Cerro Summit Heliport

CD29 · United States

Climate Cerro Summit Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Montrose Regional Airport (KMTJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 91.0 96 89 94 97 79
February 91.3 97 80 88 93 95
March 93.7 90 88 93 96 99
April 96.9 96 95 94 99 99
May 98.4 99 97 99 100
June 99.5 100 99 99 100
July 99.2 100 100 99 99
August 98.8 100 100 94 100
September 98.5 99 98 99 95
October 94.8 96 92 97 97
November 94.3 94 72 99 100
December 91.5 90 75 97 91
Average 95.7 94.4 94.4 92.6 97.3 96.4

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 94.0 97 94 97 97 85
February 93.7 99 82 90 96 97
March 97.0 96 91 96 99 100
April 98.5 99 99 95 99 100
May 99.4 99 99 100 100
June 99.5 100 99 100 100
July 99.3 100 100 100 100
August 99.7 100 100 99 100
September 99.4 99 99 100 99
October 97.2 98 93 99 98
November 95.2 97 73 99 100
December 95.2 94 84 99 96
Average 97.5 97.3 96.2 94.3 98.9 97.9

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 3.7 6 4 4 4 1
February 6.9 9 4 6 6 7
March 12.3 12 8 12 12 13
April 18.1 19 17 19 19 18
May 23.3 23 24 24 26
June 29.8 27 30 31 30
July 32.4 34 32 33 32
August 31.1 31 31 31 33
September 26.8 26 28 27 27
October 17.9 19 17 17 21
November 11.2 11 8 13 12
December 4.8 6 4 7 3
Average 17.4 11.4 17.5 18.3 18.8 18.4

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 -7.0 -6 -5 -8 -7 -9
February -6.9 -3 -8 -8 -5 -6
March -1.4 0 -2 -2 -1 1
April 2.6 4 1 2 3 3
May 7.3 9 7 8 9
June 12.5 11 13 14 13
July 16.1 16 17 17 15
August 14.7 15 15 14 16
September 10.5 10 12 11 9
October 2.5 4 3 3 2
November -3.3 -2 -5 -1 -1
December -7.4 -5 -6 -5 -10
Average 3.1 -2.8 3.6 3.8 4.1 3.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.6 3 4 5 3 7
February 7.9 4 18 13 5 3
March 5.0 7 14 6 1 2
April 2.9 5 3 7 1 1
May 2.7 2 3 3 1
June 1.3 2 2 1 1
July 1.5 1 4 2 2
August 1.6 2 3 2 2
September 2.5 1 3 4 3
October 5.1 6 11 3 2
November 3.0 11 6 0 1
December 4.9 5 16 4 3
Average 3.6 4.7 5.4 5.9 2.3 2.1

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 4.2 5 5 4 3 4
February 5.7 7 6 5 5 5
March 6.8 7 7 7 7 7
April 7.7 7 8 10 8 7
May 7.7 7 9 8 9
June 7.5 8 7 7 9
July 6.1 6 6 6 6
August 6.0 6 6 6 7
September 6.3 6 6 6 5
October 5.8 6 6 6 6
November 4.8 5 6 4 5
December 4.2 4 4 6 4
Average 6.2 6.4 6.1 6.4 5.9 6.2

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 297° 285° 319° 233° 290°
February 261° 245° 244° 269° 312°
March 247° 252° 284° 267° 238°
April 251° 240° 258° 277° 275°
May 209° 253° 251° 265°
June 229° 239° 292° 246°
July 261° 226° 292° 264°
August 276° 267° 299° 267°
September 274° 307° 314° 315°
October 318° 302° 299° 303°
November 302° 268° 313° 275°
December 314° 002° 246° 279°

Prevailing wind direction

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