Bend Municipal Airport

KBDN · Oregon, United States

Climate Bend Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bend Municipal Airport (KBDN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 84.1 76 96 92 92 92
February 86.9 81 96 96 88 99
March 90.3 95 89 94 95 87
April 95.2 97 96 96 98 94
May 94.2 93 95 96 93
June 97.0 97 93 96 98
July 98.4 97 99 99 98
August 93.7 83 97 95 99
September 87.3 89 86 85 73
October 95.0 96 97 92 95
November 89.9 90 82 95 91
December 86.5 88 89 86 91
Average 91.5 87.4 92.4 93.6 93.1 92.5

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 86.6 77 98 94 94 94
February 90.6 84 97 98 92 99
March 93.5 95 93 96 97 92
April 97.1 98 98 97 98 98
May 97.6 97 97 99 98
June 98.3 98 96 98 99
July 98.8 98 99 99 98
August 95.0 86 98 97 99
September 90.1 93 90 87 75
October 97.3 96 98 97 97
November 93.0 95 86 96 95
December 90.0 92 91 90 92
Average 93.8 88.6 95.1 95.4 95.4 94.6

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 7 7 9 7 8
February 8.4 10 9 12 7 11
March 11.2 12 8 15 13 12
April 15.8 16 16 14 19 17
May 21.3 23 19 22 21
June 25.7 27 25 29 25
July 32.1 33 33 34 31
August 31.4 32 34 31 31
September 25.5 25 27 27 28
October 18.7 20 22 17 21
November 11.1 12 8 13 11
December 6.5 9 3 7 8
Average 17.1 11.1 18.3 18.8 18.8 18.6

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 -3.4 -4 -3 -2 -2 0
February -3.1 -1 -2 -4 -3 -3
March -2.9 -1 -3 1 -1 -2
April 1.5 1 2 0 1 2
May 5.8 7 4 5 5
June 8.9 9 9 12 9
July 12.6 12 14 15 11
August 12.7 14 14 12 12
September 8.2 8 9 8 9
October 3.1 3 5 4 4
November -1.7 0 -3 3 0
December -3.4 0 -6 -2 -2
Average 3.1 -2.6 4.0 3.7 4.4 3.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.2 17 3 4 5 8
February 7.9 9 1 3 6 0
March 5.4 7 10 4 1 8
April 4.1 5 3 6 0 3
May 3.9 4 4 3 5
June 1.9 1 6 2 2
July 0.5 0 1 3 0
August 0.5 2 0 0 0
September 2.6 6 2 4 0
October 1.6 2 1 3 1
November 6.4 5 11 5 8
December 6.6 7 12 15 3
Average 4.5 9.1 3.4 3.9 3.4 2.9

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 6.3 6 7 6 6 9
February 6.7 5 7 7 8 7
March 7.1 8 7 7 7 7
April 7.0 6 8 7 7 6
May 6.1 5 8 7 6
June 5.9 5 6 6 6
July 5.1 5 5 5 5
August 5.1 5 5 5 5
September 5.1 6 5 6 5
October 5.9 5 5 7 6
November 6.7 6 8 8 7
December 6.1 6 4 8 7
Average 6.1 6.4 5.9 6.2 6.5 6.4

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 214° 172° 180° 188° 206°
February 224° 229° 253° 272° 250°
March 217° 201° 255° 233° 260°
April 297° 249° 263° 315° 287°
May 356° 256° 318° 279°
June 328° 284° 292° 300°
July 325° 299° 326° 310°
August 319° 298° 333° 305°
September 275° 294° 265° 275°
October 250° 277° 228° 269°
November 218° 204° 214° 215°
December 189° 178° 213° 198°

Prevailing wind direction

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