Sierra Blanca Regional Airport

KSRR · New Mexico, United States

Climate Sierra Blanca Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sierra Blanca Regional Airport (KSRR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 90.2 89 97 94 90 92
February 87.3 92 92 90 92 83
March 90.9 85 98 94 97 96
April 90.7 90 98 99 92 96
May 92.8 92 99 90 100
June 91.9 99 93 90 100
July 90.6 100 98 94 99
August 89.6 96 96 90 100
September 81.1 96 98 97 92
October 88.2 95 90 100 93
November 91.0 86 94 100 95
December 94.2 95 98 98 96
Average 89.1 88.9 95.3 95.3 93.9 95.2

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 93.1 96 97 96 96 96
February 89.2 94 93 92 93 85
March 93.1 90 98 96 99 98
April 93.0 94 99 100 98 96
May 95.2 95 100 95 100
June 93.9 99 96 94 100
July 92.1 100 99 97 100
August 91.2 98 97 95 100
September 82.4 98 98 98 94
October 90.2 96 91 100 95
November 92.7 93 94 100 95
December 95.6 96 98 99 99
Average 91.3 93.4 96.9 96.4 96.9 96.5

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 8.7 8 9 9 8 9
February 10.5 11 10 9 10 10
March 14.0 13 13 14 14 14
April 18.5 18 18 20 17 19
May 22.9 22 25 23 25
June 27.2 27 26 28 28
July 27.5 31 28 25 29
August 26.0 28 24 24 29
September 24.1 26 24 24 24
October 18.3 20 16 20 21
November 13.7 13 10 16 15
December 10.0 10 9 13 9
Average 17.9 12.6 18.8 18.1 18.2 19.2

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 -2.2 -3 -2 -2 -2 -1
February -1.0 1 -2 -4 -3 -2
March 2.4 2 2 1 2 3
April 5.5 5 4 7 4 6
May 10.0 10 11 9 12
June 14.4 15 15 15 14
July 15.8 17 16 15 17
August 14.9 16 14 14 16
September 12.2 14 12 12 11
October 6.6 7 6 8 7
November 2.3 2 -1 4 4
December -1.6 0 0 2 -2
Average 6.2 1.3 6.8 6.4 6.7 6.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.9 6 4 4 3 5
February 4.8 5 8 6 6 7
March 3.2 5 3 5 3 4
April 1.6 4 0 0 2 1
May 1.0 1 0 3 1
June 2.6 0 5 7 1
July 2.1 1 3 4 1
August 2.3 1 5 3 1
September 2.1 3 2 3 1
October 3.9 2 11 0 3
November 2.3 3 6 0 0
December 2.3 2 3 2 1
Average 2.8 4.8 2.2 4.0 2.9 1.9

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 10.3 11 12 8 11 10
February 11.8 12 14 11 11 10
March 12.4 12 15 11 13 13
April 12.3 12 12 14 11 12
May 11.3 10 13 11 10
June 9.3 11 8 9 10
July 7.2 8 7 6 8
August 6.7 8 7 6 6
September 7.3 8 7 7 8
October 9.0 9 8 10 9
November 8.9 9 9 8 10
December 10.2 10 11 13 10
Average 9.9 11.8 10.3 9.4 9.5 9.6

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 270° 253° 292° 280° 286°
February 263° 244° 252° 277° 285°
March 235° 243° 267° 237° 233°
April 242° 251° 242° 212° 256°
May 197° 239° 220° 222°
June 243° 193° 181° 216°
July 158° 154° 142° 160°
August 165° 124° 154° 151°
September 230° 153° 206° 042°
October 192° 251° 239° 284°
November 267° 255° 291° 242°
December 286° 257° 251° 288°

Prevailing wind direction

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