Craig-Moffat Airport

KCAG · Colorado, United States

Climate Craig-Moffat Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Craig-Moffat Airport (KCAG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.2 73 61 88 88 78
February 82.4 73 79 87 85 87
March 81.7 81 68 72 88 89
April 89.6 83 89 90 91
May 93.9 98 88 96 98
June 98.3 96 99 100 99
July 99.4 99 99 100 100
August 98.6 98 98 96 100
September 97.1 98 96 95 95
October 89.8 88 89 91 94
November 89.4 76 84 96 97
December 81.0 73 59 89 85
Average 88.9 76.0 84.9 88.1 93.1 93.1

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 82.5 81 66 90 93 82
February 87.3 79 81 92 91 92
March 87.8 87 74 82 94 94
April 94.2 87 94 97 93
May 97.3 99 94 97 100
June 99.5 99 99 100 100
July 99.6 99 99 100 100
August 99.1 99 99 98 100
September 98.8 99 98 100 99
October 93.9 95 91 96 96
November 92.6 80 86 100 99
December 84.8 77 63 90 90
Average 92.4 82.5 88.0 91.3 96.5 95.7

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 -2.8 1 -3 -2 -1 -1
February 0.5 3 -3 -1 1 -3
March 7.2 8 1 6 9 7
April 14.4 10 15 16 15
May 20.4 22 19 21 22
June 27.5 25 27 30 27
July 32.2 32 32 33 32
August 30.9 30 31 30 33
September 26.2 26 27 27 26
October 15.7 17 17 16 17
November 8.8 9 5 12 10
December 0.8 2 -5 4 1
Average 13.9 3.8 14.0 14.8 16.4 15.5

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 -15.9 -12 -13 -18 -15 -14
February -13.4 -10 -18 -18 -12 -17
March -7.6 -5 -11 -9 -6 -5
April -3.7 -4 -3 -4 -2
May 2.1 3 1 2 3
June 6.0 6 6 7 6
July 10.2 10 11 12 8
August 8.8 10 10 8 9
September 3.7 3 5 4 2
October -3.1 -2 -2 0 -5
November -7.3 -7 -9 -4 -7
December -13.1 -11 -16 -10 -15
Average -4.9 -9.1 -3.4 -3.0 -2.4 -3.0

93rd 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 15.7 19 37 7 7 17
February 13.3 24 15 10 14 10
March 15.1 16 31 22 9 10
April 8.7 14 10 3 8
May 5.8 3 10 5 4
June 2.1 6 2 2 1
July 1.1 0 2 1 2
August 1.4 1 2 3 1
September 3.0 2 7 3 3
October 8.8 12 10 12 4
November 7.9 14 15 5 5
December 14.7 19 32 12 13
Average 8.9 19.2 12.8 9.8 5.9 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 3.8 4 4 4 3 3
February 5.6 5 6 4 7 4
March 6.5 7 6 5 7 6
April 8.3 7 11 8 8
May 7.1 7 8 7 8
June 6.8 7 6 6 7
July 5.7 6 5 5 7
August 5.8 6 5 7 6
September 6.4 6 5 6 6
October 6.3 6 5 6 7
November 5.5 5 6 6 7
December 4.1 4 4 6 4
Average 6.0 5.5 5.7 5.8 6.2 6.1

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 244° 247° 234° 243° 243°
February 222° 241° 225° 254° 251°
March 232° 227° 270° 265° 227°
April 254° 262° 262° 256°
May 269° 256° 239° 254°
June 225° 253° 252° 242°
July 283° 251° 291° 236°
August 261° 275° 256° 275°
September 247° 254° 266° 276°
October 256° 255° 252° 267°
November 256° 234° 257° 247°
December 247° 251° 237° 271°

Prevailing wind direction

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