City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport

KCOS · Colorado, United States

Climate City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 88.4 91 85 80 86 100
February 83.4 83 90 90 74 78
March 86.9 88 88 82 86 81
April 91.1 90 97 95 89
May 86.3 86 86 75 95
June 95.0 88 88 97 100
July 95.9 91 98 98 96
August 94.9 95 98 100 94
September 91.8 94 90 100 89
October 89.2 97 93 97 87
November 91.8 91 88 98 99
December 92.8 89 96 100 88
Average 90.3 87.4 90.1 90.4 92.0 91.3

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 91.9 96 91 84 88 100
February 86.7 87 91 90 79 84
March 90.8 93 93 87 89 85
April 95.5 97 100 98 94
May 93.4 93 92 86 97
June 97.9 95 93 100 100
July 97.9 94 100 99 97
August 98.0 99 99 100 98
September 95.7 98 92 100 96
October 93.3 98 94 97 93
November 93.9 96 91 99 100
December 95.3 91 99 100 92
Average 94.0 91.7 94.8 93.3 94.5 94.7

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 7.6 6 6 10 7 8
February 8.0 11 10 6 4 6
March 13.0 13 11 14 12 14
April 17.3 17 20 16 17
May 21.5 21 24 20 24
June 27.9 24 28 29 30
July 30.2 30 31 30 31
August 29.3 29 29 31 31
September 26.9 27 28 28 26
October 18.1 19 19 20 19
November 13.1 14 11 16 15
December 9.1 10 8 13 9
Average 17.5 9.7 18.1 19.3 18.7 19.2

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 -5 -6 -6 -5
February -6.2 -2 -5 -8 -9 -7
March -2.7 -1 -3 -1 -1 0
April 2.0 1 3 1 2
May 7.5 9 8 8 8
June 12.6 12 13 14 13
July 15.6 16 16 16 16
August 14.8 15 15 16 16
September 11.6 12 12 12 10
October 3.2 4 5 5 3
November -2.6 -1 -4 1 -1
December -5.4 -3 -6 -2 -5
Average 3.2 -4.8 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.6 9 10 13 7 0
February 11.2 12 10 9 12 19
March 9.4 8 7 21 13 9
April 5.7 6 1 3 8
May 7.2 7 10 14 2
June 2.4 4 5 3 3
July 2.1 3 3 1 4
August 1.4 1 2 0 1
September 3.6 6 7 1 3
October 6.1 2 5 2 4
November 5.2 8 10 1 1
December 5.1 8 2 1 8
Average 6.0 9.7 5.7 7.2 4.8 5.0

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 8.3 9 9 8 7 9
February 9.4 9 11 8 8 10
March 10.8 10 12 11 10 10
April 10.8 10 14 11 9
May 10.3 10 12 10 11
June 9.1 9 10 8 10
July 8.1 8 8 8 9
August 7.8 8 8 8 8
September 8.4 8 8 8 8
October 8.8 9 9 8 9
November 8.3 8 9 8 9
December 8.7 8 9 11 9
Average 9.1 9.3 9.0 9.5 8.9 9.1

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 344° 020° 051° 086° 196°
February 248° 252° 138° 171° 032°
March 252° 187° 006° 028° 186°
April 196° 229° 027° 060°
May 136° 190° 133° 137°
June 141° 175° 124° 188°
July 067° 071° 089° 138°
August 114° 107° 166° 126°
September 167° 123° 144° 108°
October 167° 200° 172° 127°
November 158° 136° 153° 178°
December 348° 168° 211° 358°

Prevailing wind direction

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