Denver International Airport

KDEN · Colorado, United States

Climate Denver International Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Denver International Airport (KDEN) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 87.6 80 94 72 81 92
February 79.5 78 76 91 81 79
March 86.4 91 85 88 82 84
April 87.0 78 85 100 86
May 83.9 83 96 80 86 77
June 94.0 88 96 86 94 99
July 96.1 99 93 96 100
August 94.9 91 96 96 94
September 93.1 99 94 88 99
October 88.9 97 88 91 97
November 88.3 83 91 89 96
December 93.9 100 93 93 98
Average 89.1 84.1 91.2 87.9 89.7 91.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 89.8 86 97 77 82 92
February 84.6 81 81 92 88 89
March 91.4 96 92 92 86 89
April 92.6 89 92 100 92
May 91.4 94 100 84 91 89
June 97.8 97 97 94 99 100
July 98.1 100 96 98 100
August 96.9 93 99 98 97
September 96.8 99 98 94 100
October 93.3 98 91 94 100
November 91.4 84 97 92 100
December 95.4 100 96 94 98
Average 93.3 91.4 94.1 92.2 93.2 95.4

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 6.3 3.9 5.5 1.3 7.5 7.7
February 7.3 8.1 10.5 6.5 6.0 3.6
March 12.9 16.0 13.0 9.9 12.9 10.8
April 17.6 18.1 17.6 18.6 16.1
May 21.7 21.8 21.1 21.6 23.3 20.5
June 29.2 28.6 32.1 24.1 29.8 30.0
July 32.4 32.7 30.8 33.6 32.5
August 31.6 32.1 31.1 31.8 32.2
September 28.4 29.3 28.3 29.1 28.8
October 19.1 23.8 19.6 19.1 20.5
November 12.8 9.9 14.4 9.5 16.8
December 9.3 11.6 10.5 8.1 12.0
Average 18.7 15.7 20.0 18.0 19.5 19.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -7.5 -9.0 -9.8 -8.2 -7.2 -5.2
February -7.5 -7.2 -3.3 -7.9 -8.0 -10.5
March -2.5 0.7 -2.5 -5.9 -3.2 -2.5
April 1.9 3.5 1.0 1.5 1.3
May 7.3 7.2 7.2 9.0 6.7 7.7
June 13.4 13.3 14.6 12.0 13.4 14.6
July 16.8 16.1 16.1 17.6 17.3
August 16.1 16.6 16.3 17.3 16.6
September 12.4 13.6 12.0 12.9 13.3
October 4.1 8.0 4.0 5.5 5.0
November -2.6 -2.3 -1.6 -4.0 1.1
December -5.5 -3.6 -3.2 -7.2 -4.5
Average 4.0 1.2 5.3 4.1 4.3 4.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.0 14 7 16 15 5
February 11.8 12 15 9 14 10
March 7.3 2 11 5 17 11
April 7.1 11 9 0 8
May 6.1 5 3 8 6 7
June 2.2 1 1 9 2 1
July 1.0 1 1 1 1
August 1.4 1 1 3 1
September 1.7 1 1 4 1
October 4.2 1 5 3 1
November 6.9 17 7 9 1
December 4.1 1 3 6 2
Average 5.2 6.3 5.5 6.1 6.3 3.8

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 8.2 9 8 7 8 8
February 9.1 9 8 10 8 9
March 9.9 10 8 10 10 9
April 9.8 9 9 12 9
May 9.0 9 10 8 11 8
June 8.4 8 10 8 9 7
July 7.8 8 8 8 7
August 7.6 8 8 8 7
September 7.8 8 8 7 8
October 8.2 9 8 7 9
November 8.2 8 8 8 8
December 8.8 8 9 11 9
Average 8.6 9.1 8.6 8.4 8.8 8.1

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 023° 295° 132° 004° 360°
February 082° 285° 258° 157° 309°
March 306° 345° 066° 354° 183°
April 308° 328° 302° 006°
May 007° 219° 024° 266° 110°
June 166° 229° 138° 179° 155°
July 309° 032° 325° 014°
August 239° 140° 318° 300°
September 184° 256° 217° 034°
October 314° 038° 286° 106°
November 231° 109° 125° 268°
December 250° 310° 257° 232°

Prevailing wind direction

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