Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field

KASE · Colorado, United States

Climate Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field (KASE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.1 76 68 83 90 77
February 79.9 81 75 78 81 76
March 84.5 76 78 85 89 88
April 89.3 84 85 95 92
May 91.5 92 87 94 99
June 98.9 96 100 100 98
July 99.8 100 99 100 100
August 99.3 100 100 98 99
September 98.1 100 99 97 94
October 91.1 86 90 94 97
November 90.4 87 84 90 93
December 83.1 82 73 80 85
Average 89.6 77.5 87.8 89.6 92.9 92.0

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 88.9 88 80 89 95 87
February 87.1 87 87 83 87 85
March 91.7 86 85 93 95 96
April 94.1 88 91 99 96
May 96.9 99 93 98 100
June 99.8 99 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 99 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 99
September 99.0 100 100 99 95
October 94.7 91 94 97 98
November 94.7 91 91 96 98
December 90.0 89 77 89 93
Average 94.2 87.1 92.7 93.4 96.5 95.8

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 0.7 1 -1 0 1 0
February 2.4 4 1 1 2 2
March 6.9 7 3 6 7 8
April 12.4 10 12 14 13
May 18.0 18 18 18 20
June 24.5 21 25 27 24
July 27.9 28 27 28 28
August 26.7 26 26 26 29
September 23.2 22 24 24 23
October 14.4 15 14 14 17
November 8.1 8 4 10 9
December 1.5 2 -1 3 1
Average 12.7 3.5 12.8 13.6 14.5 14.3

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 -12.8 -10 -11 -13 -12 -12
February -10.3 -8 -13 -12 -9 -11
March -6.6 -5 -9 -7 -6 -3
April -2.5 -4 -1 -1 -1
May 2.6 3 3 3 3
June 7.0 5 8 8 8
July 10.4 9 11 11 10
August 9.7 10 11 10 10
September 6.0 5 7 7 4
October -2.7 -1 -2 0 -1
November -6.5 -6 -8 -3 -5
December -11.3 -10 -13 -9 -12
Average -2.4 -8.0 -2.4 -2.9 -1.8 -1.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.0 17 27 13 8 15
February 16.3 17 18 19 18 16
March 12.4 19 19 12 9 7
April 8.5 14 11 3 6
May 7.3 8 10 8 3
June 3.3 8 4 3 3
July 3.0 1 6 5 3
August 3.0 2 4 4 3
September 3.6 2 5 5 3
October 8.2 14 7 5 4
November 7.8 8 12 7 6
December 13.8 13 29 18 12
Average 9.2 17.6 10.8 9.9 7.2 6.2

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 4.2 5 4 4 4 4
February 5.2 5 5 5 5 5
March 5.7 5 6 6 5 5
April 6.7 6 8 7 6
May 6.6 6 7 7 6
June 6.2 6 7 5 7
July 5.6 6 5 5 6
August 5.4 6 5 6 6
September 5.9 6 5 6 5
October 5.7 6 5 6 7
November 4.8 4 5 4 5
December 4.1 4 4 4 4
Average 5.5 5.0 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.7

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 343° 352° 338° 336° 325°
February 328° 345° 344° 340° 338°
March 327° 329° 336° 302° 325°
April 315° 295° 290° 320°
May 238° 256° 203° 303°
June 276° 287° 329° 256°
July 336° 332° 337° 318°
August 338° 337° 337° 333°
September 339° 339° 337° 337°
October 347° 342° 343° 334°
November 320° 348° 311° 320°
December 344° 353° 342° 339°

Prevailing wind direction

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