Meadow Lake Airport

KFLY · Colorado, United States

Climate Meadow Lake Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Meadow Lake Airport (KFLY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 86.8 90 80 78 86 99
February 83.8 83 92 89 80 75
March 84.5 86 85 81 79 83
April 89.0 87 97 96 86
May 82.6 81 86 72 92
June 94.2 93 87 97 98
July 94.5 90 98 96 97
August 91.4 94 75 100 96
September 83.2 95 30 98 99
October 77.4 93 24 96 87
November 85.8 90 64 98 98
December 92.1 88 98 100 86
Average 87.4 86.3 88.8 77.9 91.2 91.1

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 91.1 94 87 84 88 100
February 88.8 86 94 93 87 85
March 90.2 92 92 89 87 84
April 93.9 93 99 99 92
May 90.8 91 91 83 96
June 97.4 96 93 100 99
July 96.4 95 99 98 99
August 93.6 99 77 100 97
September 85.9 98 30 99 99
October 82.9 99 25 97 94
November 89.3 94 71 99 99
December 95.1 92 100 100 93
Average 91.7 90.8 94.2 81.8 94.6 94.6

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 5.3 4 2 3 6 6
February 6.5 9 7 5 4 4
March 11.1 11 10 10 10 12
April 15.5 15 17 16 15
May 19.7 20 22 18 22
June 26.3 22 26 27 28
July 28.7 29 30 29 29
August 27.8 28 28 30 30
September 25.4 25 26 26 26
October 16.5 18 17 18 18
November 10.5 13 9 8 13
December 5.8 8 6 -1 7
Average 15.5 7.9 16.4 16.8 15.8 17.1

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 -7.0 -9 -8 -7 -7 -6
February -8.9 -4 -7 -10 -10 -8
March -4.9 -3 -6 -4 -3 -2
April 0.3 -1 1 1 0
May 5.6 7 5 5 6
June 10.8 10 11 12 11
July 13.6 14 14 14 14
August 12.7 13 13 14 14
September 10.1 10 10 11 11
October 1.6 2 3 3 1
November -3.1 -2 -6 -1 -2
December -7.4 -5 -8 -8 -6
Average 1.4 -6.9 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.7 7 12 11 6 0
February 7.8 11 5 5 9 12
March 5.9 5 4 13 8 4
April 4.3 4 1 1 7
May 5.1 4 7 10 1
June 2.4 6 2 3 3
July 2.7 3 4 2 3
August 1.7 1 3 1 2
September 2.2 4 2 1 1
October 4.1 2 2 1 4
November 4.2 8 7 0 1
December 3.7 7 1 1 4
Average 4.6 7.6 4.6 4.7 3.5 3.5

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 8.2 8 8 9 8 9
February 9.0 8 10 8 9 9
March 10.2 10 10 11 10 10
April 10.4 10 13 11 9
May 10.1 10 12 10 10
June 8.7 8 10 8 8
July 7.6 8 8 7 8
August 7.4 8 7 8 8
September 8.1 7 8 8 8
October 8.4 8 8 9 9
November 8.2 8 10 8 9
December 8.9 9 9 10 10
Average 8.8 8.7 8.4 9.6 8.7 8.8

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 346° 334° 313° 309° 274°
February 256° 298° 160° 246° 344°
March 299° 197° 345° 329° 219°
April 261° 230° 346° 304°
May 072° 205° 137° 144°
June 142° 181° 094° 192°
July 027° 026° 076° 360°
August 105° 093° 173° 117°
September 160° 154° 064° 015°
October 192° 322° 191° 191°
November 321° 093° 297° 214°
December 338° 228° 228° 345°

Prevailing wind direction

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