Smith Field

01TE · Texas, United States

Climate Smith Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mesquite Metro Airport (KHQZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.2 67 74 88 70 55
February 60.2 80 60 71 51 60
March 69.7 70 51 84 82 52
April 72.7 72 70 71 72
May 73.2 76 68 59 73
June 80.4 82 90 73 85
July 91.0 97 99 86 79
August 89.8 100 83 83 96
September 81.7 91 95 93 72
October 76.1 77 86 76 67
November 71.5 76 61 83 70
December 71.0 85 54 69 68
Average 75.7 72.3 78.9 80.4 74.9 71.3

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 86.8 81 87 93 87 81
February 80.5 91 74 89 79 86
March 88.5 93 67 98 99 77
April 92.8 93 96 94 86
May 92.8 94 94 88 92
June 95.4 93 99 92 97
July 98.8 100 100 97 98
August 96.3 100 93 96 99
September 95.0 98 96 98 89
October 89.6 92 95 92 88
November 89.1 87 82 93 94
December 86.4 92 80 88 83
Average 91.0 88.4 89.9 93.8 92.1 89.4

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 14.3 12 17 15 14 16
February 16.3 21 18 15 11 16
March 21.6 22 22 22 22 22
April 23.9 24 26 23 24
May 28.4 29 30 26 28
June 33.2 35 35 32 33
July 35.2 37 38 33 34
August 35.0 40 35 33 35
September 31.9 36 32 32 29
October 25.8 27 26 28 24
November 19.6 20 17 21 22
December 16.5 18 16 22 16
Average 24.3 18.2 26.8 26.0 24.5 24.8

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 2.9 0 5 0 4 6
February 5.2 8 6 0 1 5
March 10.2 11 11 7 10 13
April 12.4 11 14 12 12
May 18.0 18 19 18 18
June 22.0 22 23 22 22
July 23.3 24 25 23 24
August 23.1 25 23 23 23
September 20.2 22 19 19 19
October 13.6 14 13 15 13
November 7.9 8 8 8 10
December 5.8 5 9 11 4
Average 12.9 6.4 14.1 13.4 13.8 13.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.1 8 5 1 9 3
February 5.9 2 9 3 6 8
March 3.9 4 4 3 2 9
April 2.9 3 2 4 4
May 3.4 2 1 7 6
June 1.4 1 0 2 1
July 0.8 1 0 2 2
August 1.7 1 3 1 1
September 2.1 1 2 1 6
October 5.1 2 4 3 4
November 3.8 6 7 4 0
December 5.3 4 3 1 11
Average 3.4 4.3 2.9 2.2 3.5 4.3

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 8.1 7 9 8 8 8
February 8.7 9 8 8 9 9
March 9.1 8 9 10 10 9
April 9.8 11 12 9 8
May 7.9 5 10 8 8
June 7.1 6 7 7 7
July 6.3 6 8 6 6
August 6.0 7 6 7 6
September 5.8 6 5 6 6
October 7.1 8 6 8 7
November 7.4 6 6 7 8
December 7.4 7 7 9 7
Average 7.6 8.0 7.2 7.7 7.7 7.4

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 299° 228° 286° 295° 172°
February 197° 224° 262° 306° 273°
March 155° 184° 188° 158° 160°
April 105° 154° 126° 135°
May 140° 152° 127° 133°
June 146° 144° 149° 157°
July 169° 158° 150° 154°
August 162° 151° 147° 146°
September 142° 132° 121° 006°
October 133° 162° 190° 091°
November 171° 143° 170° 158°
December 203° 194° 174° 241°

Prevailing wind direction

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