Colorado Plains Regional Airport

KAKO · Colorado, United States

Climate Colorado Plains Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Colorado Plains Regional Airport (KAKO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.0 82 64 84 87 96
February 78.3 78 77 84 71 83
March 79.3 79 72 74 84 72
April 83.2 74 82 95 81 88
May 77.1 66 81 73 87
June 91.6 76 94 96 100
July 88.7 79 88 94 89
August 93.8 97 93 92 98
September 85.1 75 87 95 89
October 86.8 86 92 98 88
November 87.7 91 83 96 94
December 86.1 86 80 95 83
Average 84.6 77.8 79.0 86.3 88.5 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 88.8 89 70 89 90 98
February 82.7 81 80 90 76 89
March 85.3 85 80 81 91 81
April 89.0 82 90 97 89 92
May 86.1 82 87 86 94
June 95.3 91 98 96 100
July 93.3 87 95 96 94
August 95.9 99 94 95 98
September 90.3 79 92 98 96
October 90.0 88 93 99 92
November 91.5 97 89 97 95
December 90.9 92 80 96 90
Average 89.5 83.9 86.2 90.7 92.4 93.3

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 4.8 3 -1 5 6 8
February 5.8 11 2 5 1 7
March 11.7 12 8 11 11 12
April 17.2 18 17 18 16 17
May 21.1 21 23 20 23
June 28.6 25 30 29 32
July 31.8 29 33 33 32
August 30.9 31 32 32 33
September 27.5 26 29 29 26
October 17.6 18 19 20 17
November 12.4 13 9 15 14
December 7.0 9 5 10 6
Average 17.2 11.2 16.7 18.7 18.6 18.9

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 -8.6 -9 -9 -8 -6 -6
February -8.7 -3 -9 -9 -10 -7
March -3.5 -2 -5 -4 -2 -1
April 1.1 2 1 1 0 0
May 7.4 9 7 8 7
June 13.1 13 14 14 15
July 16.6 16 18 17 17
August 15.6 16 17 16 17
September 10.7 9 12 12 10
October 2.6 4 4 4 1
November -2.0 -1 -6 0 0
December -6.4 -4 -8 -4 -6
Average 2.8 -4.9 3.5 3.5 4.2 3.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.5 12 14 12 6 1
February 10.5 9 18 7 17 9
March 7.3 10 6 20 4 5
April 6.8 14 5 6 4 7
May 6.7 6 7 9 3
June 2.2 7 2 1 1
July 0.6 1 1 1 1
August 1.0 1 1 1 0
September 1.5 1 2 1 4
October 4.5 6 1 2 5
November 4.0 6 9 1 3
December 6.6 12 14 2 9
Average 5.4 11.4 6.3 6.3 3.8 3.6

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 10.6 10 11 11 12 12
February 11.0 11 13 11 11 12
March 11.8 10 12 13 11 11
April 12.5 13 12 16 12 11
May 10.8 11 11 11 12
June 9.5 9 10 9 11
July 9.1 9 9 8 10
August 9.3 9 9 8 10
September 8.8 7 9 9 9
October 10.8 9 9 11 11
November 10.5 10 11 10 10
December 11.6 12 13 11 12
Average 10.6 11.0 10.1 10.8 10.3 10.8

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 321° 305° 304° 310° 306°
February 303° 290° 297° 267° 321°
March 360° 359° 342° 313° 279°
April 321° 317° 311° 339° 321°
May 112° 266° 129° 100°
June 135° 190° 144° 243°
July 087° 139° 133° 148°
August 279° 160° 191° 175°
September 336° 157° 297° 323°
October 316° 316° 298° 308°
November 311° 311° 292° 259°
December 308° 305° 263° 297°

Prevailing wind direction

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