Boundary County Airport

65S · Idaho, United States

Climate Boundary County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Boundary County Airport (K65S) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.0 57 59 43 61 55
February 74.8 61 82 77 83 86
March 87.1 81 88 86 96 85
April 90.5 88 89 98 86
May 93.3 94 93 97 88
June 92.2 97 91 98 81
July 97.3 100 86 99 100
August 93.2 91 100 84 100
September 88.3 94 84 94 81
October 90.6 86 87 95 100
November 63.9 58 61 73
December 50.9 48 38 61 17
Average 80.2 66.9 84.1 78.8 87.5 83.7

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 76.1 64 80 68 85 69
February 87.1 79 92 87 96 91
March 94.2 94 93 93 100 93
April 96.3 95 95 100 96
May 97.0 97 97 98 95
June 96.0 98 95 100 88
July 97.9 100 86 100 100
August 95.4 93 100 89 100
September 92.1 96 95 97 84
October 95.2 91 92 98 100
November 84.7 82 82 81
December 76.9 65 77 83 30
Average 89.6 79.7 91.2 88.9 94.2 90.1

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 0.2 -1 1 1 2 0
February 2.4 4 2 2 1 7
March 8.4 10 7 9 10 8
April 12.5 13 10 16 13
May 20.5 23 18 20 18
June 22.1 26 23 25 18
July 28.3 31 26 33 23
August 28.7 30 31 27 29
September 22.7 22 24 21 24
October 13.3 14 16 14 20
November 3.3 4 1 4
December 0.0 2 -3 0 -1
Average 12.4 4.3 14.6 12.9 14.3 15.5

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 -5.6 -7 -3 -5 -3 -4
February -5.8 -1 -5 -6 -3 -1
March -1.0 -1 -3 0 0 -2
April 1.4 2 -1 1 1
May 7.4 10 12 6 6
June 10.1 11 9 10 8
July 13.7 13 11 16 23
August 13.1 14 14 12 13
September 8.3 9 9 7 9
October 2.5 3 4 3 5
November -2.0 -2 -5 0
December -4.4 -2 -6 -5 -3
Average 2.8 -3.1 3.9 2.4 3.5 4.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.7 18 6 14 9 32
February 11.0 13 12 11 0 6
March 5.5 11 12 1 0 8
April 3.7 6 4 1 5
May 1.6 1 6 1 3
June 2.2 2 3 2 1
July 0.3 0 0 0 0
August 1.2 3 0 3 0
September 0.9 2 1 1 0
October 1.6 2 3 2 0
November 9.5 12 19 10
December 18.7 16 23 20 50
Average 6.2 13.5 5.5 6.1 3.8 6.0

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 1.8 1 1 2 2 3
February 3.0 2 3 3 3 4
March 3.5 2 3 4 5 4
April 4.0 3 5 4 4
May 3.5 2 3 4 4
June 3.8 3 4 5 5
July 3.0 3 2 3 6
August 3.0 3 3 3 4
September 2.8 2 2 3 3
October 2.3 2 2 3 1
November 1.7 2 1 3
December 2.0 1 2 3 2
Average 2.8 1.5 2.3 2.9 3.3 3.6

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 125° 205° 197° 217° 205°
February 215° 205° 200° 210° 190°
March 215° 231° 206° 201° 197°
April 201° 189° 184° 194°
May 288° 194° 218° 204°
June 196° 209° 199° 215°
July 199° 199° 191° 210°
August 207° 218° 224° 197°
September 276° 226° 197° 204°
October 244° 201° 197° 180°
November 264° 282° 190°
December 232° 261° 199° 344°

Prevailing wind direction

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