Eagle County Regional Airport

KEGE · Colorado, United States

Climate Eagle County Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Eagle County Regional Airport (KEGE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.9 86 82 85 93 89
February 90.7 90 91 87 94 90
March 89.7 81 81 87 96 95
April 95.4 92 95 96 96
May 96.6 98 95 96 99
June 98.4 97 97 99 100
July 99.2 100 98 100 99
August 97.9 96 98 97 97
September 98.2 100 96 100 98
October 91.7 94 86 98 92
November 93.4 86 91 98 95
December 87.3 83 79 85 91
Average 93.3 85.3 92.0 91.9 96.2 95.4

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 92.2 91 87 92 96 91
February 94.5 93 96 90 98 96
March 94.0 87 87 92 98 98
April 98.2 96 97 98 99
May 98.5 100 96 99 99
June 99.1 99 98 100 100
July 99.4 100 99 100 99
August 99.4 99 99 100 100
September 98.8 100 97 100 99
October 95.7 98 91 99 94
November 96.7 90 98 100 99
December 90.6 87 85 88 91
Average 96.0 90.1 95.2 94.9 98.2 97.4

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.4 2 1 0 2 1
February 4.2 6 3 3 3 3
March 9.7 10 6 9 10 11
April 15.4 14 15 16 15
May 20.9 22 21 21 23
June 27.3 24 28 29 27
July 30.8 31 30 31 31
August 29.4 29 29 29 31
September 25.9 25 27 26 26
October 16.4 18 16 16 19
November 9.0 10 6 12 9
December 2.3 3 1 4 1
Average 14.9 5.9 15.5 15.9 16.7 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 -12.7 -11 -9 -14 -11 -12
February -9.3 -7 -12 -13 -7 -10
March -5.8 -3 -6 -6 -5 -3
April -1.1 -2 -1 -1 -1
May 3.3 4 3 3 4
June 7.7 7 8 8 9
July 11.4 11 12 13 11
August 10.0 11 11 9 10
September 5.6 5 7 6 4
October -2.9 0 0 0 -2
November -6.3 -6 -8 -4 -5
December -12.9 -10 -12 -9 -13
Average -2.8 -7.0 -1.6 -1.3 0.2 -1.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.7 8 21 15 5 13
February 10.8 7 11 12 10 11
March 9.3 16 18 12 4 6
April 5.9 9 6 3 5
May 5.2 4 8 6 3
June 2.6 6 3 2 2
July 1.7 1 2 2 2
August 2.4 2 3 4 2
September 2.0 3 4 3 1
October 6.3 5 10 4 5
November 5.4 1 10 3 5
December 12.5 6 22 23 11
Average 6.6 10.7 7.1 8.0 5.1 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 3.5 4 4 3 4 3
February 6.0 5 6 4 7 5
March 6.7 6 7 5 6 8
April 8.3 9 11 8 8
May 7.1 6 9 7 8
June 6.9 7 7 6 8
July 5.2 6 5 4 6
August 5.2 5 5 5 5
September 6.0 6 5 5 5
October 5.3 5 4 5 7
November 4.4 4 5 5 4
December 3.3 3 3 5 2
Average 5.7 5.0 5.6 5.5 5.6 6.0

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 256° 251° 260° 256° 250°
February 254° 246° 249° 256° 264°
March 240° 248° 257° 246° 246°
April 240° 252° 248° 253°
May 249° 250° 245° 252°
June 241° 253° 251° 244°
July 258° 254° 286° 256°
August 268° 277° 254° 247°
September 252° 247° 261° 253°
October 249° 249° 255° 258°
November 253° 247° 247° 253°
December 252° 257° 258° 271°

Prevailing wind direction

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