Baker Municipal Airport

KBHK · Montana, United States

Climate Baker Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Beach Airport (K20U) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.1 89 72 82 74 72
February 71.7 86 86 83 76 78
March 66.5 90 60 80 81 72
April 81.6 97 82 67 79 89
May 85.5 87 84 75 90
June 93.2 98 87 96 92
July 89.0 97 48 92 99
August 81.6 96 21 81 98
September 82.9 89 73 95 97
October 82.1 86 80 75 80
November 76.8 100 67 88 86
December 78.6 97 64 81 86
Average 81.6 90.7 87.7 69.2 82.9 87.3

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 85.8 92 81 92 88 85
February 79.3 88 93 89 89 91
March 75.5 91 77 88 91 88
April 92.2 97 96 79 93 96
May 93.2 91 92 87 97
June 97.4 99 95 99 98
July 91.0 99 50 94 99
August 85.6 97 25 93 99
September 88.4 93 75 98 99
October 90.2 87 90 85 90
November 88.3 100 78 99 92
December 86.0 97 72 86 94
Average 88.2 92.1 92.8 76.2 92.0 94.4

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 -2.1 -2 -2 -1 2 -2
February -3.0 3 0 1 -6 2
March 3.7 4 -2 7 11 7
April 11.8 16 11 7 14 11
May 19.1 22 18 19 18
June 25.3 25 23 29 25
July 27.6 28 15 33 29
August 25.4 28 8 29 31
September 22.4 24 21 26 22
October 12.3 11 14 15 10
November 4.9 8 0 9 8
December 0.3 5 -8 -1 5
Average 11.4 5.0 13.1 9.2 15.0 13.6

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 -12.1 -13 -11 -13 -8 -12
February -13.2 -6 -11 -13 -18 -10
March -7.3 -8 -12 -7 -5 -5
April -2.0 0 -2 -4 -2 -4
May 5.3 8 5 4 5
June 10.9 12 10 11 11
July 12.3 13 7 14 12
August 10.8 13 3 12 12
September 7.4 9 6 8 6
October 0.1 1 3 3 -2
November -6.0 -5 -10 -4 -5
December -11.6 -7 -16 -13 -8
Average -2.9 -7.0 0.6 -2.0 0.2 0.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.0 5 11 11 4 13
February 10.6 0 11 11 13 9
March 7.4 2 23 8 5 9
April 7.9 3 7 17 9 11
May 5.6 5 7 4 5
June 2.7 3 5 1 3
July 3.3 1 1 5 7
August 4.9 9 1 7 7
September 4.2 4 0 1 2
October 6.3 6 3 6 9
November 9.1 0 16 6 7
December 12.5 2 30 17 5
Average 6.4 2.4 6.6 7.6 6.2 7.1

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 11.2 11 9 14 11 11
February 10.1 11 12 14 12 11
March 10.2 11 11 14 12 10
April 12.2 15 12 14 11 12
May 10.9 9 13 11 12
June 10.2 8 11 11 10
July 8.1 9 4 9 9
August 7.8 9 3 10 9
September 9.5 9 7 9 10
October 11.9 11 11 12 12
November 11.4 10 13 12 12
December 10.6 11 9 11 11
Average 10.4 12.0 9.8 10.5 10.7 10.6

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 267° 263° 278° 268° 273°
February 269° 264° 285° 283° 265°
March 326° 133° 290° 272° 286°
April 271° 294° 317° 313° 303°
May 111° 294° 158° 158°
June 121° 253° 320° 273°
July 295° 180° 137° 233°
August 279° 264° 270° 231°
September 172° 352° 280° 281°
October 283° 296° 288° 286°
November 274° 279° 275° 257°
December 269° 298° 242° 273°

Prevailing wind direction

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