Deer Lodge-City-County Airport

38S · Montana, United States

Climate Deer Lodge-City-County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Deer Lodge-City-County Airport (K38S) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.2 96 94 90 88
February 89.4 91 96 97 72
March 91.7 94 87 93 93 88
April 94.3 90 96 95 97
May 94.6 99 95 91 96
June 93.1 95 95 95 89
July 97.1 99 99 92 97
August 93.7 100 99 92 90
September 83.5 82 92 77
October 87.9 90 93 80
November 90.9 100 91 98 84
December 95.0 100 93 92 96
Average 92.4 93.4 94.6 93.3 91.1 89.4

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 93.1 97 95 91 89
February 90.7 93 96 98 75
March 93.0 95 88 95 94 88
April 95.1 91 96 97 97
May 95.6 99 95 92 97
June 95.0 96 98 96 92
July 98.6 99 99 100 97
August 96.4 100 99 96 94
September 87.4 88 95 80
October 89.9 92 93 85
November 91.5 100 91 98 85
December 95.8 100 93 94 97
Average 93.9 94.7 95.3 94.7 93.2 91.5

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 0.6 1 0 0 2
February 1.2 3 3 1 -2
March 6.6 8 3 9 7 5
April 10.6 11 8 12 11
May 16.1 19 14 15 17
June 20.7 20 20 24 20
July 28.2 28 29 31 25
August 27.9 31 30 26 28
September 23.8 24 24 23
October 13.8 15 15 12
November 3.7 2 -2 7 7
December 1.6 4 -2 2 3
Average 11.3 3.8 11.1 12.4 13.1 16.1

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 -10.8 -11 -9 -11 -6
February -9.1 -5 -9 -10 -12
March -5.4 -4 -7 -4 -4 -1
April -3.3 -2 -4 -3 -2
May 2.8 6 2 1 4
June 7.2 9 8 6 6
July 9.6 10 9 13 8
August 9.5 13 12 8 9
September 5.3 7 4 5
October 0.0 1 1 -2
November -8.6 -12 -12 -3 -5
December -9.3 -8 -11 -9 -8
Average -2.4 -7.2 -2.8 -2.8 -1.5 1.5

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 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 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 4.0 5 4 4 4
February 4.7 4 5 5 5
March 5.2 4 5 6 5 5
April 6.5 7 6 7 5
May 4.8 5 6 5 4
June 4.3 4 5 6 3
July 3.7 4 4 4 3
August 4.5 3 5 5 4
September 4.4 4 5 4
October 4.3 5 4 5
November 4.9 1 4 6 6
December 3.8 3 4 4 4
Average 4.5 4.1 4.7 4.9 4.9 4.0

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 209° 262° 276° 197°
February 196° 339° 342° 249°
March 337° 312° 336° 298° 293°
April 285° 304° 339° 291°
May 021° 321° 332° 341°
June 338° 293° 324° 333°
July 336° 334° 344° 341°
August 034° 341° 343° 330°
September 347° 329° 335°
October 317° 319° 305°
November 014° 277° 230° 219°
December 161° 255° 255° 258°

Prevailing wind direction

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