Bowman Regional Airport

KBWW · North Dakota, United States

Climate Bowman Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bowman Regional Airport (KBWW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.6 73 71 82 69 69
February 76.4 63 80 85 75 81
March 69.6 66 50 79 80 70
April 76.3 80 64 75 87
May 81.4 84 83 74 85
June 91.4 88 88 97 92
July 93.1 87 95 92 99
August 92.1 89 91 91 97
September 89.4 85 94 98 93
October 75.0 68 84 76 78
November 79.9 92 69 90 87
December 74.6 87 52 77 80
Average 77.8 67.0 80.1 82.2 83.2 85.7

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 81.6 76 80 90 79 83
February 88.5 80 86 93 91 94
March 82.1 82 67 87 90 83
April 88.8 95 76 94 91
May 88.3 87 91 83 93
June 95.8 93 93 100 97
July 96.6 94 99 95 100
August 95.6 94 97 95 97
September 92.9 90 97 98 96
October 85.6 82 93 82 86
November 89.2 98 80 97 95
December 81.5 91 64 86 88
Average 86.6 79.8 88.2 89.5 90.9 92.2

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 -1.9 -2 0 0 2 0
February 0.5 5 1 0 -6 2
March 6.2 6 -1 8 11 8
April 11.7 12 10 14 11
May 19.4 23 18 19 19
June 26.2 26 24 29 26
July 29.5 28 29 32 29
August 29.6 28 31 30 30
September 24.3 24 26 27 23
October 12.5 12 16 16 10
November 6.5 9 2 10 9
December 1.8 6 -6 1 5
Average 11.3 2.8 13.9 13.8 15.4 14.6

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 -10.1 -12 -9 -12 -7 -10
February -11.7 -5 -10 -13 -16 -8
March -6.0 -7 -10 -6 -3 -4
April -2.1 -1 -3 0 -3
May 6.0 8 5 5 6
June 12.3 13 11 13 12
July 14.7 14 15 17 14
August 13.9 14 15 14 14
September 9.4 11 10 10 8
October 1.0 1 3 4 -1
November -5.4 -3 -8 -3 -4
December -9.3 -5 -14 -11 -7
Average -1.3 -8.0 1.8 0.8 1.9 1.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.3 6 5 6 2 3
February 6.9 6 9 6 8 7
March 5.4 6 12 5 1 4
April 8.4 4 15 6 9
May 3.8 4 5 4 3
June 2.1 5 2 1 1
July 0.6 1 0 1 1
August 1.9 3 1 2 1
September 2.2 1 0 3 1
October 6.4 9 2 5 6
November 4.2 1 11 2 3
December 8.2 3 26 11 3
Average 4.9 5.7 4.5 5.5 3.4 3.2

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 12.6 12 10 16 13 12
February 13.6 13 13 16 13 12
March 13.0 12 12 15 14 12
April 14.4 14 17 13 14
May 12.3 10 13 12 14
June 11.4 9 12 12 12
July 9.9 10 10 11 10
August 10.1 10 9 11 10
September 11.2 10 11 10 12
October 13.5 12 13 13 14
November 13.3 12 15 14 13
December 12.3 13 12 13 13
Average 12.4 12.4 11.2 13.2 12.2 12.3

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 291° 281° 292° 292° 286°
February 289° 289° 298° 294° 279°
March 326° 044° 305° 290° 294°
April 310° 330° 320° 310°
May 128° 300° 134° 188°
June 112° 265° 014° 284°
July 334° 297° 131° 155°
August 313° 114° 277° 076°
September 146° 329° 288° 294°
October 311° 309° 318° 290°
November 293° 289° 292° 270°
December 290° 308° 265° 289°

Prevailing wind direction

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