Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport

KLBB · Texas, United States

Climate Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport (KLBB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.7 80 85 93 80 91
February 85.8 86 87 87 70 86
March 87.2 83 91 88 92 81
April 87.6 91 87 93 86 85
May 86.7 79 93 76 96
June 93.0 87 91 93 97
July 97.8 96 100 93 99
August 95.7 99 91 95 100
September 89.9 93 98 100 90
October 83.8 87 87 96 84
November 83.6 84 81 91 85
December 89.1 84 84 97 94
Average 88.8 85.0 88.3 90.9 89.2 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 92.5 84 91 96 85 96
February 93.3 93 94 95 84 90
March 93.9 92 98 98 97 87
April 95.4 95 96 98 95 93
May 95.8 94 99 91 98
June 97.2 93 94 99 99
July 99.2 100 100 97 100
August 98.2 100 96 98 100
September 95.8 99 99 100 97
October 92.3 93 94 98 89
November 92.1 91 91 97 95
December 93.9 91 90 97 99
Average 94.7 91.1 94.9 96.1 94.9 95.2

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 13.2 11 14 14 11 15
February 15.9 18 16 14 11 14
March 21.0 21 21 21 21 21
April 25.4 26 25 28 23 25
May 29.9 28 33 27 31
June 33.9 34 34 33 34
July 35.0 36 38 32 36
August 34.0 37 33 32 36
September 30.5 33 31 32 29
October 23.7 24 23 27 25
November 18.4 19 15 20 21
December 15.0 15 14 20 15
Average 24.0 18.9 25.2 25.1 24.1 25.1

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 -2.2 -3 0 -5 -1 0
February -1.6 3 1 -4 -4 -1
March 4.9 6 4 2 5 7
April 8.7 10 8 10 8 8
May 14.7 15 16 14 15
June 19.6 19 20 20 20
July 21.5 23 24 20 23
August 21.1 22 21 21 21
September 17.2 19 18 17 14
October 9.5 11 10 11 8
November 3.6 5 3 4 6
December 0.0 0 2 3 -2
Average 9.2 3.8 10.4 10.0 9.8 9.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.3 12 7 4 6 3
February 5.7 6 3 7 18 5
March 2.9 4 1 3 0 7
April 2.7 4 0 0 6 3
May 3.0 8 0 5 1
June 1.3 2 2 3 0
July 1.2 2 0 1 1
August 1.7 1 6 1 1
September 3.4 3 0 1 4
October 5.4 4 11 1 8
November 4.1 5 5 3 5
December 4.2 8 4 2 0
Average 3.5 6.5 3.6 3.4 3.7 2.9

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 11.3 10 13 10 11 11
February 12.7 13 15 12 11 12
March 12.6 12 13 13 14 12
April 13.2 14 13 14 13 12
May 12.3 10 13 13 11
June 11.2 10 12 10 13
July 9.2 10 10 8 9
August 8.9 9 8 9 10
September 9.2 8 9 10 8
October 10.4 10 9 11 12
November 11.1 10 12 10 12
December 10.9 11 10 12 12
Average 11.2 12.2 10.9 11.0 10.9 11.1

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 260° 265° 296° 308° 274°
February 268° 248° 296° 330° 294°
March 234° 229° 279° 213° 226°
April 256° 221° 221° 138° 233°
May 146° 213° 146° 175°
June 155° 164° 164° 177°
July 176° 179° 162° 176°
August 165° 138° 179° 172°
September 184° 184° 184° 080°
October 179° 210° 239° 200°
November 245° 222° 245° 219°
December 262° 233° 247° 308°

Prevailing wind direction

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