Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport

KBZN · Montana, United States

Climate Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (KBZN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.5 88 81 91 91 98
February 83.3 66 94 81 86 92
March 85.6 81 71 86 96 83
April 89.5 95 82 88 90 92
May 90.0 87 92 87 85 95
June 96.0 97 91 98 100 93
July 99.3 99 100 99 99 100
August 95.9 97 98 99 85 98
September 90.3 95 93 87 97 86
October 89.2 74 91 93 92
November 89.7 97 81 97 94
December 87.9 88 75 95 98
Average 90.9 89.7 88.1 89.3 92.6 93.3

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 91.3 89 83 91 93 98
February 88.0 74 95 86 89 92
March 91.6 88 78 93 98 95
April 94.9 96 88 95 96 96
May 96.8 94 99 98 93 99
June 98.6 99 96 99 100 99
July 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
August 98.8 99 100 100 97 100
September 96.2 98 96 95 99 92
October 94.4 86 96 96 93
November 93.4 100 87 99 95
December 90.8 91 79 97 98
Average 95.0 93.4 92.6 94.1 96.4 96.5

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 -1.7 -2 -2 0 3 4
February -1.9 3 1 1 -1 2
March 6.7 9 2 10 10 7
April 12.7 15 12 10 14 13
May 18.4 17 22 16 17 19
June 24.5 25 22 25 30 23
July 30.6 31 30 32 33 29
August 29.1 29 28 32 28 30
September 23.8 26 24 26 26 25
October 13.6 14 16 16 14
November 5.3 9 -1 10 8
December 1.3 4 -5 4 4
Average 14.2 17.1 13.8 14.0 15.7 14.7

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 -12.7 -14 -12 -13 -8 -6
February -12.5 -7 -12 -12 -13 -9
March -6.4 -5 -9 -3 -4 -4
April -2.6 0 -2 -4 -2 -2
May 4.2 3 7 3 3 5
June 8.3 8 9 8 9 8
July 11.1 12 11 12 13 10
August 10.3 10 12 12 10 10
September 6.2 7 7 8 5 5
October -1.2 0 1 2 -2
November -7.7 -5 -13 -2 -7
December -10.0 -8 -15 -9 -9
Average -1.7 1.5 -1.8 -1.2 0.2 -1.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.3 7 12 10 7 4
February 14.0 28 7 16 10 10
March 9.5 11 23 8 1 8
April 9.2 9 13 8 7 8
May 7.5 12 4 16 6 5
June 6.6 4 11 4 1 12
July 1.2 2 2 1 1 2
August 1.9 3 5 0 2 1
September 5.4 7 6 5 1 2
October 7.9 15 10 9 9
November 7.4 2 17 3 4
December 9.2 8 19 5 5
Average 7.0 8.7 8.8 8.7 4.1 5.6

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 3.5 3 3 4 4 5
February 4.7 4 5 5 5 5
March 5.1 4 3 6 5 7
April 6.1 6 6 8 6 6
May 5.4 6 5 6 5 6
June 5.1 5 4 6 5 5
July 4.6 5 5 5 5 5
August 4.5 5 5 5 5 5
September 4.4 4 4 4 5 5
October 4.7 3 3 5 6
November 4.2 3 5 6 5
December 3.8 2 3 7 3
Average 4.8 4.8 4.1 5.0 5.2 5.2

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 237° 129° 238° 263° 250°
February 247° 273° 271° 252° 240°
March 258° 321° 287° 268° 257°
April 286° 298° 278° 296° 276°
May 287° 319° 273° 295° 259°
June 312° 291° 249° 306° 296°
July 314° 348° 333° 353° 335°
August 193° 261° 272° 274° 321°
September 291° 281° 306° 308° 287°
October 285° 259° 261° 261°
November 251° 253° 257° 253°
December 141° 170° 228° 252°

Prevailing wind direction

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