Spanish Peaks Airfield

4V1 · Colorado, United States

Climate Spanish Peaks Airfield 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Spanish Peaks Airfield (K4V1) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 87.2 89 89 84
February 92.1 88 96 92
March 85.5 88 93 80 82
April 94.1 92 98 92
May 85.6 90 88 79
June 93.3 94 92 96
July 96.3 92 97 98
August 98.6 0 99 98
September 95.5 94 99
October 91.9 91 94
November 85.7 74 87 100
December 97.3 93 100 99
Average 91.3 88.3 92.0 92.4 92.5

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
January 90.1 92 93 86
February 94.3 91 96 96
March 91.8 91 95 89 92
April 97.2 94 100 98
May 94.8 95 97 91
June 97.6 99 97 98
July 98.3 95 99 99
August 99.5 0 100 99
September 96.6 95 100
October 95.8 95 99
November 95.2 84 97 100
December 98.0 94 100 100
Average 95.0 91.3 95.0 96.5 97.1

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
January 7.7 6 10 10
February 10.3 10 12 9
March 13.0 13 13 14 13
April 19.3 19 20 19
May 23.1 23 24 22
June 29.4 28 30 30
July 32.4 33 33 32
August 30.9 0 31 32
September 29.9 30 30
October 20.0 21 19
November 11.5 9 13 11
December 11.3 10 11 14
Average 18.0 9.4 18.5 20.8 23.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -6.7 -7 -2 -5
February -5.9 -1 -4 -7
March -2.9 0 -3 -1 0
April 2.3 2 3 2
May 7.6 9 7 7
June 13.3 12 14 15
July 16.4 16 17 16
August 15.9 0 16 17
September 13.0 13 14
October 5.7 5 7
November -4.7 -5 -3 -1
December -1.0 -3 -2 2
Average 3.5 -3.0 3.4 5.0 8.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 3.6 9 0 0
February 2.3 8 0 0
March 2.5 10 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0
November 1.8 16 0 0
December 2.0 7 0 0
Average 2.5 9.1 1.1

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
January 9.8 10 12 8
February 11.7 13 13 9
March 11.6 12 13 10 11
April 11.7 11 13 11
May 9.4 8 11 8
June 8.7 9 9 8
July 6.4 4 8 6
August 7.0 0 7 8
September 7.8 8 8
October 9.0 9 11
November 8.9 8 9 3
December 13.1 9 14 16
Average 9.9 11.5 9.8 9.2 9.1

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 287° 263° 270°
February 262° 254° 262°
March 257° 251° 276° 261°
April 253° 252° 273°
May 238° 251° 251°
June 235° 245° 251°
July 009° 265° 017°
August 360° 273° 251°
September 254° 229°
October 262° 253°
November 285° 256° 040°
December 279° 259° 254°

Prevailing wind direction

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