1 91 82 91 86
Average 92.0 89.0 92.7 94.3 92.7 91.1

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 18.3 16 20 18 18 20
February 20.6 22 21 18 17 20
March 24.3 24 25 23 24 26
April 26.3 25 28 26 27
May 30.3 30 32 29 31
June 33.4 35 36 33 33
July 34.7 36 36 33 35
August 35.1 39 34 35 36
September 32.4 35 33 32 32
October 27.8 28 28 29 28
November 22.4 21 21 23 25
December 20.1 20 21 25 20
Average 26.4 20.9 27.8 27.5 26.9 27.6

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 7.8 6 10 6 8 10
February 10.3 12 11 6 6 9
March 14.0 15 15 10 13 18
April 16.0 16 18 15 17
May 20.9 20 22 21 20
June 24.0 24 25 24 23
July 25.1 26 26 24 26
August 25.0 27 25 25 24
September 22.5 24 21 21 23
October 17.1 18 16 19 16
November 11.9 12 12 11 14
December 10.0 9 14 15 8
Average 16.3 10.7 17.5 16.8 17.0 17.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.0 15 10 7 6 11
February 8.5 3 8 9 14 7
March 6.7 5 6 9 8 8
April 5.5 6 5 8 6
May 4.2 4 2 11 3
June 3.7 1 1 5 4
July 3.2 1 3 6 5
August 3.9 1 7 2 1
September 5.5 1 1 7 8
October 5.8 10 4 3 6
November 7.6 11 17 3 4
December 6.7 3 8 2 8
Average 5.9 7.1 4.9 5.7 6.2 5.7

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 8.6 9 9 8 8 8
February 8.8 9 9 9 9 9
March 9.2 8 10 10 10 9
April 9.8 9 11 10 9
May 8.9 7 10 10 9
June 7.3 6 7 7 8
July 6.2 6 7 5 7
August 6.6 7 7 7 6
September 6.9 7 6 6 8
October 7.7 9 7 7 7
November 7.4 7 8 7 7
December 7.5 7 7 8 8
Average 8.0 8.8 7.7 8.1 7.7 7.9

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 002° 353° 353° 332° 101°
February 213° 196° 004° 047° 027°
March 121° 131° 162° 112° 140°
April 098° 140° 106° 097°
May 117° 151° 126° 138°
June 185° 153° 133° 128°
July 190° 169° 151° 155°
August 164° 154° 136° 148°
September 118° 068° 070° 025°
October 091° 105° 122° 054°
November 051° 074° 072° 074°
December 072° 125° 167° 135°

Prevailing wind direction

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