Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport

KGWS · Colorado, United States

Climate Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sunlight Mountain Weather Station (K5SM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.4 38 31 74 61 42
February 50.5 43 42 66 42 56
March 57.3 53 39 62 67 48
April 75.1 69 79 88 71
May 84.0 85 77 89 92
June 92.9 86 98 93 93
July 98.0 100 96 98 100
August 93.8 94 93 93 100
September 88.0 89 86 83 94
October 78.0 80 77 63 93
November 73.6 75 65 78 76
December 56.5 62 43 53 61
Average 71.1 45.0 72.4 78.8 75.2 70.6

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 59.3 52 36 78 68 51
February 62.0 58 54 74 58 62
March 67.6 63 52 69 73 66
April 82.0 78 84 90 82
May 88.4 92 82 89 93
June 95.5 91 99 96 94
July 99.3 100 98 100 100
August 97.4 98 97 100 100
September 92.2 93 90 88 99
October 82.5 83 81 71 93
November 79.6 79 75 85 82
December 64.1 71 51 59 68
Average 77.9 57.8 78.7 83.6 80.4 77.7

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 -4.6 -2 -3 -3 -4 -4
February -4.6 -2 -4 -4 -3 -1
March -1.4 0 -4 1 0 0
April 2.9 2 3 4 3
May 8.6 9 8 9 10
June 14.9 13 17 18 14
July 19.5 21 19 20 16
August 17.9 19 18 17 20
September 14.6 14 15 15 13
October 6.2 7 6 5 9
November 0.3 1 -2 2 1
December -3.9 -1 -4 -3 -2
Average 4.3 -2.4 6.1 6.5 5.8 3.8

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 -10.6 -9 -10 -10 -11 -9
February -11.4 -10 -12 -12 -11 -10
March -8.3 -7 -11 -8 -8 -7
April -5.4 -7 -6 -4 -5
May 0.6 1 -1 0 1
June 6.2 4 6 8 7
July 10.1 10 10 10 16
August 9.4 8 9 15 20
September 5.6 4 7 6 5
October -2.2 0 -1 -2 0
November -6.2 -5 -10 -4 -6
December -9.8 -7 -9 -9 -9
Average -3.0 -9.4 -3.9 -2.0 -2.1 -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 25.7 29 45 13 25 42
February 28.4 31 28 21 35 27
March 25.4 28 37 26 21 28
April 13.0 18 9 11 13
May 7.2 8 9 10 3
June 3.0 5 3 2 6
July 2.0 1 3 3 0
August 2.1 2 2 0 0
September 3.0 2 6 3 2
October 10.2 11 9 12 7
November 14.1 17 18 9 13
December 25.1 21 38 24 27
Average 15.0 29.3 15.2 11.3 13.5 17.5

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 5.6 5 5 6 7 6
February 7.8 7 8 6 8 7
March 6.8 7 7 6 6 8
April 7.4 7 9 7 7
May 6.2 5 8 6 7
June 6.2 7 6 5 8
July 4.2 5 4 3 3
August 4.1 5 3 2 13
September 5.6 6 5 5 7
October 6.1 5 4 6 8
November 6.5 6 7 6 8
December 6.1 5 9 8 5
Average 6.2 6.5 5.9 5.9 6.0 7.1

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° 225° 246° 238° 229°
February 231° 230° 244° 241° 232°
March 228° 224° 242° 230° 220°
April 236° 238° 238° 234°
May 230° 232° 236° 222°
June 225° 235° 248° 225°
July 249° 246° 272° 270°
August 239° 257° 266° 253°
September 233° 243° 244° 251°
October 244° 248° 233° 244°
November 232° 228° 238° 231°
December 238° 229° 228° 239°

Prevailing wind direction

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