Statistics Big Timber At Howard Field 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Big Timber At Howard Field (K6S0) between 2019 and 2023.

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VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	89.3	89	88	89	96	85
February	81.6	89	85	78	88	69
March	82.8	69	88	96	78	84
April	84.3	88	85	80	88	81
May	83.5	87	91	82	90	67
June	96.0	90	98	98	98	98
July	99.2	100	97	100	100	100
August	95.3	93	97	92	100	95
September	92.2		93	99	96	81
October	86.7		93	87	80	88
November	89.5		90	99	93	81
December	91.8		85	86	94	97
Average	89.4	88.1	91.3	90.5	91.8	84.8

278th best VFR conditions of United States

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

Visibility: 5 mi or more
Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	91.7	90	91	92	99	87
February	87.9	92	92	82	90	83
March	89.1	80	90	98	88	91
April	92.8	92	92	95	93	91
May	92.9	97	97	90	97	84
June	98.6	97	99	99	99	100
July	99.8	100	100	100	100	100
August	98.1	95	99	97	100	100
September	96.4		98	99	97	92
October	90.4		95	92	83	91
November	94.4		97	99	94	92
December	94.7		93	87	96	100
Average	94.0	93.1	95.5	94.6	94.8	92.1

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

Visibility: 3⅛ mi or more
Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	4.3	3	5	4	5	6
February	0.9	4	4	-4	6	-5
March	6.0	1	10	11	7	2
April	11.7	13	9	13	13	12
May	17.0	21	16	17	17	15
June	23.6	21	23	28	24	22
July	29.6	29	31	33	29	27
August	28.9	27	31	28	30	28
September	24.3		26	26	25	21
October	13.5		17	15	13	9
November	7.7		4	12	10	7
December	4.5		2	4	6	6
Average	12.9	14.7	15.2	15.5	15.2	12.0

1,865th highest temperature of United States

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-5.9	-5	-5	-3	-4	-4
February	-10.7	-6	-8	-12	-5	-16
March	-5.7	-7	-2	-2	-3	-8
April	-1.9	1	-3	0	0	2
May	5.1	8	4	4	6	4
June	10.3	10	9	12	10	11
July	13.8	13	14	16	13	14
August	13.5	15	15	13	13	12
September	9.3		10	9	9	9
October	2.6		5	5	2	-1
November	-2.3		-5	2	0	-3
December	-5.6		-9	-6	-2	-3
Average	1.7	3.5	2.6	3.2	3.1	1.2

553rd lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
May	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
June	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
July	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
August	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	18.8	18	21	18	18	18
February	16.3	19	20	15	18	9
March	12.5	9	16	14	13	10
April	12.4	12	13	12	14	12
May	10.4	9	13	10	11	9
June	10.2	7	12	10	12	11
July	9.2	9	9	9	10	9
August	9.6	10	10	11	9	9
September	11.5		9	12	13	11
October	14.2		14	12	15	16
November	17.7		18	19	19	15
December	17.5		14	15	21	19
Average	13.6	11.1	13.7	12.6	13.9	12.2

1,865th highest wind speed of United States

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	262°	263°	264°	264°	263°
February	267°	266°	265°	264°	277°
March	269°	264°	267°	265°	267°
April	263°	267°	269°	274°	270°
May	252°	271°	281°	262°	302°
June	256°	264°	269°	264°	257°
July	264°	257°	275°	267°	255°
August	267°	267°	262°	268°	271°
September		263°	263°	266°	267°
October		266°	265°	267°	264°
November		258°	266°	261°	266°
December		259°	254°	259°	261°

Prevailing wind direction

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