Winston Field

KSNK · Texas, United States

Climate Winston Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Winston Field (KSNK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 84.6 73 84 95 77 87
February 79.9 91 82 82 68 76
March 85.4 83 85 95 90 70
April 85.4 86 89 91 78 81
May 86.1 92 92 72 95
June 93.6 90 97 89 96
July 97.4 98 100 90 99
August 96.6 100 94 95 100
September 89.0 93 98 98 90
October 85.6 84 93 96 88
November 78.4 74 75 87 81
December 84.0 84 75 96 88
Average 87.1 83.2 88.3 91.6 86.4 88.1

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 90.3 82 88 99 83 92
February 90.3 97 94 95 75 87
March 93.3 94 95 98 97 81
April 95.5 96 97 100 90 92
May 97.8 99 100 94 100
June 97.9 95 98 98 99
July 99.2 99 100 97 100
August 98.7 100 97 98 100
September 95.2 98 100 99 96
October 94.6 93 96 99 95
November 91.0 92 95 93 95
December 91.8 93 83 99 94
Average 94.6 92.2 95.5 97.3 93.7 94.3

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 13.6 11 15 15 11 15
February 16.3 19 17 14 11 15
March 21.6 22 21 22 22 21
April 25.0 27 25 30 23 25
May 28.0 29 34 27 32
June 34.2 35 35 34 34
July 35.7 37 38 34 37
August 35.1 38 34 35 36
September 30.9 34 32 33 28
October 24.8 25 24 28 25
November 18.8 18 16 21 22
December 15.8 16 16 22 15
Average 24.4 19.6 25.8 26.1 25.0 25.4

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 0.3 -1 2 -1 1 2
February 1.6 5 2 -2 -2 1
March 7.1 8 7 5 6 10
April 10.4 13 9 13 10 10
May 14.9 17 18 14 16
June 20.4 20 22 20 19
July 22.0 22 25 20 23
August 21.7 23 22 20 22
September 18.2 20 18 17 16
October 11.4 12 12 13 10
November 5.5 7 5 6 8
December 2.5 3 5 5 1
Average 10.7 6.0 12.1 12.0 10.9 11.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.3 3 2 0 5 1
February 3.5 3 5 4 7 6
March 1.6 3 0 1 1 7
April 1.5 2 0 0 2 1
May 0.7 2 1 2 0
June 0.7 1 1 2 0
July 0.6 0 0 2 1
August 1.2 0 3 2 0
September 2.7 2 0 0 3
October 3.4 4 5 0 0
November 1.9 2 4 1 1
December 3.6 5 2 1 4
Average 2.0 2.5 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.8

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 9.5 9 10 9 10 9
February 9.8 11 11 9 7 10
March 10.8 10 11 11 13 10
April 11.2 11 11 12 11 10
May 9.9 8 10 11 10
June 9.1 8 10 8 10
July 7.7 8 8 7 8
August 8.0 8 7 8 8
September 7.6 7 7 7 7
October 8.9 9 8 9 9
November 9.3 9 10 9 10
December 8.9 9 9 10 10
Average 9.3 10.1 9.0 9.1 8.9 9.1

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 252° 251° 264° 312° 233°
February 257° 241° 306° 238° 250°
March 226° 213° 244° 190° 220°
April 234° 178° 190° 120° 210°
May 155° 192° 122° 157°
June 147° 154° 156° 165°
July 168° 161° 154° 161°
August 152° 128° 169° 158°
September 176° 172° 161° 082°
October 155° 183° 199° 146°
November 223° 218° 195° 192°
December 232° 211° 228° 285°

Prevailing wind direction

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