Afton Municipal Airport

KAFO · Wyoming, United States

Climate Afton Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Afton Municipal Airport (KAFO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.2 65 53 66 70 66
February 72.5 73 68 85 74 71
March 82.5 77 76 81 97 83
April 82.8 92 81 73 88 89
May 90.5 97 78 89 95
June 96.4 94 99 100 93
July 97.5 100 100 100 100
August 94.2 97 95 96 99
September 92.7 94 97 100 99
October 90.1 89 92 87 96
November 81.3 84 70 82 83
December 72.8 67 68 71 73
Average 84.8 77.5 82.9 84.8 89.0 88.1

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 79.8 81 78 75 83 85
February 83.3 82 83 94 85 80
March 89.2 85 87 85 99 92
April 90.4 98 88 77 97 93
May 95.8 98 87 99 98
June 98.5 98 100 100 99
July 97.6 100 100 100 100
August 95.7 98 97 100 100
September 96.4 97 99 100 100
October 97.1 99 97 97 98
November 91.4 94 78 92 93
December 83.7 79 78 75 86
Average 91.4 86.7 91.2 89.6 95.0 94.3

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 -5.9 -3 -5 -7 -5 -2
February -3.9 0 -5 -4 -2 -3
March 2.2 2 -1 3 1 3
April 8.6 9 5 8 10 8
May 16.1 17 14 16 17
June 21.5 19 22 26 20
July 27.1 28 28 28 26
August 25.8 24 26 25 28
September 21.4 19 24 22 23
October 12.1 13 14 12 15
November 4.2 6 -1 6 5
December -3.4 -2 -4 0 -4
Average 9.8 1.9 10.0 10.8 11.8 11.3

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 -15.9 -11 -14 -18 -14 -10
February -13.8 -10 -17 -18 -10 -17
March -9.5 -9 -13 -9 -11 -6
April -4.6 -3 -6 -4 -4 -4
May 1.0 2 0 1 2
June 3.8 4 3 6 4
July 6.7 7 7 9 5
August 5.5 8 6 6 5
September 1.5 2 3 1 0
October -3.0 -1 -3 -1 -3
November -7.1 -5 -12 -4 -8
December -13.4 -12 -15 -7 -16
Average -5.9 -9.7 -4.2 -5.3 -3.8 -4.0

62nd lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 20.1 19 27 7 19 21
February 18.1 23 21 0 23 18
March 12.8 19 19 0 3 11
April 11.2 5 15 0 8 13
May 7.7 3 12 10 6
June 4.5 6 4 1 12
July 0.8 0 0 2 0
August 3.0 4 3 5 2
September 4.2 6 4 1 2
October 6.9 10 4 12 4
November 13.9 9 21 14 15
December 17.1 13 23 13 21
Average 10.3 16.3 11.7 5.3 8.3 9.6

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 2.2 3 1 2 3 3
February 3.2 3 3 2 4 2
March 3.3 3 4 3 3 3
April 4.1 4 3 6 4 4
May 4.8 4 6 5 6
June 4.2 3 5 4 5
July 3.6 4 4 3 4
August 3.7 3 3 4 3
September 4.1 3 3 4 4
October 3.9 3 3 4 5
November 2.8 3 3 3 4
December 2.2 1 3 5 1
Average 3.6 3.2 3.0 3.6 3.7 3.7

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 196° 190° 251° 194° 180°
February 206° 193° 220° 237° 316°
March 199° 194° 302° 297° 200°
April 302° 252° 241° 313° 310°
May 220° 262° 273° 226°
June 304° 234° 260° 231°
July 290° 248° 320° 288°
August 274° 310° 266° 290°
September 214° 269° 299° 299°
October 298° 323° 219° 273°
November 250° 205° 265° 210°
December 254° 218° 187° 272°

Prevailing wind direction

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