Rifle Garfield County

KRIL · Colorado, United States

Climate Rifle Garfield County 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rifle Garfield County (KRIL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 86.0 86 71 95 96 75
February 90.0 92 87 86 88 93
March 89.5 86 75 90 95 92
April 95.0 89 95 98 96
May 97.7 100 94 96 100
June 99.6 99 99 100 100
July 99.5 100 100 99 100
August 97.7 100 99 94 93
September 98.3 99 98 99 95
October 94.4 97 91 96 96
November 96.7 97 93 98 100
December 88.2 88 84 81 90
Average 93.9 87.6 91.8 94.2 95.2 94.3

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 90.0 89 80 97 97 83
February 92.7 94 89 88 93 94
March 93.6 92 84 93 98 96
April 96.3 92 97 99 98
May 99.0 100 96 99 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.5 100 100 99 100
August 98.6 100 99 96 96
September 99.0 99 99 100 98
October 97.0 99 94 98 97
November 98.3 100 97 100 100
December 92.4 91 86 88 94
Average 96.0 91.5 94.4 95.8 97.4 96.3

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 2.3 4 1 1 3 1
February 5.6 9 3 4 5 4
March 11.8 12 7 11 12 13
April 18.0 16 18 19 18
May 23.8 24 24 24 26
June 30.4 27 31 32 31
July 34.0 35 34 34 34
August 32.5 32 32 32 35
September 28.1 27 29 29 28
October 18.1 19 18 17 21
November 10.8 11 8 13 12
December 3.7 5 2 5 3
Average 17.1 8.3 17.3 18.2 18.8 18.8

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 -9.8 -6 -7 -11 -9 -9
February -7.6 -4 -10 -10 -6 -8
March -2.5 -1 -3 -3 -2 0
April 1.4 0 1 2 1
May 6.0 7 5 7 7
June 10.9 9 11 12 12
July 14.9 14 15 17 14
August 13.4 14 14 13 14
September 8.9 8 9 9 7
October 1.2 3 2 3 0
November -4.4 -4 -5 -1 -2
December -8.3 -6 -8 -6 -10
Average 1.7 -4.2 2.1 1.9 3.1 2.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.7 14 25 4 3 11
February 8.9 9 13 11 8 9
March 9.5 15 23 5 5 8
April 5.1 11 6 2 5
May 4.4 2 8 6 2
June 2.6 6 2 1 1
July 1.9 0 4 1 2
August 1.4 1 1 3 1
September 3.3 2 7 3 3
October 5.1 5 7 5 3
November 3.8 3 6 4 3
December 8.3 9 13 19 7
Average 6.0 12.6 8.3 5.7 4.8 4.2

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 3.1 4 4 2 3 2
February 4.9 6 6 3 5 4
March 5.9 6 6 6 6 6
April 7.2 7 8 7 7
May 7.0 6 8 7 8
June 6.6 6 7 5 8
July 5.3 6 5 5 6
August 5.4 5 5 6 6
September 5.8 6 4 6 5
October 5.1 5 4 4 6
November 3.9 4 5 3 4
December 2.8 3 4 3 3
Average 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.6

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 285° 269° 240° 244° 257°
February 271° 255° 237° 266° 289°
March 267° 255° 283° 270° 267°
April 257° 266° 266° 279°
May 273° 265° 261° 277°
June 252° 267° 285° 252°
July 296° 310° 316° 284°
August 296° 294° 284° 291°
September 274° 280° 279° 286°
October 273° 267° 271° 273°
November 275° 256° 284° 271°
December 275° 289° 258° 272°

Prevailing wind direction

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