Davis Field (USAF Academy Field)

KAFF · Colorado, United States

Climate Davis Field (USAF Academy Field) 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Davis Field (USAF Academy Field) (KAFF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 86.1 87 79 73 93 99
February 82.3 85 88 87 79 70
March 82.6 84 84 76 74 80
April 87.8 83 96 88 86
May 82.8 88 82 73 93
June 93.5 90 84 94 98
July 95.1 89 97 98 96
August 94.9 92 97 100 97
September 90.5 93 90 98 89
October 87.4 92 93 96 83
November 88.4 85 80 96 98
December 90.8 83 95 98 84
Average 88.3 85.4 87.3 87.4 90.3 89.9

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 92.0 95 88 81 95 99
February 88.7 88 89 91 91 85
March 91.0 91 93 92 87 82
April 94.2 93 99 96 94
May 92.1 94 91 85 98
June 98.0 98 92 99 100
July 97.7 95 99 99 99
August 98.4 100 100 100 99
September 95.2 98 91 100 93
October 94.1 98 94 97 93
November 92.7 91 91 97 100
December 95.1 89 98 99 93
Average 93.9 91.1 94.1 93.0 95.2 94.7

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 6.3 5 4 8 5 7
February 6.8 10 8 5 4 4
March 11.3 12 10 11 10 12
April 15.7 16 17 15 15
May 19.7 20 21 18 22
June 26.3 23 26 27 28
July 28.6 29 29 28 29
August 28.0 29 28 29 30
September 25.3 25 26 26 24
October 16.8 18 18 18 17
November 12.0 13 9 15 14
December 7.7 8 7 11 5
Average 16.0 8.5 16.8 17.5 17.2 17.5

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 -8.1 -9 -8 -9 -7 -7
February -8.4 -4 -8 -11 -10 -9
March -4.4 -2 -6 -5 -4 -2
April -1.7 -1 0 -1 -1
May 4.4 6 4 5 5
June 9.9 9 10 12 10
July 12.9 12 14 13 13
August 11.9 12 12 12 12
September 8.6 9 8 8 7
October 0.4 1 2 2 -1
November -5.8 -4 -7 -3 -4
December -8.7 -6 -9 -5 -7
Average 0.6 -6.8 1.2 1.1 1.9 1.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.3 14 16 24 5 2
February 11.6 13 12 12 7 25
March 11.0 13 13 21 17 9
April 7.8 14 5 8 9
May 7.1 8 10 12 2
June 3.1 8 5 1 2
July 3.5 4 8 3 3
August 3.0 3 5 1 2
September 3.7 5 7 1 4
October 6.1 5 4 3 7
November 6.4 12 9 1 2
December 5.6 12 4 2 10
Average 7.1 13.3 8.8 9.3 5.1 5.9

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 8.6 8 9 9 9 8
February 9.7 9 11 8 9 9
March 10.3 10 11 11 11 9
April 10.7 10 15 11 9
May 10.1 9 13 10 10
June 8.6 8 9 9 9
July 7.9 8 8 8 8
August 7.9 8 8 9 8
September 8.4 8 9 9 8
October 8.8 9 9 10 9
November 8.2 8 9 8 9
December 8.9 9 9 11 9
Average 9.0 9.2 9.0 9.9 9.4 8.7

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 335° 319° 331° 345° 226°
February 273° 274° 148° 217° 013°
March 265° 218° 349° 286° 216°
April 288° 242° 011° 338°
May 283° 189° 154° 147°
June 140° 162° 135° 177°
July 059° 035° 072° 046°
August 123° 121° 142° 099°
September 146° 136° 119° 013°
October 155° 257° 174° 201°
November 283° 235° 264° 192°
December 342° 215° 231° 359°

Prevailing wind direction

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