USAF Academy Bullseye Auxiliary Airfield

CO90 · Colorado, United States

Climate USAF Academy Bullseye Auxiliary Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ellicott-B AFA Weather Station (KABH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.6 95 84 76 95 100
February 52.6 77 86 88 78 75
March 55.1 85 85 79 85 80
April 58.3 89 97 92 89
May 53.6 84 86 79 93
June 50.4 85 85 92 85
July 52.6 87 95 98 93
August 65.3 96 93 99 94
September 61.5 93 85 99 90
October 65.5 97 95 97 86
November 64.5 90 84 98 100
December 56.4 91 100 99 82
Average 58.3 85.4 88.4 88.1 92.5 88.9

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 59.3 98 94 85 95 100
February 56.8 88 88 93 83 85
March 60.5 92 92 92 94 84
April 61.7 94 100 96 98
May 58.7 94 95 90 95
June 53.6 96 92 93 86
July 53.9 91 98 99 94
August 66.9 99 96 100 95
September 64.0 98 89 99 97
October 68.2 98 96 99 95
November 67.3 95 94 98 100
December 57.8 94 100 99 89
Average 61.7 92.5 94.3 93.9 95.5 92.9

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 3.4 4 4 8 5 7
February 3.8 10 8 5 2 4
March 7.4 13 10 11 11 13
April 10.0 17 18 15 16
May 12.6 21 23 18 23
June 15.0 24 28 28 29
July 16.6 30 30 29 30
August 20.2 29 29 30 31
September 19.3 26 27 27 25
October 12.1 18 18 19 17
November 8.7 13 9 15 14
December 4.9 9 6 11 5
Average 10.9 9.1 17.4 18.0 17.7 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 -7.6 -10 -8 -10 -6 -7
February -7.6 -5 -9 -11 -10 -8
March -5.5 -3 -6 -5 -3 -2
April -3.7 -1 0 0 0
May 2.1 7 6 7 7
June 2.7 10 11 13 9
July 4.0 14 15 15 11
August 6.5 14 13 13 12
September 5.3 9 9 10 8
October -2.6 2 2 2 -1
November -5.5 -3 -7 -3 -3
December -7.2 -7 -10 -6 -8
Average -2.6 -6.0 2.0 1.5 2.7 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 8.0 6 9 21 1 0
February 11.3 17 14 13 14 18
March 8.3 10 4 24 9 8
April 5.1 9 3 2 7
May 5.1 3 9 12 2
June 2.7 10 2 2 3
July 2.2 4 4 1 3
August 2.0 1 5 1 1
September 2.6 6 4 0 4
October 5.7 4 3 2 5
November 4.8 7 15 1 1
December 3.3 6 1 2 6
Average 5.5 11.1 6.1 8.7 4.0 4.8

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 8.2 8 8 9 9 8
February 9.0 9 10 8 7 10
March 10.3 10 11 11 11 10
April 11.2 10 13 12 9
May 10.4 10 12 10 10
June 9.0 9 10 8 9
July 7.8 8 8 7 8
August 7.8 8 8 7 8
September 8.1 7 8 8 8
October 8.7 8 8 8 10
November 8.0 8 9 7 9
December 9.1 8 10 11 10
Average 9.0 9.2 8.7 9.5 8.8 9.1

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 351° 012° 358° 343° 208°
February 234° 324° 132° 191° 018°
March 302° 210° 006° 358° 214°
April 259° 234° 036° 327°
May 111° 195° 132° 110°
June 134° 180° 120° 203°
July 084° 116° 117° 123°
August 139° 126° 149° 115°
September 162° 143° 109° 064°
October 176° 167° 193° 137°
November 350° 104° 345° 218°
December 353° 209° 215° 009°

Prevailing wind direction

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