Kilo Weather Station

1KM · Montana, United States

Statistics Kilo Weather Station 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kilo Weather Station (K1KM) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 92.1 94 91 88 96 91
February 82.3 89 88 76 91 67
March 85.0 69 91 97 83 85
April 85.8 92 89 79 88 81
May 85.5 90 91 82 92 71
June 98.1 100 100 96 97
July 98.4 100 99 100 100 94
August 95.3 94 94 92 100 96
September 94.8 100 100 92 84
October 87.8 89 91 79 91
November 90.4 87 99 95 80
December 91.0 81 86 98 96
Average 90.4 88.6 92.2 91.1 92.5 86.2

241st 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: 5 mi or more
  • Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more
Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 95.3 98 94 94 97 94
February 88.3 91 91 81 97 81
March 90.9 80 95 99 89 91
April 94.2 97 96 92 94 92
May 94.5 96 100 92 97 87
June 99.4 100 100 99 99
July 99.8 100 100 100 100 99
August 98.5 97 98 99 100 99
September 98.2 100 100 98 95
October 91.9 93 94 84 95
November 95.4 95 100 98 88
December 94.7 91 89 100 99
Average 95.2 93.8 96.4 95.3 96.0 93.3

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:
  • Visibility: 3⅛ mi or more
  • Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more
Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 3.1 2 3 4 3 5
February -2.8 3 3 -6 4 -9
March 5.6 0 10 10 6 3
April 10.5 11 8 12 11 11
May 15.9 18 16 16 17 14
June 23.6 23 28 23 21
July 27.1 2 29 32 27 26
August 26.8 22 30 27 30 27
September 23.9 27 25 24 19
October 12.4 16 16 9 9
November 6.4 1 11 9 6
December 2.2 -3 1 5 5
Average 10.8 8.4 13.5 14.5 14.1 10.9

2,087th highest temperature of United States

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January -6.1 -6 -7 -3 -7 -6
February -11.0 -7 -9 -14 -6 -19
March -6.2 -8 -4 -4 -5 -8
April -2.4 -1 -4 -1 -3 2
May 3.7 6 4 3 4 3
June 8.7 8 10 9 8
July 12.0 0 14 15 11 12
August 10.1 4 14 11 11 11
September 7.9 10 7 7 8
October 0.6 4 3 -2 -3
November -4.2 -7 -1 -3 -4
December -8.9 -13 -10 -3 -5
Average -1.1 -3.5 0.9 1.3 1.2 -1.6

366th lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 9.1 6 14 12 5 10
February 20.3 12 17 26 13 35
March 13.1 24 9 2 17 15
April 14.0 11 13 15 12 20
May 11.1 9 12 7 8 19
June 6.8 5 2 12 8
July 2.9 2 4 2 3 4
August 3.7 5 4 6 1 2
September 5.7 5 1 3 20
October 11.5 8 9 21 10
November 9.5 13 1 4 18
December 7.7 14 13 1 4
Average 9.7 10.5 9.6 7.3 8.2 13.4

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 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 16.8 17 19 16 15 16
February 15.8 17 20 14 17 9
March 12.7 10 17 13 14 10
April 13.0 12 15 13 13 11
May 10.5 8 13 11 10 10
June 11.5 13 11 12 10
July 8.9 7 9 9 10 8
August 10.1 10 10 12 10 10
September 11.9 9 13 13 12
October 13.7 12 12 15 16
November 16.3 16 18 16 14
December 14.3 12 13 16 15
Average 13.2 11.6 13.8 12.7 13.0 11.7

2,087th highest wind speed of United States

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 270° 285° 273° 280° 286°
February 276° 286° 307° 287° 353°
March 307° 301° 294° 288° 305°
April 284° 301° 313° 301° 297°
May 304° 288° 316° 277° 344°
June 271° 301° 293° 288°
July 329° 284° 311° 290° 292°
August 272° 283° 301° 291° 296°
September 282° 287° 289° 307°
October 282° 292° 293° 296°
November 278° 277° 280° 293°
December 293° 289° 277° 285°

Prevailing wind direction

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