Corpus Christi Naval Air Station (Truax Field)

KNGP · Texas, United States

Climate Corpus Christi Naval Air Station (Truax Field) 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Corpus Christi Naval Air Station (Truax Field) (KNGP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.8 65 63 72 80 67
February 60.4 76 72 70 53 71
March 67.1 62 60 79 70 52
April 66.4 62 55 63 62
May 70.6 82 73 53 78
June 89.5 89 96 87 86
July 95.5 97 99 94 90
August 95.2 94 91 100 99
September 90.0 98 92 96 87
October 85.9 89 88 91 89
November 76.1 73 56 85 89
December 74.4 80 53 76 91
Average 77.6 67.3 79.9 77.8 79.1 80.0

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 84.2 80 79 84 86 79
February 77.5 94 83 88 76 82
March 84.9 81 84 93 82 73
April 88.3 85 92 80 82
May 97.5 97 100 94 99
June 98.5 96 100 99 98
July 99.2 100 100 99 98
August 97.3 95 96 100 100
September 94.9 100 94 100 98
October 94.6 97 93 96 97
November 89.4 87 78 94 95
December 87.2 93 71 91 97
Average 90.6 84.8 91.5 91.6 91.6 91.6

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 20.4 20 23 20 21 21
February 21.6 24 23 19 18 21
March 24.7 26 27 24 24 25
April 27.5 27 29 26 28
May 30.6 31 32 29 30
June 32.8 34 34 32 31
July 33.4 35 35 32 32
August 33.8 35 34 34 33
September 31.4 35 32 33 32
October 29.1 30 29 30 30
November 24.2 24 23 25 27
December 22.2 23 24 25 22
Average 27.1 23.2 28.9 28.1 27.5 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 11.5 6 15 11 12 14
February 12.6 13 15 9 10 12
March 16.0 17 18 15 17 18
April 20.5 21 22 20 21
May 24.2 25 25 24 24
June 25.6 27 27 26 22
July 26.8 29 25 27 26
August 25.7 23 26 28 27
September 22.9 27 18 26 25
October 20.2 20 18 20 20
November 15.4 14 12 16 18
December 13.0 11 12 19 12
Average 18.7 12.1 20.4 18.5 20.3 19.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.1 9 4 7 4 7
February 5.9 5 4 3 6 5
March 4.1 3 4 2 6 3
April 3.0 7 1 4 4
May 1.4 3 0 2 2
June 2.2 0 1 3 4
July 2.1 2 0 7 5
August 2.9 5 8 1 1
September 4.0 0 9 2 4
October 3.6 5 4 3 1
November 6.7 14 9 3 3
December 5.5 4 5 2 2
Average 4.0 5.5 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.2

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 11 12 11 11 11
February 12.4 12 13 12 13 12
March 13.3 12 15 14 13 13
April 14.0 14 15 14 13
May 13.4 10 15 14 14
June 12.2 14 12 11 12
July 11.9 13 13 10 13
August 11.7 13 12 10 11
September 9.9 9 8 11 12
October 11.2 11 11 10 11
November 11.0 10 13 10 11
December 10.4 9 11 12 11
Average 11.9 11.7 11.9 12.4 11.6 12.0

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 028° 083° 016° 071° 102°
February 124° 120° 040° 073° 093°
March 105° 117° 108° 095° 131°
April 097° 131° 107° 098°
May 112° 145° 120° 129°
June 150° 137° 137° 129°
July 146° 148° 145° 141°
August 131° 139° 139° 139°
September 122° 084° 097° 054°
October 081° 098° 105° 087°
November 043° 046° 085° 081°
December 062° 107° 147° 095°

Prevailing wind direction

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