Alpine Range Airport

00TS · Texas, United States

Climate Alpine Range Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fort Worth Spinks Airport (KFWS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.8 66 79 91 65 69
February 75.6 84 75 71 50 86
March 76.5 75 72 84 92 61
April 77.8 74 83 71 86
May 81.7 85 79 73 84
June 91.0 88 96 90 96
July 98.5 99 100 93 96
August 93.2 100 87 97 97
September 91.9 91 98 98 67
October 81.5 77 88 83 79
November 70.2 78 61 84 64
December 75.7 84 63 96 77
Average 80.9 74.7 83.8 84.8 84.3 81.5

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 89.9 85 91 95 88 81
February 89.6 90 89 93 65 100
March 93.1 93 91 96 100 89
April 95.6 94 99 91 90
May 95.3 95 96 94 92
June 97.1 95 98 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 97.4 100 95 100 100
September 97.8 97 100 100 88
October 93.9 94 95 98 86
November 84.8 85 83 87 100
December 86.0 89 79 96 100
Average 93.0 89.4 93.6 95.0 94.5 93.7

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 12.6 12 18 16 10 13
February 14.8 21 18 16 7 14
March 20.2 22 22 23 19 20
April 22.7 24 27 20 21
May 27.5 29 32 24 27
June 32.7 36 37 30 32
July 34.8 39 40 31 33
August 34.4 41 36 32 34
September 30.7 35 33 31 26
October 24.0 26 27 25 22
November 17.2 19 18 18 16
December 14.3 18 17 19 12
Average 23.1 17.9 27.1 27.1 22.2 22.4

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 3.1 0 5 0 4 6
February 5.2 8 5 0 1 6
March 10.0 11 10 7 10 13
April 12.5 12 14 12 12
May 18.0 18 19 18 17
June 22.4 23 24 22 21
July 23.9 24 25 23 24
August 24.1 26 24 24 23
September 20.3 22 19 19 19
October 13.5 14 12 15 12
November 8.0 8 8 8 10
December 5.8 5 8 10 4
Average 13.0 6.4 14.3 13.6 13.8 14.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.3 5 4 1 0 0
February 3.6 4 4 3 10 0
March 2.6 4 4 2 0 0
April 1.6 3 0 0 0
May 2.3 4 0 10 4
June 0.8 0 0 0 0
July 0.5 1 0 3 0
August 1.9 0 4 3 0
September 1.8 1 1 2 8
October 3.4 3 4 0 0
November 4.0 2 6 3 0
December 5.0 7 3 0 5
Average 2.8 4.1 2.6 1.8 3.0 1.2

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 8.5 8 9 9 8 6
February 9.3 9 9 10 10 8
March 9.5 9 9 11 9 8
April 10.3 9 12 11 10
May 8.2 6 11 9 9
June 7.5 7 8 7 8
July 7.1 7 8 7 7
August 6.8 7 7 5 6
September 5.9 7 5 6 6
October 7.7 8 7 8 8
November 7.0 7 7 8 9
December 7.8 8 7 10 10
Average 8.2 8.7 7.6 8.2 7.9 7.7

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 295° 245° 306° 309° 295°
February 223° 226° 294° 328° 156°
March 156° 179° 203° 162° 183°
April 114° 156° 160° 170°
May 138° 155° 133° 081°
June 139° 140° 156° 146°
July 166° 156° 170° 155°
August 145° 141° 132° 151°
September 149° 128° 110° 117°
October 139° 156° 194° 112°
November 172° 163° 148° 226°
December 210° 196° 183° 253°

Prevailing wind direction

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