McAllen International Airport

KMFE · Texas, United States

Climate McAllen International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of McAllen International Airport (KMFE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.9 74 68 68 76 83
February 66.6 76 79 66 56 74
March 71.8 64 69 76 77 72
April 72.7 55 67 75 69
May 79.0 78 76 74 86
June 88.3 92 90 88 85
July 93.2 93 97 86 91
August 97.1 96 96 97 98
September 92.6 97 95 95 86
October 85.6 90 95 90 81
November 69.8 58 50 85 88
December 74.1 85 54 70 92
Average 79.5 70.8 79.7 78.7 81.0 83.7

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 86.2 86 86 81 85 94
February 83.2 91 94 82 73 88
March 90.1 85 93 87 94 91
April 91.9 85 94 93 87
May 96.4 96 95 95 98
June 98.1 99 99 98 99
July 98.4 99 100 95 99
August 99.4 99 99 100 100
September 97.7 99 98 98 98
October 94.5 96 98 97 91
November 83.3 72 67 96 96
December 87.3 92 78 91 96
Average 91.9 86.9 92.5 90.4 93.3 94.7

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 23.4 22 26 21 23 25
February 25.3 26 26 21 22 25
March 28.8 28 30 28 28 31
April 31.2 29 33 31 32
May 33.4 32 34 32 34
June 35.6 37 36 33 34
July 36.5 38 38 33 36
August 37.4 38 37 36 36
September 35.0 38 34 35 33
October 31.4 31 31 33 33
November 26.1 24 24 27 29
December 24.4 24 25 27 25
Average 30.1 25.6 30.9 30.2 30.1 31.1

34th highest temperature of United States

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 11.8 11 15 10 9 15
February 13.8 15 14 8 11 13
March 17.8 18 18 13 17 21
April 20.3 19 22 20 22
May 23.4 23 24 21 24
June 25.0 25 25 25 25
July 25.5 26 26 25 26
August 26.1 26 26 25 25
September 24.6 26 23 24 23
October 19.5 20 19 20 17
November 15.5 13 15 15 17
December 13.5 13 17 18 11
Average 19.1 14.5 19.9 18.9 19.1 19.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.5 4 1 7 3 2
February 3.7 7 2 3 7 3
March 3.5 4 4 5 2 2
April 2.4 4 1 3 3
May 1.3 1 2 2 2
June 1.7 0 1 3 3
July 2.4 2 1 8 4
August 0.9 1 2 1 1
September 3.9 1 5 3 5
October 2.4 2 2 1 1
November 8.2 15 11 2 0
December 4.0 5 2 2 4
Average 3.3 4.9 3.1 3.4 2.8 2.4

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 9.1 8 10 8 8 10
February 10.6 10 11 10 11 11
March 11.1 10 12 12 12 12
April 11.3 10 13 11 10
May 11.6 9 14 12 12
June 10.5 11 11 10 10
July 11.4 12 13 9 12
August 10.8 11 11 10 9
September 8.6 8 7 9 9
October 8.9 10 8 9 8
November 8.2 7 9 8 8
December 8.6 7 9 10 9
Average 10.1 9.4 9.9 10.4 9.9 10.0

34th highest wind speed of United States

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 031° 113° 340° 065° 125°
February 124° 131° 062° 100° 116°
March 113° 120° 119° 103° 131°
April 106° 129° 109° 099°
May 116° 136° 124° 133°
June 144° 126° 130° 127°
July 139° 137° 136° 136°
August 131° 128° 129° 130°
September 119° 084° 112° 033°
October 099° 099° 123° 088°
November 349° 005° 108° 096°
December 089° 139° 148° 130°

Prevailing wind direction

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