Flying B Ranch Airstrip Airport

35TX · Texas, United States

Climate Flying B Ranch Airstrip Airport 2020-2024

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

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.8 63 80 90 82 85
February 75.8 86 76 75 61 76
March 84.5 82 84 90 92 68
April 82.8 84 89 73 80
May 87.6 94 91 75 95
June 93.2 82 97 91 97
July 97.0 98 100 87 97
August 96.5 100 91 98 100
September 88.4 88 97 98 81
October 85.2 81 92 94 84
November 77.8 76 71 85 84
December 81.5 77 68 96 87
Average 85.4 76.2 85.4 88.7 86.5 86.5

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 90.5 75 85 100 93 92
February 88.2 95 86 88 77 89
March 94.2 92 96 98 99 84
April 94.8 94 98 91 93
May 97.5 98 99 92 99
June 97.6 90 98 98 100
July 98.8 99 100 97 100
August 98.7 100 97 99 100
September 94.2 94 100 99 89
October 93.3 90 96 98 94
November 91.7 91 95 93 95
December 91.4 93 78 99 95
Average 93.7 87.0 93.1 96.3 95.0 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 14.8 12 17 16 13 17
February 16.6 21 17 15 10 16
March 22.0 22 21 23 22 22
April 26.0 26 30 24 25
May 30.4 29 35 27 32
June 34.1 34 37 33 34
July 36.2 38 39 33 36
August 35.8 39 35 35 37
September 31.2 34 33 34 29
October 25.6 26 26 28 26
November 19.8 20 17 21 22
December 16.9 18 17 24 16
Average 24.9 18.3 26.6 27.1 25.3 26.0

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 1.0 0 4 -2 1 3
February 2.7 7 2 -2 -1 2
March 8.2 9 8 5 8 11
April 11.2 11 13 10 11
May 17.1 17 19 16 17
June 21.3 22 22 21 21
July 22.0 24 26 20 24
August 19.6 25 23 20 22
September 17.1 21 20 18 17
October 12.4 13 13 14 11
November 6.2 7 6 7 8
December 3.3 5 6 7 2
Average 11.1 5.2 13.2 12.7 11.9 12.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.6 8 8 2 6 4
February 6.9 1 15 11 12 7
March 2.5 4 2 4 1 5
April 2.6 2 4 4 3
May 2.3 4 3 2 2
June 1.6 5 1 2 1
July 1.3 1 1 3 1
August 3.0 1 7 3 2
September 4.9 6 3 1 7
October 5.5 6 8 2 3
November 3.8 4 6 2 2
December 4.4 7 5 0 5
Average 3.6 4.3 4.9 4.2 2.9 3.4

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 10.0 9 11 9 10 9
February 10.5 12 11 10 11 10
March 11.7 12 12 13 14 9
April 12.3 12 14 12 11
May 11.1 9 13 10 11
June 10.0 8 11 8 11
July 8.5 9 10 7 9
August 8.5 9 8 10 8
September 8.2 9 8 8 7
October 9.8 10 9 10 10
November 9.7 9 10 10 11
December 9.3 11 8 9 10
Average 10.1 10.9 9.9 10.3 9.8 9.7

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 234° 244° 279° 311° 227°
February 239° 227° 290° 011° 267°
March 180° 177° 233° 160° 180°
April 127° 166° 125° 161°
May 137° 167° 123° 139°
June 126° 154° 143° 151°
July 158° 157° 146° 149°
August 143° 124° 155° 153°
September 162° 143° 141° 040°
October 137° 152° 166° 139°
November 185° 183° 174° 173°
December 196° 181° 206° 277°

Prevailing wind direction

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