Lands End Heliport

2CO9 · Colorado, United States

Climate Lands End Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Grand Junction Regional Airport (KGJT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.7 91 85 94 98 68
February 94.6 98 87 97 97 97
March 96.1 93 93 99 97 95
April 98.2 95 99 99 98
May 99.0 100 99 99 100
June 99.5 99 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 98.3 100 98 95 97
September 97.7 96 98 99 97
October 97.8 98 95 98 99
November 98.0 95 98 99 100
December 91.0 90 83 86 92
Average 96.3 93.6 95.0 97.1 97.3 95.4

89th best VFR conditions of United States

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 92.2 94 90 95 98 82
February 96.3 99 88 97 99 98
March 98.9 97 98 100 99 98
April 99.1 97 99 100 99
May 99.6 100 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.2 100 99 98 98
September 98.4 98 98 100 99
October 99.3 99 99 99 99
November 98.6 95 100 99 100
December 94.9 95 93 91 95
Average 98.0 96.8 96.9 98.4 98.6 97.5

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 7 4 3 4 1
February 7.9 12 5 6 8 7
March 13.8 15 9 13 14 14
April 19.8 18 20 21 20
May 25.4 26 26 26 28
June 32.3 30 33 34 32
July 35.6 37 35 36 35
August 33.9 34 34 33 36
September 28.9 29 30 29 28
October 18.7 21 19 18 21
November 11.7 12 9 13 13
December 5.0 7 4 6 4
Average 18.7 11.0 19.3 19.7 20.0 19.9

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 -6.2 -3 -3 -8 -8 -7
February -4.4 -1 -5 -6 -4 -6
March 1.2 2 -1 0 1 3
April 4.5 3 4 4 4
May 9.7 11 9 10 11
June 15.6 15 16 17 15
July 19.6 20 20 21 19
August 18.1 19 19 17 19
September 13.0 14 14 13 11
October 4.4 6 6 5 4
November -2.6 -1 -2 0 -1
December -6.5 -4 -5 -4 -8
Average 5.0 -1.4 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.4 8 11 5 3 6
February 5.8 4 13 4 6 2
March 6.0 10 10 3 1 9
April 2.7 6 2 3 3
May 3.1 3 2 2 1
June 1.3 1 2 1 1
July 1.0 0 2 1 1
August 0.9 1 2 2 0
September 2.4 1 5 3 5
October 4.0 2 6 6 2
November 1.9 3 4 1 2
December 6.4 9 15 13 4
Average 3.8 7.5 4.7 3.7 3.2 2.7

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 4.5 5 5 4 5 4
February 6.1 7 7 5 5 6
March 7.6 7 8 7 8 7
April 8.4 8 10 8 8
May 8.4 7 9 9 9
June 8.7 9 9 8 10
July 7.6 7 7 7 9
August 7.4 7 7 8 8
September 7.4 7 7 6 6
October 6.2 6 6 6 6
November 5.2 5 6 4 7
December 4.4 4 5 6 5
Average 6.9 6.3 6.6 7.0 6.9 7.1

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 354° 030° 031° 044° 322°
February 300° 224° 330° 323° 321°
March 235° 144° 356° 192° 188°
April 204° 265° 245° 277°
May 138° 251° 211° 234°
June 164° 189° 191° 216°
July 213° 156° 189° 177°
August 184° 185° 152° 184°
September 186° 160° 239° 192°
October 138° 155° 162° 230°
November 055° 185° 256° 190°
December 116° 325° 220° 080°

Prevailing wind direction

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