Tillitt Field

1S3 · Montana, United States

Climate Tillitt Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tillitt Field (K1S3) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.3 82 90 95
February 89.8 82 93 93
March 93.3 93 92 94
April 92.8 99 88
May 90.4 92 89
June 97.3 97 97
July 98.5 99 98 100
August 89.1 100 100 64
September 98.5 99
October 94.8 95
November 91.4 100 88 100
December 90.4 98 88 88
Average 85.1 85.8 95.1 92.7 88.5 63.6

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 90.5 83 91 96
February 90.3 82 93 94
March 95.0 94 96 95
April 93.4 100 89
May 92.7 95 91
June 98.3 99 98
July 99.7 100 98 100
August 89.1 100 100 64
September 98.5 99
October 95.7 96
November 92.5 100 89 100
December 92.0 98 90 90
Average 86.1 86.6 96.6 93.7 90.2 63.6

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 0.9 -2 3 2
February 4.3 6 4 4
March 6.8 7 3 11
April 12.4 14 11
May 20.9 23 19
June 24.9 26 24
July 29.7 32 30 0
August 33.0 36 31 32
September 28.6 29
October 17.2 17
November 4.7 8 3 0
December 0.9 8 -5 -2
Average 11.9 3.6 13.6 12.2 -2.3 32.0

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 -10.9 -13 -6 -9
February -7.7 -3 -7 -9
March -4.4 -3 -5 -2
April 0.8 3 -1
May 9.2 11 8
June 13.9 14 13
July 17.0 17 21 0
August 22.5 25 20 23
September 12.7 13
October 4.9 5
November -4.0 0 -7 0
December -9.5 -3 -14 -10
Average 2.2 -7.7 2.9 0.5 -10.8 23.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0
October 0.0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0
Average

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 5.4 4 5 7
February 7.5 6 8 9
March 7.8 6 8 9
April 9.8 9 11
May 7.1 6 8
June 5.9 6 6
July 5.6 6 5 0
August 6.8 6 9 4
September 6.2 6
October 6.8 7
November 6.9 6 8 0
December 3.3 5 5 2
Average 5.0 5.4 6.4 7.6 1.8 3.9

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 287° 263° 268°
February 284° 271° 278°
March 011° 035° 289°
April 283° 299°
May 054° 285°
June 059° 249°
July 287° 071° 360°
August 273° 280° 048°
September 298°
October 280°
November 265° 271° 360°
December 275° 296° 278°

Prevailing wind direction

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