Buzzard Creek Airstrip Airport

2TX9 · Texas, United States

Climate Buzzard Creek Airstrip Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of San Saba County Municipal Airport (K81R) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.0 65 83 88 80
February 75.5 86 77 76 59
March 81.1 73 76 90 84
April 76.4 77 83 69
May 80.7 88 90 64
June 89.1 90 99 79
July 95.0 97 100 88
August 95.3 100 94 92
September 96.2 94 98 97
October 88.3 84 93 89
November 74.6 76 67 81
December 79.0 84 63 87 75
Average 81.0 74.6 86.0 88.2 81.3 74.8

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 91.9 84 94 97 93
February 92.7 98 94 94 83
March 95.6 92 94 99 98
April 94.2 96 99 87
May 95.7 97 99 91
June 98.4 98 100 97
July 98.9 100 100 97
August 99.0 100 99 99
September 99.1 97 100 100
October 98.3 97 100 98
November 91.7 86 90 98
December 91.3 91 82 98 91
Average 94.1 91.5 95.7 97.2 95.2 91.1

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 15.9 14 19 16 15
February 17.7 21 20 16 15
March 23.3 23 24 24 23
April 26.7 26 30 25
May 30.3 29 35 27
June 34.8 36 36 32
July 36.6 39 39 33
August 36.4 40 35 34
September 33.8 36 33 33
October 27.7 28 27 29
November 19.9 20 18 21
December 20.2 19 18 24 19
Average 23.8 18.9 27.9 27.6 26.0 18.5

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 1.7 1 4 0 2
February 3.6 7 5 0 3
March 9.0 11 11 6 9
April 13.6 13 16 12
May 18.3 18 20 17
June 22.1 22 23 21
July 23.7 25 25 22
August 23.3 25 24 22
September 20.1 22 19 19
October 14.1 15 13 15
November 8.4 10 8 8
December 6.4 4 9 9 3
Average 10.1 6.0 14.5 13.7 13.3 3.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.0 5 4 2 6
February 2.9 2 3 3 4
March 0.9 1 1 1 1
April 2.2 2 1 4
May 2.6 2 1 6
June 1.2 1 1 2
July 1.2 0 1 3
August 2.3 0 4 3
September 1.3 3 0 1
October 1.4 3 1 0
November 4.9 4 9 2
December 2.8 3 2 0 11
Average 4.0 2.6 1.9 1.9 2.5 10.8

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 7 8 7 9
February 8.2 8 9 8 9
March 9.1 8 9 10 10
April 9.4 9 11 9
May 7.9 6 10 8
June 6.8 7 8 6
July 6.3 6 7 6
August 6.5 7 6 6
September 5.7 7 5 6
October 7.1 8 6 7
November 6.3 6 6 7
December 7.0 7 7 7 9
Average 7.7 7.6 7.3 7.6 7.2 8.6

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 314° 270° 310° 260°
February 263° 256° 325° 339°
March 187° 176° 220° 166°
April 129° 160° 125°
May 141° 169° 123°
June 171° 147° 144°
July 165° 163° 142°
August 146° 142° 158°
September 154° 133° 129°
October 117° 160° 190°
November 232° 150° 168°
December 227° 172° 203° 186°

Prevailing wind direction

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