Colorado Air And Space Port Airport

KCFO · Colorado, United States

Climate Colorado Air And Space Port Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Colorado Air And Space Port Airport (KCFO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.6 94 75 82 90
February 86.5 82 88 89 86 96
March 85.8 85 90 86 74 74
April 90.7 88 96 86 87
May 80.0 75 85 77 91
June 89.2 82 94 100 99
July 95.6 94 95 100 100
August 95.4 95 95 97 100
September 91.2 90 92 100 91
October 90.7 89 92 97 89
November 91.0 89 92 100 95
December 95.2 94 97 100 91
Average 90.0 87.1 87.3 91.1 92.1 92.3

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 86.5 97 79 84 93
February 89.0 85 91 91 89 100
March 91.4 91 94 91 87 86
April 93.1 91 97 94 87
May 86.6 82 90 89 95
June 94.6 90 99 100 100
July 97.9 98 97 100 100
August 97.3 98 95 100 100
September 93.9 93 95 100 92
October 93.6 92 95 100 91
November 94.9 97 93 100 95
December 95.8 96 97 100 91
Average 93.2 90.7 91.7 93.5 95.9 94.4

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 5.3 6 2 8 5
February 5.0 11 6 6 1 0
March 10.6 13 10 13 7 9
April 15.5 18 19 12 13
May 20.4 22 23 16 20
June 26.3 24 28 27 26
July 30.4 31 33 28 30
August 29.8 31 32 28 29
September 27.1 28 30 25 25
October 18.0 20 19 16 17
November 11.7 14 10 11 11
December 8.0 11 9 8 4
Average 16.0 10.1 18.2 19.6 15.3 17.0

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 -6.1 -7 -7 -6 -3
February -5.1 0 -6 -7 -8 -4
March -2.9 -1 -3 -3 0 1
April 2.1 2 2 3 2
May 8.5 10 7 9 9
June 15.5 13 14 21 14
July 18.5 17 19 18 20
August 17.5 17 18 16 19
September 13.2 13 13 14 14
October 5.0 5 6 6 4
November 0.0 1 -3 2 1
December -4.7 -2 -6 -2 -4
Average 4.1 -3.4 4.9 5.0 6.2 6.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.8 2 5 8 3
February 4.1 0 5 9 2 0
March 3.5 3 0 7 16 5
April 1.6 0 0 6 13
May 2.1 1 4 4 0
June 1.4 1 2 0 1
July 0.2 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 1.6 0 4 0 2
October 1.4 1 1 0 3
November 1.2 1 1 6 3
December 1.0 0 1 0 7
Average 2.3 1.7 1.1 2.9 2.7 2.7

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 6.7 7 6 7 6
February 7.2 7 8 7 6 8
March 8.6 7 10 10 6 9
April 9.1 8 11 8 7
May 7.9 8 9 4 7
June 7.1 7 8 5 8
July 7.1 7 7 5 8
August 6.7 7 7 6 7
September 6.4 6 7 8 7
October 6.7 6 7 9 8
November 7.2 7 8 7 8
December 8.9 8 11 7 7
Average 7.1 6.8 7.3 8.0 6.2 7.5

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 284° 183° 300° 351°
February 237° 203° 173° 109° 196°
March 154° 067° 344° 160° 177°
April 278° 264° 292° 253°
May 014° 172° 183° 245°
June 147° 211° 229° 224°
July 082° 321° 223° 222°
August 147° 228° 323° 225°
September 210° 240° 087° 130°
October 034° 247° 093° 154°
November 156° 147° 308° 175°
December 311° 248° 203° 312°

Prevailing wind direction

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