Bowman Field

3U3 · Montana, United States

Climate Bowman Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bowman Field (K3U3) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.5 93 91 93 94
February 91.1 87 98 97 80
March 93.5 97 87 94 96 100
April 95.3 90 96 98 99
May 97.0 96 97 95 99
June 96.9 97 97 99 95
July 98.4 99 99 94 99
August 97.5 100 95 98
September 89.7 90 95 86
October 95.7 95 99 93
November 95.1 100 89 100 94
December 96.2 100 93 94 98
Average 94.7 92.7 95.1 95.1 94.8 95.7

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 93.2 94 92 93 95
February 92.6 89 98 97 83
March 94.2 97 88 96 97 100
April 95.8 91 97 98 99
May 98.2 99 99 96 100
June 97.8 98 98 100 97
July 99.3 99 100 99 99
August 98.8 100 98 99
September 93.1 93 97 89
October 96.6 97 99 94
November 95.5 100 90 100 95
December 96.6 100 95 94 98
Average 95.7 93.7 95.7 96.1 96.2 96.7

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 1.4 0 1 2 3
February 1.4 3 2 2 -2
March 6.6 8 2 9 8 5
April 10.4 10 8 12 12
May 16.7 20 15 15 17
June 20.6 20 20 24 20
July 27.8 28 29 30 25
August 27.0 29 25 27
September 24.2 24 25 24
October 13.8 15 15 12
November 5.2 7 -1 9 7
December 2.7 6 -1 2 3
Average 11.3 3.8 10.5 12.6 13.2 16.2

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 -8.0 -10 -9 -8 -5
February -9.8 -5 -8 -8 -11
March -5.3 -4 -8 -3 -4 0
April -3.8 -2 -4 -2 -1
May 3.6 7 2 2 3
June 7.5 8 7 9 7
July 11.0 10 11 14 9
August 11.2 13 11 10
September 7.6 9 7 7
October 1.7 3 2 0
November -6.6 -5 -11 -2 -4
December -8.9 -5 -10 -8 -6
Average -1.2 -7.7 -2.7 0.2 0.6 2.8

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
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 5.6 4 4 7 8
February 6.2 2 7 8 7
March 5.6 2 4 8 7 10
April 7.7 6 9 9 8
May 6.3 4 8 6 7
June 5.1 2 8 7 6
July 5.1 4 6 5 6
August 6.1 6 6 6
September 6.8 6 8 7
October 7.0 6 8 8
November 6.1 2 5 9 9
December 6.6 6 4 9 7
Average 5.6 2.6 4.3 6.8 7.4 6.8

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 189° 185° 201° 202°
February 184° 194° 238° 221°
March 205° 174° 245° 205° 162°
April 207° 233° 290° 240°
May 160° 263° 304° 253°
June 312° 223° 003° 239°
July 191° 262° 337° 287°
August 245° 273° 252°
September 209° 213° 228°
October 246° 198° 238°
November 212° 198° 204° 203°
December 182° 178° 213° 210°

Prevailing wind direction

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