16 L Ranch Airport

16TT · Texas, United States

Climate 16 L Ranch Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Coulter Field (KCFD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.4 58 63 83 69 53
February 57.8 71 64 65 53 60
March 70.2 67 64 85 76 57
April 70.4 65 70 69 64
May 73.4 75 70 64 81
June 77.9 83 87 71 83
July 84.8 88 88 80 80
August 86.7 95 87 89 92
September 83.6 89 97 86 72
October 76.6 79 89 82 73
November 72.2 67 71 79 76
December 67.5 84 48 60 72
Average 73.5 65.2 76.9 79.4 73.4 72.4

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 83.7 75 80 92 84 81
February 78.0 93 81 83 72 78
March 90.5 89 94 96 93 86
April 90.0 88 90 90 87
May 93.1 92 95 89 95
June 94.5 99 98 91 96
July 96.0 99 98 92 95
August 95.7 99 96 96 98
September 93.9 96 99 97 89
October 89.0 93 95 93 85
November 87.1 83 89 86 86
December 85.4 93 80 88 83
Average 89.6 86.0 91.8 93.2 89.4 88.7

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 16.7 15 18 17 16 19
February 18.4 21 20 16 14 19
March 23.2 23 24 23 23 26
April 25.4 24 28 24 26
May 29.5 29 32 27 30
June 32.8 34 35 32 33
July 35.3 37 38 32 36
August 35.8 39 35 33 36
September 32.4 36 33 33 30
October 27.3 28 28 28 27
November 21.1 20 20 22 24
December 18.6 19 19 23 18
Average 25.6 19.6 27.4 27.0 25.6 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 5.7 4 8 4 6 9
February 7.7 10 9 3 4 7
March 12.2 13 13 9 11 16
April 14.0 14 16 14 14
May 18.9 19 21 19 19
June 22.9 24 25 23 23
July 23.9 25 25 23 24
August 23.9 26 24 24 23
September 21.1 23 20 20 20
October 15.2 16 14 17 14
November 10.0 11 10 9 11
December 8.0 8 12 13 5
Average 14.5 9.0 16.3 15.2 15.1 15.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.0 9 6 5 4 5
February 4.9 2 4 5 5 7
March 3.1 2 1 3 3 6
April 3.0 6 1 4 5
May 3.2 7 0 6 3
June 2.2 2 1 4 2
July 1.1 1 0 1 1
August 2.5 0 4 2 1
September 3.3 3 2 1 8
October 3.7 5 2 2 3
November 3.9 4 9 3 3
December 4.2 2 7 1 7
Average 3.4 4.0 3.1 2.9 2.9 4.0

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 7.1 8 7 7 7 7
February 7.6 8 8 8 8 8
March 7.7 7 8 8 8 8
April 7.9 7 9 8 7
May 7.1 5 9 7 7
June 6.3 6 7 5 6
July 5.6 6 6 4 7
August 5.9 7 6 5 6
September 5.3 6 4 5 7
October 6.4 8 6 6 6
November 6.1 6 6 6 6
December 6.4 6 6 7 6
Average 6.7 7.5 6.5 6.7 6.4 6.6

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 312° 275° 314° 294° 163°
February 242° 234° 319° 324° 303°
March 148° 151° 195° 133° 149°
April 110° 155° 117° 110°
May 119° 159° 125° 147°
June 174° 164° 148° 147°
July 189° 182° 153° 160°
August 169° 151° 153° 161°
September 144° 079° 089° 014°
October 105° 155° 192° 059°
November 041° 085° 140° 095°
December 163° 164° 183° 225°

Prevailing wind direction

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