Boysen Reservoir Weather Station

KTBX · United States

Climate Boysen Reservoir Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hot Springs County Airport (KHSG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.4 96 90 93 96
February 87.5 79 90 93 0 90
March 85.3 85 79 91 84
April 88.4 91 86 100 90
May 91.6 95 92 95
June 96.1 88 100 97
July 99.7 100 100 100 100
August 97.8 99 96 0 100
September 95.7 99 99 0 99
October 89.4 83 89 88
November 87.7 93 84 100 96
December 91.2 99 86 86 94
Average 90.8 86.8 91.0 92.9 85.4 94.2

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 95.9 98 93 96 99
February 92.7 92 91 97 100 92
March 94.5 94 91 95 99
April 96.7 96 97 100 96
May 98.9 99 100 98
June 99.5 98 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.1 100 99 0 100
September 99.1 100 100 0 99
October 96.9 94 97 96
November 94.4 95 94 100 100
December 94.4 100 88 94 98
Average 96.2 94.6 95.7 97.3 93.7 98.1

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 1.2 -1 -1 3 4
February 1.1 4 0 4 -21 1
March 7.9 10 3 10 10
April 12.6 13 12 9 13
May 19.3 22 18 21
June 25.1 23 26 27
July 31.6 30 33 30 32
August 29.8 30 32 21 32
September 22.8 25 27 15 25
October 13.9 15 17 14
November 6.6 9 3 11 10
December 2.0 4 -2 3 4
Average 11.0 4.3 14.3 15.8 4.7 16.0

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 -11.0 -13 -12 -11 -9
February -13.9 -7 -14 -13 -21 -12
March -6.6 -3 -9 -6 -5
April -3.9 -2 -4 9 -3
May 5.3 6 4 5
June 9.3 10 8 10
July 12.9 12 13 30 12
August 12.0 13 13 21 13
September 6.0 8 9 15 6
October -2.6 0 1 -2
November -7.4 -5 -10 11 -7
December -11.6 -8 -14 -10 -9
Average -2.0 -8.2 0.0 -1.5 -6.7 -1.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.3 1 7 5 3
February 7.6 9 8 3 0 9
March 7.0 7 11 7 4
April 6.7 6 5 0 9
May 4.0 4 6 1
June 2.3 6 0 4
July 0.7 1 1 0 0
August 0.9 0 1 0 1
September 1.6 2 1 0 1
October 4.3 9 3 0
November 4.7 5 6 0 0
December 4.1 1 9 5 0
Average 4.2 5.7 5.5 3.5 5.2 2.4

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 4.2 3 4 6 4
February 5.2 5 6 6 0 5
March 6.7 7 6 6 7
April 7.8 8 9 4 6
May 7.4 7 8 8
June 6.6 5 7 7
July 6.2 5 6 7 7
August 5.6 7 5 0 6
September 6.1 5 7 0 6
October 5.3 4 5 7
November 5.1 5 5 0 6
December 4.0 3 6 8 4
Average 5.5 4.9 5.5 6.2 7.7 6.2

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 128° 251° 269° 212°
February 220° 280° 342° 360° 264°
March 271° 177° 323° 201°
April 206° 274° 180° 003°
May 338° 297° 234°
June 247° 180° 202°
July 014° 156° 116° 217°
August 221° 063° 360° 040°
September 138° 157° 360° 050°
October 051° 050° 301°
November 247° 186° 360° 188°
December 280° 233° 221° 202°

Prevailing wind direction

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