Idlers Field

CO84 · United States

Climate Idlers Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kit Carson County Airport (KITR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 84.0 81 64 84 90 96
February 78.5 76 81 86 70 87
March 79.4 79 74 84 82 72
April 87.1 88 95 84 87
May 77.0 73 80 74 82
June 92.6 81 90 95 96
July 88.3 80 90 91 83
August 90.5 96 91 91 96
September 84.0 88 87 75 90
October 84.9 80 95 99 84
November 85.4 83 85 95 94
December 85.4 85 86 96 80
Average 84.2 78.6 80.8 87.9 86.4 87.2

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 88.3 83 74 91 96 96
February 86.4 81 86 93 81 95
March 86.1 84 81 89 88 79
April 92.8 95 97 93 92
May 87.0 91 88 86 89
June 96.0 91 95 97 99
July 93.5 88 96 94 90
August 96.0 98 96 97 98
September 89.4 95 90 79 94
October 90.1 85 98 99 90
November 91.0 88 97 100 96
December 91.2 88 87 100 86
Average 89.9 82.5 88.3 93.2 92.1 91.8

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 6.3 2 2 7 7 9
February 7.3 12 4 6 3 8
March 13.6 14 10 13 14 14
April 19.3 21 20 18 20
May 23.1 23 25 21 25
June 30.2 27 32 30 34
July 32.4 31 34 33 33
August 31.4 31 32 34 34
September 28.9 29 30 31 28
October 19.5 20 22 22 19
November 13.9 15 12 17 17
December 8.9 9 9 13 8
Average 18.3 9.2 18.7 20.5 20.1 20.6

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 -8.4 -10 -8 -8 -6 -7
February -8.8 -3 -8 -9 -10 -7
March -3.5 -4 -5 -3 0 -1
April 1.5 2 1 2 1
May 8.4 10 8 9 9
June 14.2 14 15 16 15
July 16.9 16 19 17 17
August 15.7 15 16 16 16
September 11.4 11 12 12 9
October 2.7 3 4 4 2
November -3.6 -3 -4 -1 -1
December -6.1 -5 -8 -5 -6
Average 2.7 -6.3 3.6 3.8 4.6 4.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.9 9 13 9 2 1
February 5.3 4 10 8 7 4
March 4.0 5 4 7 6 3
April 2.9 1 0 1 3
May 3.3 1 6 5 1
June 1.5 5 1 0 3
July 0.9 0 2 1 1
August 0.2 0 0 1 0
September 1.6 3 1 0 3
October 3.8 6 0 0 3
November 2.9 7 4 1 0
December 3.5 4 10 1 8
Average 3.2 5.9 4.1 3.6 2.0 2.4

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 10.5 10 10 11 11 11
February 11.3 11 12 10 11 13
March 12.0 11 12 11 13 12
April 13.3 13 17 13 11
May 11.4 11 12 11 12
June 10.8 10 12 10 13
July 9.4 8 10 10 11
August 9.2 9 8 10 10
September 9.3 8 9 9 10
October 10.6 10 10 11 11
November 11.3 10 12 11 12
December 11.8 11 15 12 13
Average 10.8 10.6 10.3 11.3 10.9 11.6

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 324° 323° 299° 325° 291°
February 289° 291° 311° 213° 322°
March 359° 354° 339° 346° 201°
April 266° 305° 340° 333°
May 143° 177° 140° 106°
June 135° 186° 161° 196°
July 117° 170° 149° 154°
August 225° 144° 175° 148°
September 190° 148° 216° 323°
October 325° 277° 310° 318°
November 310° 309° 294° 235°
December 296° 293° 227° 317°

Prevailing wind direction

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