Denver International Airport

KDEN · Colorado, United States

Climate Denver International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Denver International Airport (KDEN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 88.6 94 72 81 92 99
February 79.7 76 91 81 79 79
March 85.8 85 88 82 84 82
April 88.3 85 100 86 87
May 82.3 80 86 77 92
June 94.5 86 94 99 99
July 95.7 93 96 100 99
August 95.5 96 96 94 100
September 92.3 94 88 99 91
October 87.9 88 91 97 90
November 89.1 91 89 96 96
December 92.9 93 93 98 92
Average 89.0 84.9 87.9 89.7 91.6 92.2

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 90.3 97 77 82 92 99
February 85.0 81 92 88 89 83
March 90.8 92 92 86 89 91
April 93.2 92 100 92 90
May 89.8 84 91 89 96
June 98.1 94 99 100 100
July 97.8 96 98 100 99
August 97.6 99 98 97 100
September 96.4 98 94 100 96
October 92.6 91 94 100 93
November 92.6 97 92 100 96
December 94.7 96 94 98 94
Average 93.0 89.6 92.2 93.2 95.4 94.9

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 6.6 6 1 8 8 9
February 7.1 11 7 6 4 5
March 12.5 13 10 13 11 14
April 17.5 18 19 16 17
May 21.8 22 23 21 24
June 28.9 24 30 30 31
July 32.3 31 34 33 33
August 31.5 31 32 32 34
September 28.2 28 29 29 28
October 18.5 20 19 21 19
November 13.2 14 10 17 15
December 9.0 11 8 12 8
Average 17.8 9.6 18.0 19.5 19.4 19.6

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 -7.8 -8 -8 -7 -5 -5
February -7.6 -3 -6 -8 -9 -7
March -2.2 -2 -4 -3 -2 -1
April 1.7 1 2 1 1
May 7.4 9 7 8 8
June 13.2 12 13 15 13
July 16.9 16 18 17 17
August 16.0 16 17 17 17
September 12.2 12 13 13 11
October 3.6 4 6 5 3
November -2.7 0 -4 1 0
December -5.2 -3 -7 -4 -5
Average 3.2 -5.8 4.1 4.3 4.9 4.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.3 7 16 15 5 2
February 11.8 15 9 14 10 17
March 7.9 11 5 17 11 4
April 6.5 9 0 8 10
May 6.8 8 6 7 3
June 2.6 9 2 1 2
July 1.1 1 1 1 1
August 1.4 1 3 1 1
September 1.8 1 4 1 5
October 4.7 5 3 1 4
November 5.4 7 9 1 2
December 4.6 3 6 2 5
Average 5.7 10.8 6.1 6.3 3.8 4.4

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 8.1 8 7 8 8 9
February 9.1 8 10 8 9 10
March 9.8 8 10 10 9 9
April 9.9 9 12 9 8
May 8.8 8 11 8 9
June 8.4 8 9 7 10
July 7.8 8 8 7 8
August 7.5 8 8 7 7
September 7.8 8 7 8 7
October 8.2 8 7 9 8
November 8.2 8 8 8 9
December 8.9 9 11 9 9
Average 8.5 8.4 8.4 8.8 8.1 8.6

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 295° 132° 004° 360° 231°
February 285° 258° 157° 309° 218°
March 345° 066° 354° 183° 087°
April 328° 302° 006° 344°
May 024° 266° 110° 089°
June 138° 179° 155° 198°
July 032° 325° 014° 229°
August 140° 318° 300° 288°
September 256° 217° 034° 013°
October 038° 286° 106° 028°
November 109° 125° 268° 205°
December 310° 257° 232° 286°

Prevailing wind direction

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