Britton Municipal Airport

KBTN · South Dakota, United States

Climate Britton Municipal Airport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Britton Municipal Airport (KBTN) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 60.1 53 59 69
February 68.7 63 78 66
March 70.4 73 59 78
April 71.8 78 80 55
May 81.4 86 78
June 89.6 84 96
July 93.3 94 93
August 85.3 81 91
September 82.7 76 90
October 81.7 74 93 75
November 78.0 80 64 94
December 62.1 61 54 70
Average 76.0 67.2 77.0 79.6 80.3

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
January 74.4 74 71 79
February 84.6 79 86 90
March 86.0 87 75 95
April 86.7 92 87 81
May 95.7 95 96
June 94.2 91 98
July 97.2 97 98
August 92.1 89 95
September 90.9 86 96
October 92.5 91 97 88
November 93.3 97 86 98
December 74.9 74 68 82
Average 88.0 83.6 87.2 91.7 89.3

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 -7.2 -6 -7 -8
February -2.7 5 -4 -5
March 2.2 6 -2 3
April 9.5 14 7 7
May 21.6 24 19
June 27.8 29 27
July 28.1 28 29
August 27.1 27 28
September 24.4 25 24
October 15.0 14 18 13
November 5.5 8 2 7
December -1.1 4 -5 -3
Average 8.5 4.8 12.6 12.2 4.6

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -16.4 -13 -14 -20
February -13.2 -7 -15 -17
March -9.5 -6 -13 -6
April -1.6 2 -2 -1
May 9.5 11 9
June 15.4 16 15
July 15.5 14 17
August 12.4 9 16
September 10.0 10 11
October 2.7 3 3 3
November -5.3 -4 -6 -4
December -11.9 -6 -14 -12
Average -3.6 -7.9 0.7 1.0 -6.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 15.9 14 16 18
February 11.4 9 11 15
March 12.6 16 23 1
April 14.1 10 16 16
May 6.1 7 6
June 2.8 4 1
July 1.9 2 2
August 4.7 6 4
September 2.7 4 2
October 7.0 7 4 15
November 8.5 4 20 1
December 16.2 11 29 15
Average 9.5 12.0 8.7 7.9 9.5

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 9.4 10 8 10
February 10.7 9 11 12
March 11.4 12 11 11
April 13.6 14 12 15
May 10.9 11 11
June 8.7 8 10
July 8.4 8 9
August 8.2 8 9
September 8.5 7 10
October 10.5 10 11 11
November 10.2 10 11 9
December 9.6 9 12 9
Average 10.3 11.2 9.4 10.7 9.8

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 259° 237° 257°
February 245° 227° 276°
March 353° 008° 347°
April 004° 344° 340°
May 144° 225°
June 126° 229°
July 265° 250°
August 266° 209°
September 132° 198°
October 290° 242° 242°
November 258° 263° 258°
December 240° 298° 259°

Prevailing wind direction

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