Fox Stephens Field / Gilmer Municipal

KJXI · Texas, United States

Climate Fox Stephens Field / Gilmer Municipal 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fox Stephens Field / Gilmer Municipal (KJXI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.3 60 70 81 49 43
February 55.3 78 63 66 56 56
March 70.1 71 72 86 78 38
April 70.6 68 78 72 75 60
May 70.9 73 76 47 76
June 68.7 92 85 0 89
July 82.2 96 97 32 81
August 87.5 99 80 84 94
September 82.7 89 99 90 69
October 70.6 77 86 86 44
November 69.1 78 71 86 59
December 62.4 85 55 67 48
Average 71.4 69.2 81.4 80.9 61.6 64.5

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 77.1 72 82 93 69 65
February 75.0 91 75 82 71 78
March 86.9 84 92 95 87 67
April 87.6 87 94 90 89 75
May 85.8 86 90 59 93
June 78.5 96 92 0 97
July 87.6 97 99 33 94
August 93.9 100 87 90 99
September 92.5 97 99 94 86
October 79.8 88 91 90 60
November 83.6 91 83 92 71
December 76.2 95 73 89 59
Average 84.3 83.5 91.3 90.4 70.8 79.8

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 14.1 12 16 15 12 15
February 16.2 20 18 15 11 15
March 21.1 22 22 21 21 22
April 23.6 25 23 26 22 22
May 27.7 27 30 25 27
June 31.3 30 34 31 31
July 30.6 34 37 32 32
August 33.4 38 34 32 33
September 30.6 33 31 31 27
October 21.5 25 25 4 23
November 18.5 19 17 19 21
December 16.2 16 16 21 15
Average 23.3 19.5 25.0 25.4 21.7 23.6

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 3.8 1 6 2 3 6
February 5.6 8 7 2 1 5
March 9.8 11 11 7 9 13
April 12.5 14 12 14 11 13
May 15.8 19 19 16 17
June 20.9 26 22 22 21
July 19.8 24 25 22 23
August 21.1 25 22 23 21
September 19.3 21 19 17 19
October 11.2 14 12 1 12
November 7.2 9 7 6 8
December 5.8 5 10 11 4
Average 12.3 8.6 14.6 13.5 11.8 13.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.7 11 11 5 10 9
February 8.9 4 8 6 7 16
March 5.8 8 2 5 5 13
April 5.4 8 9 3 10 7
May 4.6 7 2 10 5
June 2.2 4 1 0 3
July 1.6 3 2 0 3
August 3.1 0 6 5 1
September 2.8 2 1 1 8
October 5.3 5 6 1 4
November 4.7 4 10 5 1
December 6.4 3 8 2 13
Average 5.0 7.7 4.4 4.1 4.5 6.6

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 5.1 5 6 6 4 5
February 5.5 6 5 5 6 6
March 5.9 5 7 6 6 6
April 5.8 6 5 7 5 5
May 5.4 4 6 5 6
June 4.7 1 5 4 5
July 3.9 2 5 4 4
August 4.0 4 4 4 4
September 3.9 4 3 4 5
October 4.6 5 4 5 4
November 4.2 4 1 5 4
December 4.8 4 5 6 5
Average 4.9 5.4 4.4 4.9 4.8 4.8

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 215° 212° 284° 278° 141°
February 197° 206° 258° 283° 222°
March 153° 153° 190° 154° 147°
April 155° 102° 152° 132° 134°
May 128° 157° 119° 127°
June 087° 134° 152° 159°
July 188° 176° 170° 160°
August 123° 140° 157° 109°
September 111° 074° 094° 023°
October 113° 148° 206° 090°
November 145° 045° 147° 121°
December 210° 177° 177° 199°

Prevailing wind direction

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