Scobey Airport

9S2 · Montana, United States

Climate Scobey Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sher-Wood Airport (KPWD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.9 59 56 83 69
February 79.1 66 85 88 79
March 73.6 74 63 76 84 0
April 74.9 81 69 81 68
May 88.2 89 91 80 95
June 93.4 99 95 94 86
July 89.9 91 89 85 95
August 92.5 93 96 79 100
September 93.1 87 93 97 99
October 81.2 78 80 83 84
November 70.9 81 59 65 78
December 80.3 95 71 71 78
Average 80.5 66.7 83.9 82.9 81.1 87.7

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 79.0 77 66 91 80
February 88.4 75 92 95 94
March 87.0 87 78 93 91 0
April 84.4 90 81 93 70
May 95.0 94 97 92 98
June 97.8 99 100 96 96
July 94.6 97 93 91 98
August 96.6 96 99 90 100
September 96.6 93 95 100 100
October 90.7 85 89 93 96
November 80.8 89 78 71 83
December 87.3 98 79 74 93
Average 88.9 79.9 90.3 91.4 89.7 93.2

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 -6.8 -8 -5 -6 -1
February -4.0 2 -3 -6 -9
March 2.4 1 -5 4 9 7
April 9.3 9 7 13 10
May 19.9 23 19 18 19
June 25.1 27 24 26 24
July 27.9 28 28 30 26
August 28.6 29 31 26 29
September 23.4 24 25 24 21
October 11.9 11 14 15 8
November 3.0 5 -2 6 4
December -4.7 4 -12 -9 0
Average 9.9 -2.2 12.2 10.9 12.5 15.6

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 -15.7 -16 -14 -18 -10
February -15.7 -8 -13 -16 -20
March -9.0 -10 -15 -8 -4 -1
April -3.0 -3 -4 -2 -3
May 6.0 9 7 4 5
June 11.6 13 10 13 11
July 13.1 12 13 14 13
August 13.0 13 13 14 12
September 8.4 9 9 9 7
October 0.3 1 2 2 -3
November -8.7 -6 -11 -5 -7
December -13.0 -8 -19 -18 -10
Average -2.0 -12.6 0.0 -2.5 0.0 2.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.1 14 19 2 0
February 5.2 8 6 7 0
March 10.9 15 27 3 0 0
April 6.9 13 12 0 0
May 2.2 5 5 0 0
June 1.8 0 7 0 0
July 1.0 2 3 0 0
August 0.8 3 1 0 0
September 1.7 3 4 0 0
October 3.8 11 4 0 0
November 6.4 2 23 0 0
December 5.2 2 25 0 0
Average 5.3 12.6 7.3 6.8

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 9.0 9 7 11 9
February 10.6 11 11 10 11
March 11.3 11 11 13 10 0
April 12.2 12 15 11 9
May 10.7 10 11 11 11
June 10.5 8 11 11 12
July 6.6 9 8 0 9
August 9.4 10 9 9 10
September 10.4 10 10 9 12
October 11.0 11 11 10 12
November 10.5 10 12 11 10
December 8.9 9 10 9 8
Average 10.1 10.4 9.8 11.0 9.3 10.2

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 311° 334° 310° 276°
February 293° 305° 332° 309°
March 006° 074° 318° 282° 360°
April 022° 351° 331° 300°
May 086° 280° 074° 158°
June 130° 282° 342° 294°
July 315° 015° 360° 276°
August 320° 103° 018° 293°
September 125° 321° 304° 298°
October 342° 317° 336° 299°
November 282° 306° 277° 265°
December 296° 343° 321° 285°

Prevailing wind direction

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