Black Hollow Heliport

5CO5 · Colorado, United States

Climate Black Hollow Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Northern Colorado Regional Airport (KFNL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.0 91 67 83 88 99
February 79.8 81 86 76 76 84
March 84.4 78 82 85 84 76
April 88.3 85 100 85 87
May 82.4 78 84 74 91
June 95.7 84 97 100 99
July 91.1 88 86 98 94
August 88.9 94 95 96 84
September 85.5 90 87 97 80
October 87.0 83 95 96 84
November 87.2 92 82 93 95
December 91.4 89 100 96 93
Average 86.9 83.1 84.8 88.7 90.2 88.6

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 90.7 93 77 86 92 99
February 87.0 85 87 83 87 92
March 90.7 90 87 89 90 88
April 93.9 93 100 91 92
May 92.6 90 94 88 98
June 98.7 94 100 100 100
July 94.8 92 89 99 99
August 94.1 97 96 99 88
September 92.2 96 93 100 86
October 93.3 86 98 100 89
November 92.6 95 86 97 97
December 96.0 95 100 97 95
Average 92.7 89.3 90.7 92.6 95.0 93.3

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 6.0 5 2 5 6 8
February 6.9 10 7 6 3 6
March 12.8 14 10 14 11 13
April 17.6 18 19 16 17
May 21.8 23 23 20 24
June 29.3 25 31 31 31
July 32.3 31 34 33 33
August 31.4 31 32 32 34
September 28.1 29 29 29 27
October 18.2 20 20 20 17
November 12.4 14 9 16 14
December 7.8 10 7 11 8
Average 17.7 9.5 18.2 19.4 19.3 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 -8.8 -9 -8 -9 -6 -5
February -8.7 -4 -8 -10 -10 -7
March -3.7 -1 -4 -3 -3 -1
April 1.3 1 1 1 0
May 7.2 9 7 7 8
June 12.7 13 13 13 13
July 15.9 16 18 16 15
August 14.9 15 16 15 15
September 10.9 11 12 12 9
October 2.4 4 5 4 1
November -3.4 -2 -6 0 -2
December -6.1 -4 -7 -5 -6
Average 2.4 -5.2 3.4 3.3 3.7 3.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.9 7 20 11 6 0
February 14.1 11 14 21 16 16
March 9.3 10 9 18 10 6
April 7.2 9 0 8 10
May 9.4 9 10 12 4
June 3.2 12 1 1 3
July 2.5 3 3 2 3
August 2.3 4 1 1 2
September 3.1 3 3 1 3
October 6.2 9 2 1 4
November 6.3 8 14 1 2
December 5.1 0 0 4 5
Average 6.7 9.4 8.1 7.1 5.0 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 5.9 5 5 5 6 7
February 7.0 7 8 6 6 7
March 7.7 6 8 8 7 8
April 8.3 8 12 8 7
May 6.5 6 7 6 6
June 6.2 6 6 6 6
July 6.1 5 7 6 7
August 6.1 6 6 6 6
September 5.8 5 5 6 5
October 6.4 6 5 7 6
November 5.9 6 6 7 5
December 6.8 7 9 8 6
Average 6.5 6.1 6.3 6.8 6.5 6.4

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 052° 075° 050° 029° 358°
February 128° 360° 098° 107° 359°
March 124° 028° 012° 351° 090°
April 005° 307° 018° 360°
May 043° 129° 079° 084°
June 133° 171° 055° 175°
July 058° 107° 076° 098°
August 086° 094° 123° 095°
September 118° 128° 097° 086°
October 141° 102° 071° 112°
November 140° 076° 212° 131°
December 342° 331° 253° 004°

Prevailing wind direction

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