Butts Army Air Field (Fort Carson)

KFCS · Colorado, United States

Climate Butts Army Air Field (Fort Carson) 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Butts Army Air Field (Fort Carson) (KFCS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.5 83 85 80 93 100
February 84.1 76 90 89 79 81
March 87.0 86 89 77 87 89
April 90.9 88 97 95 88
May 88.0 86 86 80 96
June 94.4 88 88 95 99
July 95.3 90 97 98 95
August 95.5 96 99 99 96
September 91.1 90 87 99 90
October 88.7 93 92 99 82
November 89.9 92 80 95 98
December 93.7 92 99 98 85
Average 89.8 81.7 89.7 89.0 93.2 92.5

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 93.2 93 93 84 93 100
February 88.6 81 92 92 86 90
March 92.4 91 95 86 93 94
April 96.0 95 99 99 95
May 94.7 91 94 90 98
June 97.7 96 94 98 99
July 97.7 94 99 100 98
August 98.0 100 99 100 98
September 94.9 93 91 100 97
October 93.4 97 93 99 91
November 92.6 94 87 95 100
December 96.4 94 100 98 90
Average 94.2 88.2 94.3 93.2 96.1 96.2

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 7.3 5 6 9 6 9
February 7.9 11 10 6 3 4
March 13.1 13 11 13 12 14
April 17.5 18 19 17 17
May 21.7 22 23 20 24
June 28.3 26 28 28 30
July 30.4 30 31 29 32
August 29.6 30 30 31 32
September 26.8 27 28 28 26
October 18.2 19 19 20 19
November 13.1 14 10 16 15
December 8.6 10 8 11 7
Average 17.6 9.7 18.5 19.0 18.6 19.4

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 -6.1 -7 -7 -7 -4 -6
February -6.1 -2 -7 -9 -9 -7
March -2.3 -1 -4 -3 -2 -1
April 2.1 1 2 1 3
May 7.0 8 7 7 7
June 12.4 11 13 14 13
July 15.0 14 16 16 15
August 14.3 15 14 15 15
September 11.5 11 11 12 10
October 2.9 3 5 4 2
November -2.3 -1 -5 -1 -1
December -5.1 -3 -7 -2 -5
Average 2.9 -4.5 3.5 3.6 4.5 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 5.9 5 9 11 2 0
February 8.6 18 9 10 4 12
March 6.8 11 3 17 8 2
April 4.6 7 1 2 6
May 5.9 6 9 10 2
June 3.7 7 8 2 3
July 3.5 3 5 1 4
August 2.1 2 5 1 2
September 3.2 5 5 1 3
October 3.9 4 4 0 4
November 5.3 6 14 0 1
December 2.2 3 0 1 5
Average 5.2 11.4 5.2 7.5 2.8 3.0

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 7.6 8 7 8 7 8
February 8.6 8 10 7 7 10
March 9.9 10 11 11 10 9
April 10.1 9 13 9 9
May 9.3 8 11 9 9
June 8.6 8 9 7 10
July 7.3 7 8 6 8
August 7.3 8 7 7 8
September 7.9 8 7 8 8
October 8.1 7 8 8 10
November 7.3 7 9 6 9
December 7.2 7 8 10 7
Average 8.3 8.4 8.0 9.0 8.0 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 002° 354° 356° 180° 185°
February 270° 237° 135° 172° 357°
March 245° 204° 039° 305° 200°
April 214° 219° 044° 165°
May 139° 197° 115° 131°
June 152° 176° 097° 210°
July 033° 059° 056° 079°
August 106° 055° 178° 070°
September 159° 117° 131° 059°
October 179° 132° 171° 157°
November 146° 138° 188° 208°
December 338° 206° 221° 029°

Prevailing wind direction

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