Walden-Jackson County Airport

33V · Colorado, United States

Climate Walden-Jackson County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Steamboat Springs/Bob Adams Field (KSBS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.4 71 55 87 86 67
February 77.1 71 83 91 68 73
March 81.3 69 76 75 88 87
April 85.8 84 87 91 86
May 91.9 96 86 96 94
June 97.3 96 98 98 97
July 99.4 100 100 99 100
August 99.3 100 100 98 100
September 97.4 99 98 95 95
October 85.9 91 87 82 90
November 85.8 87 79 90 90
December 76.0 76 69 81 76
Average 86.6 70.5 87.6 89.0 90.1 88.8

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 79.6 84 66 91 91 80
February 84.5 83 88 94 77 78
March 88.9 83 84 83 93 97
April 93.3 90 94 94 92
May 96.2 99 94 98 97
June 98.8 98 99 99 100
July 99.6 100 100 100 100
August 99.6 100 100 100 100
September 98.8 99 99 98 99
October 91.6 93 95 91 92
November 92.6 91 89 96 94
December 83.5 85 75 83 84
Average 92.0 83.2 91.6 93.5 93.9 93.4

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 -3.2 -2 -4 -3 -1 -2
February -1.3 2 -3 -1 -1 -2
March 5.1 6 1 5 6 6
April 11.6 8 12 13 11
May 18.0 19 18 19 19
June 24.4 22 24 27 25
July 28.9 29 29 30 29
August 27.7 28 28 27 30
September 23.7 24 24 24 24
October 13.4 16 14 14 15
November 6.5 8 3 9 8
December -1.5 -1 -2 2 0
Average 11.8 0.4 12.2 13.1 14.1 13.5

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 -12.4 -11 -11 -15 -11 -10
February -12.9 -9 -14 -14 -10 -14
March -7.8 -2 -9 -8 -7 -4
April -3.8 -4 -3 -3 -2
May 2.1 3 1 2 3
June 5.8 6 6 7 6
July 9.7 10 10 11 8
August 8.4 9 10 8 9
September 4.3 4 5 5 3
October -3.9 -1 -2 0 -4
November -6.1 -6 -9 -3 -6
December -12.9 -11 -13 -9 -12
Average -3.8 -9.3 -2.0 -3.8 -1.1 -2.1

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 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 1 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 0.0 0.0

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 1.5 2 2 1 2 2
February 2.2 2 3 1 3 3
March 2.7 4 3 2 3 2
April 5.0 3 7 5 5
May 5.0 4 6 6 5
June 4.3 4 4 4 5
July 3.9 4 3 4 5
August 4.2 4 4 4 5
September 4.4 4 4 4 5
October 3.8 4 4 3 5
November 2.4 2 3 2 3
December 1.6 1 2 3 1
Average 3.4 1.8 3.2 3.6 3.7 3.9

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 238° 221° 235° 227° 217°
February 220° 214° 240° 248° 237°
March 202° 228° 237° 239° 244°
April 242° 242° 235° 241°
May 253° 241° 223° 242°
June 241° 236° 236° 224°
July 247° 237° 255° 233°
August 238° 214° 235° 247°
September 229° 222° 243° 241°
October 235° 228° 241° 245°
November 239° 207° 245° 242°
December 235° 243° 241° 220°

Prevailing wind direction

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