Mile Hi Airport

47CO · United States

Climate Mile Hi Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Francis E Warren Air Force Base (KFEW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 88.5 91 69 82 92 97
February 81.8 81 89 78 84 82
March 81.5 73 82 81 82 74
April 83.4 80 81 86 77 89
May 74.8 81 65 70 86
June 92.9 79 97 98 100
July 91.6 84 96 92 94
August 94.1 94 100 96 96
September 89.5 92 97 97 90
October 87.2 87 100 91 84
November 86.8 87 79 93 97
December 89.0 90 72 95 87
Average 86.0 80.7 84.8 83.6 88.4 89.7

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 91.6 93 80 88 93 99
February 88.2 85 91 89 91 89
March 88.1 82 89 89 89 81
April 90.5 91 93 89 91 93
May 85.5 92 73 80 92
June 97.3 94 98 99 100
July 95.0 89 98 95 98
August 97.3 99 100 99 97
September 94.6 96 99 98 94
October 91.6 92 100 94 89
November 89.9 92 81 96 97
December 92.1 92 76 97 91
Average 91.3 87.1 91.9 88.4 93.3 93.4

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 3.8 3 1 4 4 5
February 3.8 7 4 3 -1 3
March 8.6 10 6 10 7 9
April 13.4 15 12 15 12 13
May 17.5 19 18 16 19
June 25.0 22 27 26 27
July 28.6 27 29 29 29
August 27.8 27 28 29 30
September 24.3 25 24 25 23
October 14.4 17 15 16 13
November 9.8 11 6 13 12
December 5.3 7 4 8 4
Average 14.3 8.3 15.0 14.9 15.7 15.9

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 -8.0 -11 -7 -8 -6 -7
February -9.4 -6 -6 -11 -12 -9
March -5.1 -4 -6 -5 -6 -4
April -2.4 0 0 -3 -3 -4
May 4.0 6 4 4 4
June 9.1 10 9 11 9
July 11.3 12 14 13 10
August 11.3 12 17 12 9
September 7.7 7 14 8 6
October -1.6 -1 3 1 -1
November -5.3 -5 -8 -2 -4
December -7.3 -5 -6 -5 -8
Average 0.0 -6.6 1.5 1.0 1.5 0.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.0 10 17 19 3 4
February 16.4 17 10 13 21 20
March 10.8 18 11 5 11 15
April 11.1 13 12 5 16 13
May 9.8 3 6 12 6
June 4.3 10 3 1 4
July 4.1 6 6 3 2
August 2.2 6 3 0 2
September 4.3 5 5 1 5
October 8.5 9 1 5 11
November 8.7 15 10 4 3
December 9.1 5 8 5 15
Average 8.7 14.4 8.4 7.2 6.8 7.6

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 11.6 10 8 11 14 15
February 13.0 12 14 12 13 13
March 11.5 10 12 12 11 12
April 12.2 13 10 16 11 10
May 9.5 8 12 9 10
June 9.1 8 10 8 10
July 7.5 7 7 7 9
August 8.4 8 9 9 9
September 9.3 9 8 10 10
October 11.0 9 10 10 13
November 11.5 10 7 13 13
December 12.7 13 11 15 10
Average 10.6 11.1 9.4 10.9 10.4 10.9

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 292° 273° 298° 296° 284°
February 280° 282° 287° 271° 284°
March 258° 263° 320° 287° 273°
April 300° 274° 287° 321° 295°
May 200° 274° 189° 241°
June 163° 252° 315° 265°
July 290° 281° 105° 251°
August 271° 295° 255° 256°
September 281° 274° 282° 283°
October 300° 268° 289° 274°
November 280° 285° 285° 264°
December 293° 280° 272° 298°

Prevailing wind direction

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