Fort Benton Airport

79S · Montana, United States

Climate Fort Benton Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fort Benton Airport (K79S) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.1 93 100
February 100.0 100 100
March 86.4 37 100 100 100
April 94.6 86 100 100 100
May 100.0 100 100 100
June 90.6 100 100 82
July 80.7 0 91 100 100
August 98.1 0 100 100
September 99.8 100 100
October 90.7 0 100 100
November 91.1 0 0 100 100
December 100.0 100 100
Average 72.3 74.1 90.3 99.9 97.5

72nd 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 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 97.1 93 100
February 100.0 100 100
March 96.5 85 100 100 100
April 96.8 92 100 100 100
May 100.0 100 100 100
June 90.6 100 100 82
July 80.7 0 91 100 100
August 98.1 0 100 100
September 99.8 100 100
October 90.7 0 100 100
November 91.1 0 0 100 100
December 100.0 100 100
Average 75.5 90.1 90.3 99.9 97.5

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 6.5 6 7
February -1.4 4 -4
March 10.8 3 14 13 7
April 13.5 16 3 14 12
May 18.0 19 16 19
June 25.9 25 28 25
July 31.7 33 32 34 30
August 30.1 35 28 32
September 25.5 27 24
October 14.3 10 18 13
November 11.1 13 6 13 10
December 8.0 17 7
Average 18.2 12.2 29.3 13.7 17.2 18.9

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 -5.8 -6 -3
February -11.0 -7 -14
March -2.5 -5 4 -2 -1
April 0.7 1 -3 2 0
May 6.1 6 6 7
June 11.7 12 13 11
July 15.1 16 16 18 12
August 13.5 20 14 13
September 8.7 9 9
October 2.9 6 5 0
November 0.0 -1 1 0 -1
December -2.2 7 -3
Average 4.8 -1.3 12.9 3.0 3.8 5.3

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
February 0.0 0 0
March 4.7 22 0 0 0
April 2.9 8 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0
Average 2.2 11.1

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 9.8 10 10
February 9.3 10 9
March 8.4 7 11 8 11
April 9.0 10 10 9 9
May 8.0 11 7 8
June 7.6 10 7 7
July 5.5 6 5 5 6
August 6.1 7 7 6
September 6.8 6 8
October 7.1 7 7 7
November 10.1 8 10 10 11
December 9.0 14 9
Average 7.8 9.1 6.0 9.3 7.4 7.5

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 187° 191°
February 221° 195°
March 085° 190° 195° 335°
April 278° 323° 217° 207°
May 198° 216° 164°
June 190° 188° 204°
July 162° 190° 354° 190°
August 236° 216° 190°
September 199° 202°
October 200° 200° 204°
November 177° 212° 194° 193°
December 208° 195°

Prevailing wind direction

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