Taos Regional Airport

KSKX · New Mexico, United States

Climate Taos Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Taos Regional Airport (KSKX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.8 80 89 98 93 91
February 90.2 90 87 89 90 91
March 89.8 82 83 84 99 96
April 95.1 95 96 85 98 97
May 96.1 98 90 96 100
June 97.6 100 88 100 100
July 95.1 99 94 99 98
August 76.1 14 95 98 100
September 97.3 95 96 99 96
October 95.4 97 95 99 97
November 94.1 88 92 99 97
December 90.5 78 92 96 97
Average 92.2 86.8 85.3 91.3 97.2 96.7

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 93.9 90 94 99 96 93
February 94.0 93 91 92 95 94
March 94.5 90 91 90 99 99
April 96.8 98 96 88 99 98
May 98.2 100 94 100 100
June 98.6 100 93 100 100
July 96.2 99 99 100 99
August 77.1 14 99 100 100
September 99.1 99 98 99 99
October 97.9 99 98 100 97
November 97.3 94 97 100 99
December 94.4 86 95 98 97
Average 94.9 92.9 88.3 94.9 98.8 98.1

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 4.3 4 4 5 4 3
February 6.5 8 6 5 6 7
March 11.5 11 9 12 12 12
April 17.8 18 17 18 18 18
May 22.7 22 24 22 25
June 27.9 26 28 28 29
July 29.1 33 29 29 30
August 28.6 29 27 29 31
September 25.6 25 26 27 25
October 17.9 20 16 18 20
November 11.3 12 8 15 12
December 5.7 5 5 8 4
Average 16.7 10.5 17.4 17.2 17.9 17.9

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 -11.1 -9 -10 -11 -11 -12
February -8.0 -6 -9 -12 -7 -7
March -4.2 -4 -4 -5 -4 -2
April -2.6 -2 -3 -1 -2 -1
May 4.1 5 5 4 4
June 8.5 6 10 9 9
July 11.7 13 13 12 12
August 10.8 12 12 11 11
September 6.9 7 8 7 5
October -1.7 1 1 0 -1
November -6.2 -6 -8 -5 -4
December -10.5 -9 -10 -8 -12
Average -1.6 -6.9 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.6 17 13 3 6 5
February 10.0 10 18 12 10 5
March 10.6 16 20 15 3 5
April 3.1 5 6 1 3 0
May 2.5 4 1 5 1
June 3.3 1 9 5 2
July 1.6 1 2 2 2
August 1.8 0 4 2 1
September 2.1 3 3 1 0
October 4.6 1 10 4 4
November 4.1 6 9 0 1
December 5.8 12 5 7 4
Average 5.2 12.0 6.6 6.0 3.7 2.4

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 6.1 7 8 5 6 5
February 8.1 8 9 6 8 7
March 9.3 9 11 9 10 8
April 10.4 10 10 12 10 10
May 9.9 8 13 9 10
June 8.5 10 9 7 9
July 6.8 8 6 7 7
August 6.8 7 6 7 7
September 7.0 7 6 7 7
October 7.9 8 7 8 8
November 6.6 6 7 6 7
December 6.6 6 7 8 6
Average 7.9 8.6 8.2 7.8 7.7 7.6

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 267° 253° 272° 264° 288°
February 269° 264° 259° 253° 255°
March 238° 247° 286° 251° 251°
April 255° 263° 256° 257° 258°
May 219° 255° 236° 252°
June 246° 235° 210° 249°
July 269° 210° 134° 269°
August 234° 107° 246° 298°
September 252° 228° 241° 314°
October 246° 249° 260° 253°
November 269° 260° 259° 244°
December 284° 243° 252° 324°

Prevailing wind direction

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