Three Forks Airport

9S5 · Montana, United States

Climate Three Forks Airport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Three Forks Airport (K9S5) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 94.8 96 96 93
February 92.3 89 95 93
March 97.0 96 95 99
April 97.6 99 96
May 97.4 98 97
June 98.3 98
July 98.5 98 99 99
August 99.0 100 99 99
September 97.0 95 100
October 94.1 91 95
November 97.4 100 94 99
December 95.4 98 92 95
Average 96.5 95.3 97.0 96.0 97.7

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
January 95.5 96 97 94
February 94.3 92 96 95
March 98.1 98 97 99
April 98.2 100 97
May 98.9 100 99
June 98.7 99
July 98.6 98 99 99
August 99.4 100 99 99
September 97.7 96 100
October 95.2 93 96
November 97.6 100 94 99
December 96.3 99 94 95
Average 97.4 96.6 97.8 96.8 98.2

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
January 0.0 -1 1 1
February 3.3 4 3 3
March 8.6 9 4 11
April 12.9 16 10
May 18.8 25 17
June 22.5 23
July 31.7 32 31 33
August 30.0 32 32 28
September 26.1 26 27
October 17.0 19 16
November 5.9 8 -1 11
December 2.5 5 -3 4
Average 12.1 6.9 8.8 14.1 18.5

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -12.2 -14 -9 -12
February -9.2 -7 -10 -10
March -5.4 -4 -7 -3
April -2.0 0 -4
May 4.1 8 3
June 8.6 9
July 10.8 11 10 13
August 10.1 17 11 9
September 5.3 7 3
October 2.5 3 3
November -8.6 -6 -14 -2
December -10.7 -8 -13 -8
Average -3.5 -7.9 -5.3 -2.8 2.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 0.0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0
June 0.0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0
December 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
January 3.5 3 4 4
February 5.3 4 7 5
March 5.1 4 4 7
April 4.9 5 5
May 3.5 1 4
June 3.8 4
July 2.1 3 2 1
August 2.2 2 2 3
September 2.0 2 3
October 3.6 1 5
November 3.9 3 4 5
December 5.7 3 5 9
Average 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.7 4.1

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 219° 215° 227°
February 203° 232° 230°
March 216° 226° 236°
April 280° 252°
May 002° 250°
June 232°
July 327° 233° 209°
August 090° 261° 257°
September 278° 245°
October 194° 220°
November 234° 214° 234°
December 210° 201° 208°

Prevailing wind direction

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