Sandy Creek Airport

73TX · Texas, United States

Climate Sandy Creek Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Huntsville Municipal Airport (KUTS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.1 53 60 78 70 55
February 59.1 74 62 59 57 63
March 71.3 67 65 83 76 64
April 73.2 65 68 70 78 72
May 78.8 74 76 72 86
June 85.3 85 92 82 89
July 89.8 91 90 88 82
August 90.5 91 88 94 95
September 84.7 83 98 85 73
October 80.0 76 89 90 75
November 71.7 69 67 82 66
December 72.3 84 51 67 76
Average 76.1 64.6 75.8 79.7 79.0 75.2

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 81.4 70 75 88 86 76
February 78.3 93 80 80 72 79
March 88.4 87 91 94 92 83
April 90.8 89 89 91 93 91
May 93.3 89 94 92 97
June 95.7 98 99 94 96
July 96.7 99 97 94 94
August 96.3 98 96 97 98
September 92.4 87 99 96 87
October 89.3 88 94 96 87
November 84.7 84 84 90 74
December 87.6 95 77 90 85
Average 89.4 84.8 89.6 91.7 91.2 87.8

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 17.0 15 19 18 17 18
February 19.1 21 21 17 15 18
March 23.7 23 25 23 24 25
April 26.2 27 25 28 25 27
May 30.3 30 33 29 30
June 33.7 35 37 33 33
July 35.4 38 39 33 35
August 35.7 40 35 35 36
September 32.6 35 34 33 31
October 27.4 27 28 29 27
November 21.4 20 21 22 25
December 18.8 19 20 24 18
Average 26.2 21.4 27.9 28.1 26.7 26.9

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 6.5 4 10 5 7 9
February 8.7 11 10 5 5 8
March 13.1 14 14 10 12 16
April 15.5 17 15 18 15 16
May 20.2 20 22 20 19
June 23.7 25 25 24 23
July 24.9 26 27 24 25
August 24.6 27 22 25 24
September 21.4 20 21 21 21
October 16.1 17 15 18 15
November 10.7 11 11 11 12
December 8.9 8 13 15 7
Average 15.6 11.5 17.0 16.2 16.4 16.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.6 17 13 10 4 9
February 9.1 5 10 14 9 9
March 5.3 4 5 10 5 10
April 4.0 3 5 6 6 4
May 3.4 4 1 10 3
June 3.0 1 1 4 4
July 1.6 1 1 4 2
August 2.8 0 3 0 0
September 3.3 1 1 3 6
October 4.9 11 2 3 2
November 6.2 9 12 3 4
December 7.0 6 7 3 11
Average 5.0 7.0 5.2 5.3 4.5 5.1

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 6.4 8 6 6 6 5
February 6.8 8 7 7 6 7
March 6.4 7 6 7 6 6
April 6.2 8 5 7 5 5
May 5.0 3 6 5 5
June 5.0 5 5 5 5
July 4.8 6 5 4 5
August 4.7 5 5 4 4
September 3.9 4 3 4 5
October 5.1 8 5 5 5
November 5.2 7 4 5 5
December 5.8 6 6 7 6
Average 5.6 7.8 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.2

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 311° 217° 266° 275° 173°
February 225° 222° 293° 238° 245°
March 150° 189° 214° 167° 166°
April 166° 209° 178° 152° 208°
May 179° 188° 159° 184°
June 197° 193° 176° 175°
July 202° 198° 199° 184°
August 200° 196° 185° 198°
September 140° 145° 161° 360°
October 116° 198° 247° 280°
November 083° 253° 196° 103°
December 183° 193° 190° 216°

Prevailing wind direction

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