Hale County Airport

KPVW · Texas, United States

Climate Hale County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hale County Airport (KPVW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.2 82 12 93 77 92
February 86.2 86 91 88 71 83
March 87.9 89 92 92 90 83
April 88.0 93 87 91 87 86
May 86.3 84 91 73 94
June 90.7 84 84 92 97
July 97.3 95 100 90 100
August 95.7 100 94 93 100
September 90.0 92 100 98 89
October 83.5 86 88 95 82
November 82.7 81 80 92 84
December 87.9 84 89 98 89
Average 87.8 88.2 82.6 90.2 87.7 90.2

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 79.9 86 17 98 86 97
February 94.1 95 97 97 86 93
March 94.0 96 98 98 98 88
April 95.7 97 95 99 94 95
May 95.4 93 98 91 96
June 95.7 95 89 96 100
July 98.9 98 100 95 100
August 98.4 100 95 98 100
September 95.7 98 100 99 96
October 91.7 93 94 98 89
November 92.2 88 94 97 92
December 93.2 88 93 99 97
Average 94.0 94.4 88.4 96.1 94.6 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 10.3 9 2 12 10 13
February 14.1 16 15 12 9 12
March 19.1 19 18 19 19 19
April 23.3 24 23 26 21 23
May 27.9 26 31 26 30
June 31.9 31 33 31 33
July 33.1 33 36 30 35
August 32.2 35 31 30 34
September 28.9 31 29 30 28
October 21.9 23 22 24 23
November 16.7 17 14 19 19
December 13.4 14 13 18 13
Average 22.1 17.0 22.4 23.5 22.2 23.4

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 -4.3 -5 -2 -6 -3 -2
February -3.4 0 -2 -6 -6 -3
March 2.6 3 2 0 2 5
April 6.1 7 5 7 6 6
May 12.3 13 13 12 12
June 16.9 16 18 17 17
July 19.1 19 21 18 20
August 18.4 19 19 18 19
September 14.5 15 15 14 12
October 7.3 8 8 9 6
November 1.3 1 1 2 3
December -2.2 -1 0 0 -3
Average 6.8 1.0 7.9 7.6 7.5 7.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.8 6 2 2 2 1
February 3.1 5 1 5 12 1
March 1.3 2 0 2 1 3
April 1.1 2 0 0 1 0
May 1.6 5 0 2 1
June 1.0 1 1 2 1
July 1.0 1 0 1 1
August 1.4 1 5 1 1
September 1.4 1 0 0 1
October 2.8 0 7 1 1
November 1.2 1 3 0 1
December 2.2 5 4 1 0
Average 1.7 3.1 1.4 2.2 2.0 0.9

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 8.7 9 1 10 10 10
February 11.6 12 14 11 10 10
March 11.5 11 12 12 13 11
April 12.4 13 11 14 12 11
May 10.9 9 13 11 10
June 9.9 8 11 9 12
July 7.6 8 8 6 8
August 7.7 8 7 7 9
September 8.1 8 9 8 8
October 9.2 9 8 10 11
November 10.0 9 11 9 11
December 10.2 11 9 11 11
Average 10.0 11.6 8.6 10.2 9.5 10.0

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 263° 336° 309° 311° 286°
February 274° 257° 307° 326° 305°
March 253° 239° 285° 231° 241°
April 257° 228° 230° 256° 262°
May 163° 225° 157° 194°
June 165° 177° 178° 191°
July 191° 189° 170° 187°
August 183° 157° 191° 182°
September 197° 205° 195° 291°
October 203° 215° 263° 221°
November 260° 242° 263° 235°
December 269° 244° 251° 320°

Prevailing wind direction

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