Stevens Field

KPSO · Colorado, United States

Climate Stevens Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Stevens Field (KPSO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.6 75 69 95 86 81
February 82.4 87 78 87 86 91
March 84.6 82 73 86 87 82
April 95.1 95 95 95 96 99
May 95.4 97 99 97 100
June 99.3 100 98 99 100
July 99.4 100 99 100 100
August 98.9 99 99 99 100
September 97.1 99 96 97 94
October 95.0 98 97 94 96
November 91.9 91 89 98 91
December 80.2 82 77 69 84
Average 91.3 85.0 90.9 93.8 92.9 93.6

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 87.6 88 83 97 92 87
February 88.8 92 83 91 94 96
March 91.3 90 83 93 91 93
April 97.7 99 98 98 97 100
May 98.2 100 99 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.7 100 100 100 100
August 99.6 100 99 100 100
September 99.2 100 99 99 99
October 98.0 99 98 97 96
November 96.6 95 97 99 97
December 89.1 91 90 82 89
Average 95.4 92.2 94.7 97.0 96.1 96.7

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 2.9 3 1 4 3 2
February 4.6 6 4 5 4 5
March 9.0 9 5 9 8 10
April 15.2 16 14 16 16 16
May 20.1 20 22 21 22
June 26.1 23 26 27 26
July 28.4 31 28 28 28
August 27.3 28 26 27 29
September 23.7 23 24 25 24
October 16.2 18 15 15 19
November 9.9 10 7 13 10
December 4.2 5 2 4 4
Average 14.8 8.3 15.1 15.7 15.9 16.3

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 -10.5 -9 -10 -11 -10 -10
February -9.5 -7 -11 -11 -9 -9
March -4.0 -2 -6 -5 -5 -2
April -2.9 -1 -2 -1 -1 -1
May 2.9 4 4 3 3
June 7.2 6 8 8 8
July 11.4 12 12 12 11
August 10.0 11 11 10 10
September 6.6 7 8 7 6
October 0.4 1 1 0 0
November -5.5 -5 -7 -4 -3
December -9.7 -7 -9 -7 -10
Average -1.6 -5.1 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.2 13 24 5 10 9
February 13.1 9 18 11 11 5
March 9.4 11 18 9 10 8
April 2.5 1 3 3 3 1
May 3.3 2 0 5 2
June 1.9 1 4 3 1
July 2.2 1 4 2 3
August 2.0 1 4 1 2
September 2.8 3 6 5 1
October 3.7 1 5 4 4
November 4.9 7 4 1 7
December 12.4 6 17 26 10
Average 5.9 8.1 6.6 5.4 6.2 4.0

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 2.5 2 3 2 2 2
February 4.2 4 5 4 4 4
March 4.4 5 2 5 5 5
April 6.2 6 3 8 7 7
May 6.3 5 9 6 7
June 5.5 5 6 5 6
July 4.3 6 4 4 5
August 4.3 5 3 5 4
September 4.6 5 4 5 4
October 4.7 5 4 4 6
November 3.3 3 4 3 3
December 2.5 2 2 4 3
Average 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.6 4.5 4.8

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 211° 214° 202° 205° 212°
February 219° 219° 210° 211° 212°
March 218° 217° 223° 223° 224°
April 229° 239° 230° 230° 233°
May 229° 228° 233° 229°
June 232° 223° 227° 229°
July 237° 232° 256° 222°
August 222° 219° 226° 234°
September 221° 231° 222° 220°
October 222° 223° 219° 218°
November 217° 216° 217° 221°
December 218° 213° 221° 226°

Prevailing wind direction

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