4-G Ranch Airport

XS50 · United States

Climate 4-G Ranch Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Brooks County Airport (KBKS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.3 71 75 74 75 76
February 68.8 81 83 68 66 75
March 74.9 77 75 78 82 74
April 76.6 67 83 72 66
May 79.8 79 90 81 89
June 88.8 92 95 86
July 92.1 97 98 83 89
August 95.9 95 95 95 97
September 90.8 99 93 90 83
October 81.6 90 92 87 76
November 69.8 71 57 80 74
December 74.5 83 67 70 92
Average 80.4 76.3 84.2 83.7 81.2 80.0

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 87.4 85 87 89 84 89
February 83.7 93 93 82 82 86
March 90.3 89 92 93 94 88
April 90.8 79 95 92 85
May 90.6 82 97 94 97
June 95.4 96 97 95
July 96.2 99 99 91 92
August 98.3 97 97 98 98
September 95.6 99 97 95 94
October 91.4 96 96 94 89
November 84.5 85 70 94 84
December 86.6 89 80 86 97
Average 90.8 88.8 91.1 91.7 91.8 90.4

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 21.9 21 25 20 20 25
February 24.1 25 26 19 20 26
March 27.7 27 29 27 26 32
April 30.1 28 32 28 33
May 33.0 32 34 30 35
June 35.4 39 36 31
July 35.9 38 38 32 32
August 36.1 39 35 34 34
September 29.7 37 32 33 30
October 29.7 30 30 30 29
November 24.7 24 23 24 26
December 23.1 23 24 25 22
Average 28.6 24.3 30.6 29.1 27.8 29.1

79th highest temperature of United States

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 9.3 9 12 6 8 13
February 10.8 13 12 5 8 12
March 15.7 16 17 12 12 19
April 17.7 18 21 16 20
May 21.2 21 23 19 21
June 23.5 24 24 21
July 23.4 25 25 21 20
August 23.9 25 25 21 22
September 18.6 23 22 19 21
October 17.9 19 17 17 15
November 13.3 14 14 11 12
December 11.0 12 15 12 7
Average 16.5 12.5 18.5 17.3 15.4 16.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.6 4 2 0 0 0
February 0.6 2 1 2 0 0
March 0.7 3 3 2 0 0
April 1.1 6 2 0 0
May 0.3 2 0 0 0
June 0.0 1 0 0
July 0.3 2 0 0 0
August 0.8 3 3 0 0
September 0.6 0 5 0 0
October 1.1 6 2 0 0
November 2.9 11 10 0 0
December 0.7 4 1 0 0
Average 1.0 2.9 3.2 2.2

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 7.7 8 9 7 7 8
February 8.2 9 10 8 8 9
March 8.8 8 11 10 9 9
April 9.0 9 11 9 8
May 8.8 7 10 9 9
June 8.2 10 9 7
July 8.2 9 10 6 8
August 7.9 9 8 8 7
September 6.2 7 5 6 7
October 6.8 8 7 7 7
November 6.7 7 8 6 6
December 6.8 6 8 8 8
Average 7.9 8.1 8.3 8.4 7.4 7.6

79th highest wind speed of United States

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 022° 090° 007° 060° 104°
February 131° 144° 035° 119° 121°
March 113° 119° 126° 103° 129°
April 097° 131° 113° 089°
May 116° 146° 128° 120°
June 153° 138° 134°
July 144° 140° 146° 105°
August 134° 135° 136° 143°
September 123° 082° 103° 026°
October 090° 108° 121° 095°
November 042° 041° 105° 100°
December 067° 130° 170° 183°

Prevailing wind direction

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