Oliver Agdm

CZOL · Alberta, Canada

Climate Oliver Agdm 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cut Bank International Airport (KCTB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.7 83 83 85 91 91
February 75.4 65 79 75 82 90
March 74.3 60 57 83 88 71
April 80.5 78 79 79 84
May 85.5 86 96 79 89
June 94.8 86 94 99 96
July 94.7 93 90 91 100
August 88.9 96 94 82 98
September 85.3 90 78 99 94
October 86.4 76 86 97 78
November 84.9 91 78 100 88
December 83.5 96 59 86 82
Average 83.6 68.6 83.8 84.6 89.1 88.6

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 89.3 86 88 88 93 95
February 82.6 78 83 86 85 92
March 81.8 70 68 90 94 80
April 89.1 90 86 90 94
May 93.6 95 99 88 97
June 97.7 94 97 100 98
July 97.1 97 93 95 100
August 93.8 97 96 94 99
September 91.6 92 81 100 98
October 91.1 82 90 97 87
November 89.6 99 89 100 90
December 88.4 99 74 93 83
Average 89.4 77.5 89.9 89.9 93.8 93.1

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 0.6 -1 3 3 3 -1
February -3.2 2 2 1 -7 4
March 4.3 5 -1 8 10 4
April 10.5 12 8 12 10
May 17.7 21 16 15 17
June 22.7 23 22 26 21
July 28.6 29 28 31 27
August 27.7 29 30 25 29
September 20.9 22 24 23 22
October 11.8 12 16 14 9
November 4.7 8 0 9 7
December 0.8 8 -8 -4 4
Average 11.1 1.8 14.0 13.0 13.1 12.6

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 -10.5 -13 -6 -10 -6 -10
February -13.4 -8 -8 -10 -17 -7
March -8.9 -7 -10 -4 -4 -7
April -2.2 -1 -4 -1 -3
May 4.3 7 3 2 4
June 8.4 9 8 9 9
July 10.8 10 12 13 10
August 10.8 12 12 11 10
September 6.5 7 9 7 7
October -1.6 0 2 1 -2
November -5.2 -2 -10 -2 -2
December -9.0 -4 -18 -14 -5
Average -2.6 -10.4 1.1 -1.8 0.0 0.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.0 11 11 12 2 3
February 13.4 15 11 13 11 7
March 9.4 16 18 8 1 13
April 9.9 10 11 10 10
May 5.7 8 4 7 5
June 4.8 4 10 1 7
July 0.7 1 2 1 0
August 2.0 4 1 4 1
September 4.2 4 4 0 1
October 6.0 12 5 2 11
November 7.7 3 13 0 5
December 8.5 2 22 9 9
Average 7.1 13.9 7.4 7.9 3.9 5.7

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 13.9 12 13 18 15 13
February 13.8 11 19 18 13 17
March 11.8 10 9 14 14 15
April 12.5 12 13 13 13
May 10.8 8 15 10 12
June 11.5 9 14 12 12
July 9.0 8 9 9 11
August 9.2 9 8 11 10
September 10.6 10 11 12 12
October 12.7 9 12 14 12
November 15.3 15 15 19 17
December 13.5 12 13 14 14
Average 11.8 11.1 10.8 13.1 12.6 12.9

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 266° 268° 259° 249° 256°
February 287° 267° 274° 267° 262°
March 268° 311° 273° 254° 272°
April 267° 279° 279° 273°
May 290° 266° 282° 260°
June 266° 268° 274° 277°
July 260° 300° 288° 259°
August 259° 276° 271° 256°
September 263° 270° 255° 269°
October 283° 266° 251° 255°
November 252° 290° 251° 260°
December 246° 301° 257° 267°

Prevailing wind direction

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