Saguache Municipal Airport

04V · Colorado, United States

Climate Saguache Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Saguache Municipal Airport (K04V) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.0 93 93 98 94 95
February 93.6 95 95 92 96 95
March 94.7 89 95 99 96 97
April 98.3 98 98 99 100
May 96.7 96 98 95 100
June 99.6 100 100 100 100
July 98.4 100 99 100 98
August 99.1 99 99 100 99
September 97.7 98 99 98 94
October 97.9 98 99 98 98
November 98.0 99 99 100 97
December 94.3 91 98 100 93
Average 95.6 92.6 96.6 98.1 97.7 97.2

56th best VFR conditions of United States

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 96.0 96 96 99 97 97
February 95.9 96 96 94 97 98
March 97.1 93 98 99 97 98
April 99.2 100 99 99 100
May 98.6 99 99 97 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 98.7 100 100 100 99
August 99.4 100 99 100 100
September 99.0 99 99 98 98
October 99.3 100 100 100 98
November 98.7 100 99 100 97
December 96.6 95 99 100 96
Average 97.5 95.3 98.3 98.8 98.7 98.4

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 1.2 3 1 4 1 0
February 3.7 6 4 3 3 4
March 8.6 8 7 10 8 11
April 14.3 14 15 15 15
May 19.1 19 22 19 22
June 24.8 23 25 26 25
July 27.3 30 26 28 27
August 26.6 27 26 22 28
September 23.5 23 25 24 23
October 15.5 18 15 15 19
November 8.1 10 6 12 9
December 2.3 3 3 5 1
Average 12.3 5.3 15.0 15.2 13.9 15.2

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 -11.1 -9 -11 -11 -11 -11
February -9.3 -6 -11 -12 -9 -8
March -5.8 -5 -7 -5 -5 -4
April -1.2 -3 -1 -2 -1
May 3.3 4 3 3 4
June 7.6 6 9 8 8
July 10.9 11 12 12 11
August 10.2 10 10 16 11
September 6.4 5 7 8 6
October 0.0 1 0 0 0
November -6.8 -6 -8 -3 -4
December -9.1 -9 -10 -9 -11
Average -2.7 -7.2 -1.2 -1.7 -1.2 0.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.8 7 6 2 4 3
February 5.0 4 5 7 5 3
March 4.0 11 4 2 4 3
April 1.8 2 3 2 1
May 3.4 3 3 5 2
June 1.6 2 2 2 2
July 1.2 2 0 2 2
August 0.5 2 0 0 0
September 0.3 0 0 1 1
October 1.7 2 0 2 2
November 0.8 0 1 0 1
December 2.6 4 0 1 4
Average 3.1 6.4 2.6 1.5 2.5 1.7

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 6.7 9 7 7 7 7
February 7.6 8 8 7 9 10
March 8.2 7 10 10 8 9
April 9.7 11 13 10 11
May 8.1 8 11 8 9
June 7.7 9 8 8 10
July 6.2 8 7 7 7
August 5.7 7 7 6 7
September 4.9 7 7 7 8
October 7.3 8 8 8 9
November 6.7 7 9 8 7
December 7.0 8 8 8 7
Average 7.0 8.4 8.2 8.3 8.0 8.5

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 292° 297° 305° 322° 325°
February 284° 286° 273° 307° 316°
March 255° 259° 300° 287° 279°
April 279° 281° 298° 310°
May 218° 265° 286° 285°
June 246° 232° 267° 252°
July 260° 265° 257° 277°
August 244° 221° 171° 280°
September 200° 231° 255° 283°
October 254° 276° 267° 294°
November 256° 280° 289° 284°
December 296° 287° 269° 321°

Prevailing wind direction

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