Army Air Field

XA63 · Texas, United States

Climate Army Air Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mckinney National Airport (KTKI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.4 68 72 89 74 57
February 65.0 83 67 67 55 71
March 74.0 75 70 82 83 58
April 75.6 77 77 76 73
May 77.2 84 71 65 77
June 85.5 85 94 78 90
July 94.8 97 99 91 87
August 92.8 100 85 92 99
September 85.9 93 97 96 73
October 78.8 75 88 83 69
November 74.2 78 61 86 76
December 73.6 85 57 72 73
Average 79.0 75.2 82.2 81.8 79.5 75.7

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 86.9 81 88 94 89 77
February 82.5 91 83 84 79 89
March 90.7 94 85 96 98 74
April 92.6 95 97 93 87
May 93.9 95 93 84 94
June 96.1 93 100 95 98
July 98.4 99 100 96 97
August 97.3 100 94 98 99
September 95.2 98 100 99 90
October 89.4 88 94 95 85
November 88.9 87 80 93 90
December 86.0 91 73 85 86
Average 91.5 88.9 92.1 93.0 92.3 89.1

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 13.8 11 16 15 13 15
February 15.8 20 17 15 10 15
March 20.8 21 21 21 21 22
April 23.4 23 25 22 23
May 28.1 28 29 25 28
June 32.4 33 34 32 33
July 34.9 35 38 33 34
August 34.6 38 35 34 35
September 31.6 34 32 32 29
October 25.5 26 26 28 24
November 19.2 19 17 20 22
December 16.0 16 16 22 15
Average 23.8 17.1 25.4 25.6 24.4 24.6

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 2.2 0 4 -1 3 5
February 4.2 8 5 0 0 4
March 9.4 11 9 6 9 12
April 11.9 12 14 12 12
May 17.8 18 19 17 17
June 21.9 21 23 21 22
July 23.6 23 26 22 25
August 23.2 26 24 22 22
September 20.2 22 19 19 19
October 13.1 14 12 15 12
November 7.2 8 7 7 9
December 5.0 5 8 10 3
Average 12.5 6.1 13.9 13.3 13.1 13.3

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 6 7 2 4 8
February 7.7 5 14 7 6 9
March 4.0 6 3 3 2 10
April 3.8 4 1 4 5
May 3.6 4 2 9 5
June 2.5 2 1 4 1
July 1.0 1 0 3 2
August 3.1 0 7 2 1
September 2.7 2 1 0 4
October 7.2 8 8 2 6
November 4.8 7 10 5 1
December 6.6 7 2 2 13
Average 4.3 5.4 4.5 3.5 3.5 5.0

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 9.5 9 10 9 9 9
February 10.0 10 9 10 10 11
March 10.5 10 11 11 11 10
April 10.8 10 13 10 9
May 9.4 7 12 8 10
June 8.6 8 8 8 9
July 7.8 8 8 7 8
August 7.6 8 7 8 7
September 7.3 7 7 7 8
October 8.8 9 8 9 9
November 8.9 8 8 9 9
December 8.7 8 8 10 9
Average 9.1 9.8 8.6 9.3 8.6 8.9

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 318° 255° 309° 314° 181°
February 204° 239° 310° 355° 287°
March 163° 181° 200° 172° 167°
April 125° 167° 142° 157°
May 143° 166° 136° 143°
June 132° 150° 163° 173°
July 165° 166° 157° 161°
August 134° 148° 159° 152°
September 147° 148° 140° 066°
October 153° 196° 198° 116°
November 169° 147° 171° 160°
December 220° 240° 186° 265°

Prevailing wind direction

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