Rutherford Ranch Airport

85TX · Texas, United States

Climate Rutherford Ranch Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of San Marcos Regional Airport (KHYI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 59.2 57 67 3 73 71
February 46.2 68 60 1 39 64
March 65.9 56 64 74 78 50
April 66.4 56 65 68 63
May 69.7 66 75 63 81
June 78.4 77 89 73 80
July 83.0 85 88 73 83
August 85.5 93 76 80 92
September 81.0 88 89 91 72
October 73.1 65 85 82 79
November 64.6 56 53 81 70
December 65.4 77 42 50 78
Average 69.4 59.5 71.1 64.1 71.6 73.8

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 71.6 74 78 6 89 83
February 62.8 85 79 2 59 85
March 84.5 79 80 87 92 79
April 87.7 83 93 83 84
May 88.2 83 95 79 96
June 93.0 94 99 92 92
July 95.1 100 99 85 96
August 95.1 99 88 95 98
September 92.3 97 95 97 93
October 86.4 83 97 92 91
November 83.5 74 76 91 88
December 82.8 88 71 73 92
Average 85.0 79.0 86.5 77.8 85.9 89.9

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 17.1 16 21 17 18 20
February 18.8 22 22 17 15 19
March 23.8 24 25 24 24 26
April 26.4 26 29 26 27
May 29.9 29 34 29 31
June 33.7 35 37 33 33
July 35.6 38 38 33 36
August 35.3 40 36 34 37
September 32.2 37 31 34 31
October 26.3 29 30 29 28
November 22.0 21 21 22 25
December 19.6 20 20 22 20
Average 25.9 20.5 28.5 28.2 26.7 27.6

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 4.3 4 0 4 5 8
February 6.0 9 0 3 3 6
March 12.1 12 14 7 11 15
April 14.1 11 17 14 14
May 18.7 19 21 18 19
June 22.5 23 23 23 21
July 23.1 25 24 23 24
August 22.7 24 24 23 23
September 17.7 23 1 20 20
October 11.1 16 0 16 14
November 8.5 11 0 10 11
December 5.6 6 0 10 4
Average 13.2 8.4 14.3 10.5 14.7 14.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.1 3 0 0 3 3
February 4.1 1 3 5 4 6
March 0.8 1 1 1 0 2
April 0.9 2 0 1 2
May 0.9 1 0 1 1
June 0.5 0 0 0 1
July 0.5 0 0 0 2
August 1.3 0 1 0 0
September 0.9 0 0 0 1
October 2.4 3 4 0 0
November 3.9 1 10 1 3
December 3.9 2 4 2 1
Average 2.0 1.6 1.0 1.9 0.8 1.6

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 8.8 9 9 9 8 9
February 9.7 10 11 10 8 10
March 10.1 9 10 12 11 9
April 10.4 10 12 10 9
May 9.0 6 11 9 9
June 8.4 8 9 8 8
July 8.1 8 9 7 8
August 8.1 9 8 8 8
September 7.4 7 6 7 10
October 7.9 8 8 8 8
November 7.7 8 9 5 8
December 8.0 7 9 6 8
Average 8.7 9.4 8.4 9.2 8.0 8.6

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 360° 331° 351° 341° 157°
February 241° 254° 360° 019° 340°
March 143° 145° 199° 119° 130°
April 092° 151° 113° 086°
May 135° 166° 120° 138°
June 178° 166° 151° 148°
July 185° 177° 158° 164°
August 162° 162° 165° 167°
September 151° 107° 090° 024°
October 116° 149° 155° 061°
November 017° 054° 139° 089°
December 022° 167° 190° 284°

Prevailing wind direction

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