Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field

KBOI · Idaho, United States

Climate Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field (KBOI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.5 63 87 69 88 86
February 88.4 84 99 89 87 92
March 93.2 84 88 100 95 96
April 96.1 93 94 96 99
May 95.4 98 89 98 95
June 97.6 99 97 99 94
July 99.6 100 100 99 99
August 95.2 97 99 92 93
September 92.8 100 97 94 79
October 94.7 88 98 95 92
November 92.5 91 80 95 92
December 72.4 65 50 82 84
Average 90.5 76.7 92.4 89.9 93.7 91.9

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 87.9 70 92 92 91 93
February 91.7 89 99 93 89 94
March 96.3 89 95 100 97 98
April 98.2 97 97 99 99
May 98.4 100 97 100 98
June 98.7 99 97 100 98
July 99.8 100 100 100 99
August 97.8 97 99 95 99
September 96.0 100 99 99 90
October 97.3 93 98 97 97
November 95.2 95 87 99 95
December 83.3 78 69 87 88
Average 94.2 82.5 95.6 94.9 96.2 95.8

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 4.4 5 5 2 6 6
February 7.1 11 7 6 6 9
March 12.7 13 9 15 14 13
April 17.3 17 15 19 18
May 23.2 25 21 23 23
June 28.6 27 28 33 27
July 35.4 36 36 37 33
August 33.8 33 36 32 34
September 27.7 28 31 28 29
October 18.3 20 21 19 20
November 9.8 11 6 12 9
December 3.9 6 1 5 5
Average 17.4 9.2 18.7 18.6 19.6 18.9

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 -3.2 -3 -2 -5 -1 0
February -2.2 2 -3 -5 -2 -2
March 1.7 2 0 2 1 2
April 4.6 4 2 4 5
May 9.3 12 7 9 10
June 13.4 14 13 17 13
July 18.2 19 19 21 16
August 17.4 17 19 16 18
September 12.4 13 14 12 13
October 5.6 8 7 7 6
November 0.5 2 -3 3 0
December -3.6 -1 -5 -2 -4
Average 5.6 0.2 6.9 5.9 7.1 6.4

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 18 5 6 7 10
February 8.9 14 2 5 10 9
March 7.0 11 14 1 3 8
April 5.7 5 10 2 2
May 3.6 1 6 2 5
June 2.8 1 6 2 8
July 0.1 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 1 0 1 0
September 1.7 3 1 1 0
October 3.8 8 1 6 1
November 5.3 5 10 3 10
December 8.9 7 22 13 8
Average 5.5 14.0 4.2 5.1 3.6 4.6

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 6.4 6 7 6 7 7
February 8.1 8 8 7 8 8
March 8.1 7 10 9 8 7
April 8.7 9 10 7 8
May 7.3 7 8 8 7
June 7.0 6 7 7 7
July 6.3 6 7 6 7
August 6.3 6 6 7 7
September 6.2 6 6 7 7
October 6.4 6 6 8 7
November 6.1 5 7 6 7
December 6.1 5 5 7 6
Average 7.0 7.1 6.9 6.9 7.2 6.9

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 128° 139° 144° 127° 112°
February 154° 125° 285° 320° 315°
March 251° 145° 309° 301° 295°
April 306° 274° 301° 308°
May 161° 298° 308° 296°
June 312° 326° 309° 313°
July 326° 309° 303° 314°
August 312° 314° 305° 310°
September 313° 302° 304° 331°
October 292° 310° 122° 317°
November 159° 131° 138° 124°
December 130° 215° 137° 162°

Prevailing wind direction

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