Kilo Weather Station

1KM · Montana, United States

Climate Kilo Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kilo Weather Station (K1KM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 91.6 89 94 91 88 96
February 82.8 85 89 88 76 91
March 83.4 75 69 91 97 83
April 87.2 95 92 89 79 88
May 86.9 94 90 91 82 92
June 97.7 97 100 100 96
July 98.7 100 100 99 100 100
August 95.6 99 94 94 92 100
September 93.1 88 100 100 92
October 86.5 82 89 91 79
November 90.9 93 87 99 95
December 92.1 97 81 86 98
Average 90.7 91.8 88.8 92.2 91.1 92.5

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 95.0 94 98 94 94 97
February 89.0 92 91 91 81 97
March 90.4 88 80 95 99 89
April 94.6 96 97 96 92 94
May 95.3 99 96 100 92 97
June 99.4 100 100 100 99
July 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
August 98.6 100 97 98 99 100
September 97.7 96 100 100 98
October 91.6 91 93 94 84
November 95.6 97 95 100 98
December 95.4 98 91 89 100
Average 95.4 96.3 94.3 96.4 95.3 96.0

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 2.6 0 2 3 4 3
February -1.7 4 3 3 -6 4
March 5.7 7 0 10 10 6
April 11.1 14 11 8 12 11
May 16.0 16 18 16 16 17
June 23.6 24 23 28 23
July 27.7 30 2 29 32 27
August 27.1 29 22 30 27 30
September 23.1 20 27 25 24
October 10.9 6 16 16 9
November 7.0 10 1 11 9
December 3.2 8 -3 1 5
Average 11.5 14.7 9.3 13.5 14.5 14.1

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 -7.3 -10 -6 -7 -3 -7
February -10.0 -5 -7 -9 -14 -6
March -6.5 -4 -8 -4 -4 -5
April -2.9 1 -1 -4 -1 -3
May 3.6 3 6 4 3 4
June 8.6 8 8 10 9
July 12.2 13 0 14 15 11
August 10.4 12 4 14 11 11
September 7.7 7 10 7 7
October 0.2 -2 4 3 -2
November -4.7 -1 -7 -1 -3
December -7.6 -3 -13 -10 -3
Average -1.7 1.6 -2.7 0.9 1.3 1.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.1 9 6 14 12 5
February 19.6 17 12 17 26 13
March 12.9 12 24 9 2 17
April 13.0 8 11 13 15 12
May 10.6 8 9 12 7 8
June 6.3 4 5 2 12
July 2.7 2 2 4 2 3
August 3.4 2 5 4 6 1
September 5.7 6 5 1 3
October 11.5 11 8 9 21
November 9.0 7 13 1 4
December 6.6 2 14 13 1
Average 9.2 7.6 9.1 9.6 7.3 8.2

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 16.0 12 17 19 16 15
February 15.1 12 17 20 14 17
March 12.1 9 10 17 13 14
April 12.9 12 12 15 13 13
May 11.2 15 8 13 11 10
June 11.5 12 13 11 12
July 9.0 9 7 9 9 10
August 10.2 11 10 10 12 10
September 11.5 10 9 13 13
October 13.0 11 12 12 15
November 15.8 13 16 18 16
December 14.0 13 12 13 16
Average 12.9 11.5 11.5 13.8 12.7 13.0

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 265° 270° 285° 273° 280°
February 270° 276° 286° 307° 287°
March 267° 307° 301° 294° 288°
April 262° 284° 301° 313° 301°
May 263° 304° 288° 316° 277°
June 258° 271° 301° 293°
July 290° 329° 284° 311° 290°
August 289° 272° 283° 301° 291°
September 276° 282° 287° 289°
October 289° 282° 292° 293°
November 234° 278° 277° 280°
December 219° 293° 289° 277°

Prevailing wind direction

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