Simons Airport

34CO · Colorado, United States

Climate Simons Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Buckley Space Force Base (KBKF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 88.7 92 76 83 92 99
February 82.3 77 91 86 81 80
March 87.5 86 88 82 85 85
April 87.3 78 86 100 85 89
May 82.7 79 87 79 93
June 94.9 84 96 99 99
July 97.2 95 98 100 99
August 96.1 93 96 99 100
September 93.4 93 90 98 93
October 88.0 91 91 97 90
November 89.7 88 92 95 96
December 93.4 92 95 98 92
Average 89.5 82.9 87.9 91.3 92.3 93.0

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 90.9 96 80 84 94 99
February 87.5 82 92 91 91 83
March 92.8 93 93 89 91 93
April 91.5 84 91 100 91 91
May 90.0 86 91 87 98
June 98.4 94 99 100 100
July 98.8 98 99 100 100
August 97.8 98 97 100 100
September 97.1 98 94 100 96
October 93.2 94 94 100 94
November 92.9 96 95 98 96
December 95.6 95 96 99 94
Average 93.4 88.4 92.8 94.2 95.9 95.4

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 6.9 5 2 8 8 9
February 7.3 11 8 7 3 5
March 12.5 13 10 13 11 13
April 17.1 17 17 18 15 17
May 21.3 21 22 20 24
June 28.3 23 29 30 30
July 31.5 30 33 32 32
August 30.8 30 31 32 33
September 27.6 27 29 29 27
October 18.2 19 19 20 19
November 13.1 14 10 16 15
December 9.0 10 8 12 8
Average 17.8 11.4 17.6 19.2 19.1 19.2

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 -6.1 -7 -7 -6 -5 -5
February -6.1 -2 -6 -8 -9 -7
March -2.4 -1 -5 -3 -1 0
April 1.9 4 1 2 1 1
May 6.9 8 6 7 8
June 12.9 12 13 14 13
July 16.4 16 18 17 16
August 15.5 15 17 16 16
September 11.6 11 12 12 10
October 3.2 4 5 5 3
November -1.0 0 -4 1 0
December -5.8 -2 -6 -3 -5
Average 3.5 -2.4 4.0 4.2 4.7 4.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.8 5 16 16 6 1
February 10.8 12 9 13 10 19
March 7.0 9 3 16 12 4
April 8.5 16 11 1 9 12
May 8.2 9 7 10 3
June 2.3 7 2 1 2
July 1.0 1 2 0 1
August 1.4 2 3 0 1
September 1.7 2 3 0 4
October 5.2 5 3 1 4
November 5.9 9 7 2 2
December 4.7 5 5 3 6
Average 5.9 10.6 6.3 6.1 4.2 4.7

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 7.1 7 7 7 7 8
February 8.0 7 9 7 7 9
March 8.7 7 9 9 8 8
April 8.8 8 9 11 8 8
May 8.1 8 10 8 8
June 7.5 7 8 6 9
July 6.8 7 7 6 8
August 6.8 7 7 7 7
September 6.9 6 7 7 7
October 7.0 7 7 7 7
November 7.3 7 7 7 8
December 7.4 6 10 9 7
Average 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.9 7.2 7.7

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 327° 132° 071° 198° 219°
February 266° 118° 167° 350° 145°
March 067° 060° 352° 160° 012°
April 316° 278° 275° 007° 347°
May 047° 183° 134° 088°
June 126° 193° 162° 186°
July 068° 291° 065° 205°
August 134° 313° 326° 315°
September 168° 164° 107° 118°
October 101° 276° 200° 038°
November 198° 127° 264° 197°
December 294° 218° 229° 284°

Prevailing wind direction

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