Portlock Airfield

TX02 · Texas, United States

Climate Portlock Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Abilene Regional Airport (KABI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.0 64 83 88 76 85
February 75.1 85 77 74 61 77
March 82.9 79 75 92 91 67
April 82.1 82 90 75 79
May 85.9 91 89 72 94
June 92.1 83 96 87 96
July 97.0 97 100 87 97
August 96.3 100 93 96 100
September 88.5 90 97 98 80
October 85.4 79 95 94 82
November 77.9 79 72 84 83
December 82.7 87 64 97 85
Average 84.9 75.7 85.5 88.7 85.1 85.8

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 89.7 77 89 98 83 92
February 87.5 96 87 88 76 87
March 93.2 89 91 97 99 83
April 93.8 94 97 91 92
May 96.2 97 99 91 99
June 97.9 92 99 97 100
July 99.1 99 100 97 98
August 98.2 100 97 98 100
September 93.5 95 100 99 88
October 92.1 86 99 97 90
November 90.9 91 94 93 95
December 90.8 96 75 99 93
Average 93.1 86.9 93.1 95.9 93.8 93.2

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 15.0 13 17 16 14 17
February 16.7 21 18 15 11 16
March 22.1 22 22 23 22 22
April 26.0 26 30 24 25
May 30.2 29 35 27 32
June 33.9 34 37 33 34
July 36.0 38 40 33 36
August 36.0 40 36 35 37
September 32.1 35 33 34 29
October 26.1 27 26 28 26
November 20.1 20 18 21 23
December 17.1 18 17 24 17
Average 25.1 18.3 27.0 27.6 25.5 26.2

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 2.0 1 5 0 2 4
February 3.6 7 4 0 0 3
March 9.1 10 10 7 9 12
April 11.5 12 12 11 10
May 16.6 18 20 17 18
June 21.6 22 24 21 21
July 23.5 24 26 23 24
August 23.0 26 24 22 23
September 19.9 23 21 20 17
October 12.8 14 14 15 12
November 7.4 9 7 9 9
December 4.5 5 7 9 3
Average 12.1 5.8 14.2 13.7 13.2 13.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.4 6 6 1 6 2
February 4.7 1 8 12 4 4
March 1.4 2 2 1 1 4
April 2.2 1 1 3 2
May 1.5 2 1 2 1
June 0.9 2 1 1 0
July 0.9 0 1 1 2
August 2.5 2 2 2 1
September 4.5 3 3 0 7
October 4.5 7 3 1 3
November 3.3 6 6 2 2
December 3.1 3 2 1 4
Average 2.7 2.7 3.3 2.7 1.9 2.5

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 10.2 9 11 10 10 10
February 10.9 11 11 11 11 11
March 11.5 10 11 13 13 10
April 12.2 11 13 12 11
May 10.9 9 13 11 11
June 9.8 8 11 8 11
July 8.4 9 9 7 9
August 8.7 9 8 10 8
September 8.4 9 7 9 8
October 9.8 10 8 10 10
November 9.9 9 10 10 10
December 9.7 10 8 10 11
Average 10.1 10.0 9.7 10.1 10.0 10.0

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 256° 244° 285° 302° 227°
February 253° 240° 305° 327° 268°
March 202° 195° 241° 192° 204°
April 163° 191° 165° 196°
May 147° 182° 139° 168°
June 150° 166° 155° 160°
July 177° 172° 163° 169°
August 174° 156° 170° 174°
September 185° 179° 164° 040°
October 186° 182° 198° 179°
November 215° 205° 218° 198°
December 217° 204° 222° 275°

Prevailing wind direction

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