Colorado City Municipal Airport

KAZC · Arizona, United States

Climate Colorado City Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Colorado City Municipal Airport (KAZC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 90.3 79 100 97 96
February 94.7 96 92 99 100 99
March 93.4 97 85 98 89 95
April 98.9 99 99 99 100
May 98.7 100 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.5 100 99 99 100
August 99.7 100 99 100 100
September 99.4 99 100 100 99
October 98.7 100 99 96 99
November 96.6 95 97 99 98
December 94.1 92 91 97
Average 97.0 96.4 95.6 98.8 97.4 98.6

23rd best VFR conditions of United States

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 97.4 97 100 99 100
February 98.1 100 96 100 100 99
March 98.3 100 98 99 94 99
April 99.9 100 100 100 100
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.7 100 100 99 100
August 99.7 100 99 100 100
September 99.7 99 100 100 100
October 99.6 100 100 99 100
November 98.8 99 99 99 100
December 97.6 97 99 98
Average 99.2 99.7 99.0 99.5 99.0 99.6

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 10.2 7 12 10 12
February 11.6 14 10 12 12 14
March 15.6 15 11 17 15 16
April 22.3 21 23 23 21
May 26.8 26 29 29 29
June 33.8 30 35 36 34
July 36.5 39 36 36 37
August 35.4 38 33 35 38
September 31.6 30 31 32 34
October 23.6 26 23 22 27
November 17.1 19 12 20 17
December 10.5 8 11 11
Average 22.0 14.6 23.6 23.0 23.4 24.1

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 -4.0 -2 -6 -7 -3
February -4.1 0 -4 -8 -5 -5
March 0.0 1 0 -1 -1 1
April 2.8 2 2 3 3
May 5.8 7 6 5 6
June 10.5 8 12 14 10
July 15.6 16 18 15 13
August 15.1 19 17 12 15
September 10.9 11 13 11 10
October 3.3 5 4 5 2
November -2.2 0 -5 0 -1
December -5.5 -4 -2 -8
Average 3.8 0.5 5.9 4.2 4.1 3.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.7 12 0 2 1
February 5.4 7 7 2 1 1
March 6.3 4 15 2 8 10
April 1.3 0 0 2 1
May 1.9 1 0 0 1
June 0.3 1 0 1 0
July 1.4 0 2 1 1
August 1.2 4 2 1 1
September 1.4 5 3 0 0
October 1.1 0 1 4 0
November 1.9 1 3 0 1
December 3.1 2 5 2
Average 2.9 5.0 3.9 1.1 2.0 1.5

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 5.8 8 6 6 5
February 6.5 6 9 7 7 7
March 7.5 9 8 8 8 7
April 8.1 9 10 9 7
May 7.6 8 9 8 8
June 7.4 7 9 8 8
July 5.9 7 7 6 6
August 6.0 7 6 8 7
September 6.0 6 7 6 6
October 6.1 6 6 8 5
November 5.6 6 7 6 6
December 5.4 6 7 5
Average 6.7 7.8 7.4 7.5 7.2 6.5

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 133° 048° 084° 285°
February 198° 146° 305° 294° 312°
March 214° 197° 254° 196° 193°
April 249° 245° 259° 272°
May 149° 253° 230° 220°
June 200° 196° 225° 233°
July 215° 158° 149° 217°
August 155° 133° 209° 229°
September 138° 142° 214° 275°
October 171° 131° 146° 280°
November 180° 165° 127° 147°
December 163° 176° 113°

Prevailing wind direction

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