Charlie Weather Station

1CM · Montana, United States

Climate Charlie Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Charlie Weather Station (K1CM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.1 88 89 91 90 93
February 77.1 84 86 81 67 83
March 81.5 75 73 82 92 81
April 79.6 82 84 72 82
May 87.0 92 94 82 93
June 96.3 97 99 97 93
July 98.0 99 99 100 100
August 97.4 97 100 98 99
September 90.4 88 95 99 91
October 83.0 81 88 71
November 84.8 92 78 100
December 88.9 95 75 88
Average 87.5 82.0 89.4 89.1 88.9 89.8

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 92.5 94 92 93 93 95
February 84.4 90 89 87 77 87
March 88.1 83 81 90 95 89
April 87.9 90 90 85 90
May 93.9 97 100 89 98
June 98.3 99 99 99 96
July 99.2 100 100 100 100
August 98.7 99 100 100 99
September 94.4 94 99 100 96
October 87.9 89 93 74
November 90.5 96 86 100
December 93.3 97 87 92
Average 92.3 88.7 93.5 93.8 93.5 93.5

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 1 3 7 5 3
February -1.6 4 5 3 -7 3
March 6.7 5 12 8 10 5
April 10.3 14 8 11 9
May 15.4 19 15 15 16
June 21.5 20 21 26 21
July 27.1 27 28 30 26
August 26.8 26 30 26 28
September 21.4 22 21 24 23
October 11.4 12 16 9
November 6.2 10 2 9
December 4.6 9 -3 6
Average 10.8 3.3 15.0 13.0 15.4 13.7

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 -7.8 -11 -5 -4 -3 -7
February -11.8 -5 -5 -11 -14 -6
March -5.4 -5 -4 -3 -3 -6
April -1.1 1 -3 -1 -3
May 4.7 8 4 3 4
June 9.4 10 9 11 9
July 13.0 13 14 16 12
August 13.1 14 16 12 13
September 7.8 10 0 9 8
October 0.4 1 4 -1
November -5.7 -1 -8 -2
December -6.6 -3 -13 -3
Average -1.7 -7.0 3.1 0.9 3.5 2.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.5 11 13 14 12 10
February 21.8 15 14 19 32 19
March 13.6 14 16 16 8 16
April 18.2 18 17 23 15
May 9.4 8 9 9 4
June 7.4 8 8 3 12
July 2.5 1 3 2 2
August 4.0 7 3 5 1
September 8.3 8 12 3 5
October 15.8 12 11 34
November 14.0 5 18 0
December 8.5 5 26 1
Average 11.1 13.4 9.4 12.1 10.0 9.6

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 10.9 9 11 13 13 11
February 11.1 9 12 15 11 12
March 9.4 7 9 13 10 11
April 11.2 10 14 11 11
May 9.1 8 10 9 10
June 8.8 7 10 9 9
July 7.2 7 8 7 7
August 8.3 8 9 10 8
September 9.0 8 8 10 10
October 9.6 7 10 13
November 10.3 9 11 15
December 9.4 8 9 8
Average 9.6 8.4 8.4 11.0 9.7 10.0

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 278° 286° 284° 276° 268°
February 273° 277° 290° 293° 280°
March 311° 312° 300° 279° 279°
April 289° 292° 300° 305°
May 314° 294° 316° 280°
June 261° 281° 316° 298°
July 293° 327° 355° 302°
August 269° 288° 302° 306°
September 267° 312° 293° 300°
October 295° 286° 283°
November 276° 284° 270°
December 268° 288° 283°

Prevailing wind direction

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