Orange Grove Naval Auxiliary Landing Field

KNOG · Texas, United States

Climate Orange Grove Naval Auxiliary Landing Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Orange Grove Naval Auxiliary Landing Field (KNOG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.0 57 0 40 79 66
February 49.4 72 5 31 57 72
March 69.7 66 66 66 72 68
April 68.0 47 56 63 71 68
May 77.1 74 84 74 88
June 81.9 88 61 82 86
July 85.2 86 92 82 71
August 86.9 86 87 91 75
September 90.0 96 87 95 86
October 79.7 81 91 85 81
November 70.8 67 48 89 79
December 69.8 79 48 71 82
Average 72.6 60.4 66.0 65.9 79.4 77.4

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 68.9 74 0 52 87 85
February 64.2 89 5 36 79 85
March 87.8 89 89 82 86 88
April 85.3 60 81 95 90 83
May 92.9 88 97 93 98
June 91.7 97 65 92 96
July 92.3 95 98 92 83
August 90.4 88 94 95 77
September 94.6 99 89 98 96
October 89.8 93 97 94 88
November 84.9 83 65 98 91
December 84.8 89 72 90 91
Average 84.9 77.9 76.9 76.7 91.2 88.7

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 15.9 19 23 20 0 0
February 17.5 24 24 20 0 0
March 20.0 26 28 24 7 0
April 23.6 21 27 30 29 0
May 27.1 30 34 31 0
June 29.9 37 36 32 0
July 31.5 37 37 33 0
August 31.0 38 34 33 0
September 27.6 36 31 34 0
October 23.0 29 29 31 0
November 21.5 23 21 25 16
December 19.8 22 23 26 11
Average 23.7 22.3 29.5 28.2 23.3 2.3

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 6.3 8 10 7 0 0
February 8.1 12 11 5 0 0
March 11.2 15 16 10 3 0
April 13.9 12 17 22 17 0
May 16.0 21 23 20 0
June 19.1 24 23 23 0
July 15.4 24 22 23 0
August 13.9 23 24 21 0
September 13.6 23 19 21 0
October 12.1 18 17 19 0
November 10.5 13 13 12 7
December 9.1 10 15 15 2
Average 12.3 11.7 17.4 16.5 14.4 0.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.3 6 3 9 6 6
February 4.9 2 0 3 12 2
March 3.3 1 4 4 5 4
April 7.4 4 8 5 1 4
May 4.6 3 0 2 4
June 2.8 1 3 2 5
July 3.0 2 1 4 3
August 2.8 3 5 4 5
September 4.2 0 3 5 9
October 7.2 6 3 2 3
November 10.6 10 14 4 6
December 6.3 4 23 1 1
Average 5.0 3.1 3.5 6.0 3.9 4.3

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 9.3 10 10 9 6 10
February 9.2 11 12 11 3 11
March 11.0 10 11 11 12 12
April 10.8 8 10 14 11 10
May 11.0 8 13 12 11
June 10.2 11 10 9 10
July 9.6 10 11 8 11
August 9.5 10 10 8 9
September 8.2 7 6 8 10
October 8.9 9 9 9 8
November 8.5 8 9 8 8
December 8.5 7 8 10 8
Average 9.6 9.3 9.3 9.7 8.6 9.8

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 012° 054° 357° 037° 163°
February 106° 107° 025° 159° 122°
March 107° 111° 104° 111° 139°
April 128° 096° 124° 101° 115°
May 100° 139° 117° 145°
June 142° 135° 125° 140°
July 139° 142° 135° 166°
August 127° 123° 132° 154°
September 119° 079° 096° 041°
October 092° 098° 105° 111°
November 043° 043° 087° 109°
December 045° 113° 149° 215°

Prevailing wind direction

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