Rafter P Airport

TA00 · Texas, United States

Climate Rafter P Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Avenger Field (KSWW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.5 92 78 86
February 77.3 81 65 76
March 87.6 95 90 93 90 71
April 83.9 86 90 73 81
May 87.1 94 93 73 94
June 93.2 88 97 90 92
July 97.6 98 100 91 98
August 96.4 100 92 98 100
September 88.7 92 99 99 82
October 87.8 94 95 97 83
November 81.9 95 74 86 84
December 84.0 94 69 98 88
Average 89.1 94.5 93.2 90.7 86.5 86.6

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 91.7 99 82 91
February 87.3 94 74 85
March 93.3 96 97 98 95 82
April 93.0 96 96 88 91
May 96.2 98 98 90 99
June 97.0 93 98 97 95
July 98.5 98 100 96 98
August 98.5 100 96 99 100
September 93.0 97 100 99 89
October 93.6 95 96 98 91
November 90.3 97 94 91 93
December 90.8 95 81 100 94
Average 94.3 95.7 96.6 96.5 92.7 92.5

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 14.7 16 12 17
February 16.2 15 11 15
March 22.3 23 22 23 23 22
April 26.1 27 30 24 25
May 30.6 31 36 27 32
June 34.5 36 38 33 34
July 36.3 39 40 33 37
August 35.8 40 36 35 37
September 31.9 36 34 34 29
October 25.6 26 26 29 26
November 19.7 20 18 22 22
December 16.9 18 18 24 16
Average 26.0 22.8 30.3 27.8 25.6 25.9

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 2.4 1 3 5
February 2.9 0 0 3
March 8.7 10 8 7 7 11
April 11.6 12 13 11 11
May 17.4 17 20 16 18
June 21.0 22 23 21 19
July 23.1 24 24 22 24
August 23.2 25 23 22 24
September 19.9 22 20 20 17
October 12.9 14 13 15 12
November 7.4 8 6 9 9
December 4.7 6 7 8 3
Average 13.0 9.7 16.5 13.4 12.7 12.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 10.2 10 10 9
February 9.7 9 7 9
March 11.3 10 13 12 13 9
April 11.6 11 13 12 10
May 10.7 8 13 10 10
June 9.6 9 11 8 10
July 8.3 9 9 7 9
August 8.3 9 7 9 9
September 7.8 8 8 8 8
October 9.4 9 8 10 10
November 10.1 9 10 10 11
December 9.6 10 10 11 11
Average 9.7 9.9 9.5 10.2 9.6 9.4

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 252° 285° 217°
February 276° 212° 228°
March 216° 210° 254° 176° 206°
April 201° 197° 143° 190°
May 160° 198° 121° 160°
June 168° 172° 151° 153°
July 177° 178° 155° 158°
August 159° 144° 160° 154°
September 183° 179° 152° 079°
October 176° 192° 186° 158°
November 219° 212° 197° 181°
December 208° 219° 216° 247°

Prevailing wind direction

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