Cherokee County Airport

KJSO · Texas, United States

Climate Cherokee County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cherokee County Airport (KJSO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.6 60 60 84 61 53
February 56.7 75 61 64 53 54
March 71.0 67 68 85 72 56
April 71.7 70 66 72 72 69
May 72.6 64 76 64 77
June 82.2 86 88 79 84
July 87.9 95 92 82 80
August 87.5 98 73 89 92
September 83.3 86 97 86 73
October 79.3 73 95 87 70
November 73.0 66 68 84 79
December 70.3 86 52 63 70
Average 74.7 68.2 76.6 80.1 74.0 72.0

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 79.3 69 74 92 79 64
February 74.5 93 77 80 68 73
March 85.3 83 85 93 85 73
April 85.8 84 78 93 84 83
May 86.2 71 89 85 90
June 92.9 94 97 91 93
July 94.1 99 98 89 91
August 93.8 99 85 93 96
September 89.6 92 99 92 82
October 87.1 84 98 93 82
November 84.3 79 79 90 87
December 82.8 92 69 85 82
Average 86.1 82.5 85.8 90.3 86.0 83.7

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 14.5 13 15 15 14 16
February 16.8 19 19 15 12 16
March 21.4 21 22 21 21 22
April 24.0 25 23 25 23 23
May 28.1 28 30 26 28
June 31.8 32 34 31 31
July 33.5 35 36 31 33
August 33.7 38 32 32 34
September 30.8 33 32 31 28
October 25.6 26 27 27 24
November 19.4 20 18 20 22
December 16.6 17 17 21 16
Average 24.1 19.4 25.8 25.4 23.8 24.3

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 5.2 2 7 4 6 7
February 7.1 9 8 4 3 6
March 11.2 12 12 9 11 14
April 13.8 16 13 15 13 14
May 18.4 18 20 18 18
June 22.0 22 22 22 22
July 23.2 24 24 21 24
August 23.0 25 20 23 23
September 20.9 22 20 21 20
October 15.4 18 15 17 14
November 9.5 12 8 9 11
December 7.7 6 11 13 6
Average 14.2 9.6 15.6 14.4 14.5 14.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.4 0 13 5 8 9
February 7.0 0 9 5 6 10
March 3.9 0 5 3 5 8
April 3.4 0 6 2 7 5
May 3.1 2 1 6 4
June 2.3 3 1 3 3
July 1.9 0 1 5 3
August 3.3 0 6 3 1
September 4.0 3 2 2 8
October 4.8 9 2 2 4
November 3.8 3 6 3 3
December 7.3 0 17 1 13
Average 3.8 3.8 3.5 4.3 5.6

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 6.2 6 7 6 6 6
February 6.1 6 6 6 4 7
March 6.4 6 7 7 6 6
April 6.3 7 6 7 4 5
May 5.4 4 6 4 6
June 5.0 4 5 3 6
July 4.3 5 5 2 4
August 4.0 5 4 2 4
September 4.3 5 4 3 5
October 5.4 6 6 5 5
November 5.2 5 4 5 5
December 5.6 5 5 6 6
Average 5.4 6.2 5.3 5.6 4.3 5.3

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 315° 226° 274° 282° 169°
February 230° 220° 283° 201° 239°
March 168° 177° 221° 162° 155°
April 192° 166° 178° 161° 129°
May 140° 182° 143° 154°
June 190° 188° 183° 168°
July 210° 207° 188° 181°
August 200° 197° 145° 171°
September 136° 084° 118° 027°
October 169° 161° 226° 093°
November 170° 113° 169° 114°
December 241° 196° 186° 222°

Prevailing wind direction

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