Port Isabel-Cameron County Airport

KPIL · Texas, United States

Climate Port Isabel-Cameron County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Port Isabel-Cameron County Airport (KPIL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.0 62 64 64 74 73
February 59.8 75 65 59 52 68
March 63.5 58 41 68 64 68
April 61.8 54 58 55 55 63
May 69.0 73 66 58 84
June 83.0 88 91 65 79
July 94.4 95 96 90 91
August 88.8 93 93 97 49
September 81.5 96 95 94 0
October 75.7 86 93 90 22
November 70.6 69 45 89 86
December 73.8 86 57 72 91
Average 73.1 61.8 75.9 74.0 75.3 64.3

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 87.0 83 87 86 87 93
February 80.7 92 89 78 70 86
March 86.3 85 69 91 87 89
April 91.2 93 89 94 90 88
May 95.8 97 99 94 99
June 92.9 99 100 76 88
July 99.2 99 100 98 99
August 92.5 99 99 100 50
September 85.0 99 99 99 0
October 85.8 96 97 96 29
November 86.8 81 75 97 97
December 88.7 96 79 96 96
Average 89.3 88.4 91.7 92.0 91.2 76.0

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 21.9 21 24 21 22 24
February 22.6 24 24 19 17 23
March 25.0 26 21 24 25 28
April 28.1 29 27 29 27 29
May 30.4 30 32 29 31
June 31.8 34 33 32 28
July 33.6 35 35 32 33
August 31.9 35 34 33 18
September 27.8 35 31 32 0
October 26.3 30 29 30 9
November 24.9 24 24 25 27
December 23.2 23 25 26 23
Average 27.0 24.6 28.5 28.0 27.6 22.8

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 12.6 11 16 11 12 16
February 13.7 15 14 10 8 14
March 17.6 19 15 15 16 21
April 20.1 19 20 22 20 22
May 23.0 23 24 23 23
June 24.5 26 25 25 22
July 25.9 27 26 25 26
August 24.0 26 26 26 11
September 20.6 25 24 24 0
October 18.1 22 21 20 5
November 16.2 16 17 16 18
December 14.0 13 17 18 12
Average 18.8 15.7 20.2 19.9 19.6 15.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.5 14 6 22 2 3
February 8.9 22 11 14 7 4
March 9.1 11 18 14 12 2
April 8.7 18 9 17 8 4
May 4.8 4 16 7 3
June 2.4 5 1 3 3
July 4.6 7 13 5 5
August 3.6 8 6 5 0
September 4.9 2 4 8 0
October 6.7 15 10 4 2
November 10.3 16 24 5 2
December 8.1 7 4 9 12
Average 7.3 15.9 8.9 12.4 6.0 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 11.4 11 12 11 10 12
February 12.7 12 13 12 13 13
March 12.9 12 11 14 13 14
April 13.7 14 13 14 13 13
May 13.2 10 15 13 14
June 11.9 13 12 11 10
July 12.0 12 13 10 13
August 11.3 12 12 11 5
September 8.6 10 8 10 0
October 9.7 12 9 10 4
November 10.8 10 12 10 10
December 10.8 9 11 12 11
Average 11.7 12.4 11.4 12.0 11.3 9.9

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 033° 125° 347° 103° 104°
February 128° 142° 023° 111° 120°
March 112° 120° 116° 101° 138°
April 131° 097° 131° 107° 103°
May 114° 137° 121° 125°
June 150° 123° 129° 125°
July 141° 136° 137° 142°
August 122° 128° 127° 097°
September 107° 071° 099° 360°
October 087° 093° 107° 014°
November 025° 002° 076° 093°
December 073° 138° 158° 132°

Prevailing wind direction

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