Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field

KCYS · Wyoming, United States

Climate Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field (KCYS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.3 92 67 84 87 97
February 81.9 84 85 78 83 81
March 82.3 75 80 84 81 74
April 83.1 80 78 96 77 87
May 77.4 75 84 70 84
June 92.5 79 97 99 99
July 91.7 83 95 92 94
August 93.8 93 98 93 98
September 89.3 92 85 96 90
October 87.0 84 96 91 85
November 87.8 85 86 96 96
December 90.2 86 95 97 91
Average 86.5 82.2 82.1 89.7 88.2 89.6

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 90.5 94 76 88 90 99
February 86.9 87 88 84 91 87
March 88.0 82 87 90 89 80
April 89.9 90 88 97 87 91
May 87.3 89 91 79 91
June 95.9 89 98 99 100
July 94.5 87 97 94 97
August 96.7 97 99 97 98
September 93.5 97 89 98 93
October 91.3 91 98 94 89
November 90.3 88 90 97 96
December 92.5 88 96 98 94
Average 91.2 88.1 88.9 93.0 92.6 92.8

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 4.3 3 1 5 5 5
February 4.4 7 5 3 0 4
March 9.1 10 6 10 8 10
April 13.8 15 13 15 13 14
May 17.9 19 19 17 20
June 25.6 22 27 28 27
July 29.5 28 31 30 30
August 28.4 28 29 29 31
September 25.1 25 26 26 24
October 15.2 16 17 17 15
November 10.1 11 7 13 12
December 5.7 7 4 8 6
Average 14.9 8.4 15.1 16.3 16.1 16.4

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 -7.4 -9 -7 -7 -6 -5
February -8.4 -4 -7 -9 -11 -8
March -4.6 -3 -6 -4 -4 -2
April -1.4 -1 -1 -1 -1 -2
May 5.2 7 5 5 6
June 10.6 11 12 12 11
July 14.0 13 16 14 14
August 13.2 14 15 12 15
September 9.3 10 10 9 8
October 1.3 2 3 4 0
November -3.3 -2 -7 0 -2
December -6.9 -3 -6 -4 -6
Average 1.5 -5.9 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.9 10 17 13 6 2
February 10.8 11 14 14 8 15
March 8.5 12 11 15 4 9
April 8.5 10 13 3 8 9
May 9.0 5 9 12 4
June 2.7 6 3 1 3
July 2.6 2 3 1 3
August 2.1 4 3 2 1
September 2.5 2 5 1 3
October 4.3 5 2 3 3
November 5.7 9 8 3 1
December 5.2 4 8 3 6
Average 6.2 10.7 7.3 6.8 4.1 4.8

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 11.9 11 9 12 13 14
February 13.3 12 15 12 14 13
March 12.5 11 14 12 11 13
April 12.6 13 11 17 12 12
May 10.3 9 12 10 11
June 9.6 9 10 9 11
July 8.3 8 8 8 9
August 8.9 9 9 9 9
September 9.4 9 9 10 10
October 11.4 10 10 11 12
November 12.2 11 11 13 13
December 13.5 13 16 15 13
Average 11.1 11.9 10.3 11.3 10.9 11.5

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 291° 293° 298° 287° 285°
February 281° 285° 283° 273° 291°
March 257° 266° 317° 283° 268°
April 302° 300° 283° 322° 292°
May 177° 271° 212° 244°
June 170° 242° 323° 263°
July 287° 286° 110° 257°
August 273° 274° 251° 275°
September 277° 236° 287° 293°
October 305° 295° 289° 283°
November 280° 277° 279° 261°
December 294° 283° 264° 297°

Prevailing wind direction

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