Randolph Air Force Base

KRND · Texas, United States

Climate Randolph Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Randolph Air Force Base (KRND) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.2 56 58 70 78 70
February 60.1 73 62 68 48 66
March 67.3 60 59 81 78 54
April 65.2 54 61 61 65
May 71.4 69 71 62 84
June 78.9 76 87 74 79
July 83.9 85 83 78 82
August 86.5 90 78 87 91
September 84.4 90 89 91 76
October 77.8 69 88 85 78
November 65.0 53 52 82 72
December 67.1 69 48 58 82
Average 72.3 62.1 69.0 73.5 74.0 75.0

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 82.5 75 69 85 87 84
February 79.1 89 80 85 72 81
March 86.1 82 81 96 93 78
April 86.7 82 88 80 83
May 90.4 89 91 86 98
June 93.8 93 100 93 94
July 95.9 98 99 88 98
August 96.2 97 94 95 97
September 94.5 100 95 97 95
October 90.9 89 97 94 90
November 84.2 76 77 94 84
December 82.9 83 68 83 90
Average 88.1 81.5 86.0 90.3 88.9 89.5

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 18.1 16 20 17 18 20
February 19.7 22 21 18 15 19
March 24.3 25 25 25 24 25
April 27.0 26 29 27 27
May 30.5 29 33 28 32
June 34.0 35 37 32 33
July 35.9 38 38 32 37
August 36.1 39 36 34 37
September 32.9 37 34 34 31
October 27.9 29 29 29 29
November 21.8 21 21 22 25
December 19.7 21 20 23 20
Average 26.6 20.8 28.4 28.3 26.6 27.7

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 6.0 4 8 4 5 9
February 8.1 11 8 3 5 7
March 12.4 14 13 8 11 15
April 14.9 15 16 15 14
May 19.4 19 21 20 19
June 22.3 23 23 23 22
July 23.5 25 24 23 25
August 23.4 25 24 24 24
September 21.1 23 20 20 20
October 15.8 17 15 17 15
November 10.1 11 11 10 12
December 7.9 9 12 12 5
Average 14.7 9.4 16.3 15.3 15.6 15.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.7 9 16 4 4 5
February 6.3 1 8 12 14 7
March 4.1 5 7 2 1 6
April 4.2 6 3 4 7
May 4.3 9 4 4 1
June 3.0 2 2 3 2
July 1.5 0 2 4 1
August 2.7 1 4 3 1
September 4.0 0 4 1 5
October 4.8 9 5 1 2
November 7.3 7 17 3 5
December 6.4 7 9 3 6
Average 4.5 5.1 6.0 5.4 3.5 3.7

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 7.7 8 7 8 8 8
February 8.5 9 9 8 8 9
March 8.8 8 9 10 10 8
April 9.1 9 10 9 8
May 8.4 6 10 8 8
June 7.8 7 8 7 9
July 7.3 7 8 7 8
August 7.2 8 7 7 7
September 6.5 6 5 6 9
October 7.6 8 7 7 7
November 7.2 7 8 7 7
December 7.0 6 7 7 7
Average 7.8 8.2 7.4 8.1 7.5 7.9

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 354° 341° 344° 328° 132°
February 256° 271° 354° 018° 318°
March 139° 140° 190° 129° 117°
April 099° 145° 102° 083°
May 123° 157° 116° 144°
June 170° 156° 143° 145°
July 174° 172° 144° 159°
August 157° 156° 156° 164°
September 146° 134° 102° 016°
October 111° 154° 158° 099°
November 018° 097° 108° 096°
December 100° 146° 189° 245°

Prevailing wind direction

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