Durango-La Plata County Airport

KDRO · Colorado, United States

Climate Durango-La Plata County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Four Corners Regional Airport (KFMN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.8 80 80 99 95 89
February 94.8 97 92 92 93 99
March 94.3 92 91 92 89 98
April 98.5 99 99 95 100 100
May 98.5 99 99 100 100
June 99.3 100 99 100 99
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.6 100 100 98 100
September 98.3 99 98 99 97
October 99.3 100 99 100 98
November 97.1 92 98 99 97
December 92.0 84 95 98 96
Average 96.5 91.9 94.9 97.3 97.7 97.8

84th best VFR conditions of United States

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 94.2 87 90 100 96 93
February 97.4 100 94 96 98 100
March 97.4 98 96 94 95 99
April 99.3 100 99 97 100 100
May 99.6 100 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 98.9 99 98 99 99
October 99.6 100 100 100 99
November 98.2 94 100 99 98
December 95.3 90 96 99 97
Average 98.1 96.2 97.0 98.3 98.8 98.7

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 6.5 6 6 8 7 7
February 9.8 11 8 9 10 10
March 14.8 15 11 15 15 15
April 20.8 21 20 22 22 21
May 25.7 26 27 27 28
June 32.0 30 32 34 33
July 34.3 37 34 35 34
August 33.0 33 32 33 35
September 28.8 29 30 29 29
October 20.7 23 20 20 23
November 13.5 14 10 15 15
December 7.1 8 8 8 5
Average 19.8 13.3 20.5 21.0 21.0 21.2

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 -6.3 -5 -4 -7 -7 -6
February -5.8 -2 -6 -7 -4 -5
March -1.6 0 -1 -1 -1 1
April 3.0 3 2 3 4 3
May 7.3 8 8 8 8
June 12.9 10 14 15 14
July 17.7 17 19 19 17
August 16.1 17 17 16 17
September 11.7 11 14 12 10
October 3.7 4 5 5 3
November -3.4 -2 -5 -1 -1
December -6.3 -4 -5 -4 -10
Average 3.8 -2.8 4.5 5.0 5.2 4.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.7 9 18 0 5 7
February 4.6 3 8 4 4 1
March 5.9 6 14 7 7 2
April 1.8 1 1 3 2 1
May 2.0 1 0 1 1
June 1.3 1 3 1 1
July 0.9 0 3 1 2
August 0.6 2 0 0 0
September 2.0 1 4 3 2
October 1.4 1 2 1 3
November 2.0 3 2 3 2
December 2.8 2 3 4 2
Average 2.8 4.5 4.0 2.5 2.5 1.8

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 7.1 6 8 6 8 7
February 8.1 9 8 7 8 8
March 8.6 9 9 10 8 8
April 9.8 9 10 11 10 10
May 8.7 8 11 9 8
June 8.1 8 9 8 10
July 7.0 8 7 7 8
August 6.9 7 6 7 7
September 6.8 6 6 6 7
October 7.8 7 7 8 8
November 7.1 6 9 7 7
December 6.8 7 8 7 7
Average 7.8 8.1 7.5 8.1 7.6 7.9

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 240° 290° 269° 267° 277°
February 269° 242° 253° 284° 286°
March 243° 257° 280° 252° 220°
April 264° 271° 271° 261° 279°
May 173° 254° 241° 264°
June 232° 215° 282° 238°
July 256° 128° 119° 268°
August 170° 134° 241° 231°
September 177° 146° 263° 237°
October 255° 263° 239° 265°
November 159° 253° 264° 176°
December 270° 260° 204° 292°

Prevailing wind direction

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