Battle Mountain Airport

KBAM · Nevada, United States

Climate Battle Mountain Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Battle Mountain Airport (KBAM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.9 84 90 100 93 95
February 93.7 91 96 96 96 99
March 93.3 90 95 96 91 95
April 96.6 94 98 97 98 97
May 96.2 98 96 96 97
June 99.0 100 98 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 98.4 99 100 95 96
September 98.9 98 99 99 100
October 97.3 92 98 93 100
November 95.7 93 97 99 92
December 87.2 95 77 88 89
Average 95.6 90.1 96.2 96.9 95.6 96.8

92nd 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 96.8 91 96 100 95 98
February 96.4 96 97 99 97 100
March 96.7 98 98 99 94 98
April 98.4 96 99 98 100 98
May 98.9 99 98 99 99
June 99.5 100 99 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.3 100 100 97 98
September 99.3 98 100 99 100
October 99.0 98 99 98 100
November 97.5 98 98 99 95
December 92.3 98 86 92 97
Average 97.8 95.1 98.4 98.3 97.6 98.4

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 7.3 8 4 7 7 8
February 8.5 10 7 10 9 11
March 12.4 9 8 15 13 14
April 18.6 18 18 18 20 19
May 23.2 24 23 24 25
June 28.9 26 23 34 29
July 31.6 37 5 37 35
August 34.4 33 35 34 36
September 28.6 27 31 30 31
October 20.1 21 22 19 23
November 12.3 13 8 14 12
December 5.6 9 2 6 5
Average 18.7 11.3 18.8 17.0 20.7 21.0

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 -4.5 -3 -4 -6 -4 -3
February -5.5 -1 -4 -8 -2 -6
March -1.0 1 -2 -2 -3 -1
April 1.5 2 0 0 0 1
May 5.3 6 4 4 7
June 9.1 8 6 12 9
July 12.2 14 2 17 12
August 12.6 13 14 11 14
September 6.8 8 9 6 7
October -1.7 2 0 2 -1
November -4.1 -3 -7 -2 -4
December -6.1 -5 -7 -6 -9
Average 2.2 -1.5 2.7 0.6 3.1 2.5

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 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
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.9 6 6 4 4 6
February 6.2 5 8 4 7 6
March 6.1 7 8 4 6 6
April 6.8 6 7 9 7 6
May 6.3 6 8 6 7
June 6.0 6 7 6 6
July 5.2 6 5 5 6
August 5.0 5 5 5 5
September 4.8 4 5 5 5
October 4.3 3 4 5 4
November 4.1 3 6 4 5
December 3.9 4 4 5 3
Average 5.4 5.9 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.5

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 245° 270° 356° 356° 245°
February 242° 236° 301° 265° 317°
March 242° 239° 295° 292° 247°
April 266° 281° 273° 293° 294°
May 256° 288° 298° 292°
June 323° 276° 306° 280°
July 283° 294° 293° 287°
August 316° 229° 292° 308°
September 291° 325° 318° 300°
October 315° 336° 264° 312°
November 275° 296° 338° 258°
December 305° 218° 241° 003°

Prevailing wind direction

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