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Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument visitation by month and year

May is the busiest month at Alibates Flint Quarries, when the average temperature nearby is 67 degrees. December is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 38 degrees. May runs about 4.0 times the visits of December. The warmest month is July, a little off the peak. Annual visits fell 9.0 percent, from 8,847 in 2019 to 8,054 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation

Visits by month with average temperature, precipitation, Alibates Flint Quarries03006009001.2kJanuary: 346 visits on average, 36.7°FJanFebruary: 307 visits on average, 39.4°FFebMarch: 810 visits on average, 48.1°FMarApril: 907 visits on average, 56.5°FAprMay: 1,134 visits on average, 66.6°FMayJune: 968 visits on average, 76.8°FJunJuly: 893 visits on average, 81.1°FJulAugust: 461 visits on average, 79.2°FAugSeptember: 618 visits on average, 71.7°FSepOctober: 675 visits on average, 59.3°FOctNovember: 528 visits on average, 46.6°FNovDecember: 286 visits on average, 37.6°FDecJanuary: 36.7°F averageFebruary: 39.4°F averageMarch: 48.1°F averageApril: 56.5°F averageMay: 66.6°F averageJune: 76.8°F averageJuly: 81.1°F averageAugust: 79.2°F averageSeptember: 71.7°F averageOctober: 59.3°F averageNovember: 46.6°F averageDecember: 37.6°F average30°F40°F50°F60°F70°F80°F90°FVisitsRain, inches0.0 in1.0 in2.0 in3.0 inJanuary: 0.60 in precipitationFebruary: 0.48 in precipitationMarch: 1.20 in precipitationApril: 1.73 in precipitationMay: 2.30 in precipitationJune: 2.99 in precipitationJuly: 2.29 in precipitationAugust: 2.93 in precipitationSeptember: 1.55 in precipitationOctober: 1.89 in precipitationNovember: 0.70 in precipitationDecember: 0.56 in precipitation
Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Sanford Dam, 11 miles from the park's reference point at 2,936 feet, station USC00418040 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain from the same station, which publishes no snowfall normal.

Annual visits, 1979 to 2025

Annual recreation visits, Alibates Flint Quarries05k10k198019902000201020201979: 1,9221980: 2,2111981: 2,3841982: 2,3981983: 1,9191984: 2,2511985: 2,2001986: 2,2021987: 2,4941988: 2,1401989: 3,8421990: 3,4181991: 3,8121992: 3,4191993: 3,1551994: 3,3921995: 2,7691996: 3,2761997: 3,3631998: 3,2931999: 3,0472000: 3,1312001: 2,4562002: 2,1252003: 1,8112004: 2,0122005: 2,9192006: 1,8822007: 4,0282008: 2,2972009: 2,9182010: 4,3502011: 3,2142012: 3,3832013: 1,5552014: 4,5132015: 9,4922016: 8,1532017: 6,6132018: 7,4152019: 8,8472020: 4,2692021: 9,5262022: 7,5202023: 6,0062024: 8,5582025: 8,0542025: 8k
Recreation visits per calendar year. A year with a missing month is left blank rather than estimated.

The last ten years

YearRecreation visitsChange on prior year
20258,054-5.9%
20248,558+42.5%
20236,006-20.1%
20227,520-21.1%
20219,526+123.1%
20204,269-51.7%
20198,847+19.3%
20187,415+12.1%
20176,613-18.9%
20168,153-14.1%

Visitation at other parks

Source: NPS Visitor Use Statistics, monthly recreation visits, as compiled for Publicopia Labs. A year is shown only when all twelve months were reported. Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USC00418040, 2,936 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.