Ennis Big Sky Airport

KEKS · United States

Climate Ennis Big Sky Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ennis Big Sky Airport (KEKS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.7 94 89 96 93 96
February 86.4 81 93 92 87 92
March 88.9 91 79 90 96 85
April 90.1 93 91 83 95 88
May 88.5 94 87 74 98
June 94.6 90 94 100 94
July 98.4 100 95 98 98
August 94.4 96 96 86 91
September 88.6 94 87 99 81
October 88.0 78 90 90 92
November 91.0 96 85 97 97
December 91.3 93 81 94 97
Average 91.1 89.8 91.1 90.0 91.9 92.7

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 96.2 97 93 97 96 97
February 90.5 86 94 94 89 94
March 93.3 95 84 94 98 93
April 93.7 98 94 88 97 94
May 94.4 99 92 78 99
June 96.8 94 96 100 98
July 98.8 100 96 99 99
August 97.1 99 97 92 91
September 95.2 96 96 100 88
October 94.2 90 94 98 94
November 94.9 99 92 99 98
December 94.4 97 88 95 97
Average 94.9 94.0 95.0 93.8 94.4 95.5

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 1.1 1 0 2 2 3
February -1.5 3 0 1 -4 0
March 5.8 9 1 8 7 5
April 11.4 13 10 9 12 13
May 16.6 19 15 14 17
June 22.5 20 23 29 21
July 29.0 29 30 31 27
August 27.5 27 30 25 28
September 22.2 22 26 25 23
October 12.8 14 16 12 15
November 5.5 8 -1 8 7
December 1.5 5 -3 3 3
Average 12.1 6.5 13.0 13.4 13.2 13.5

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 -8.0 -10 -9 -8 -7 -5
February -10.4 -5 -10 -11 -13 -8
March -5.1 -5 -8 -3 -4 -5
April -2.4 0 -2 -4 -3 0
May 3.1 5 2 2 5
June 7.0 6 6 9 8
July 10.1 9 9 12 9
August 9.9 11 11 10 12
September 6.1 6 7 8 6
October -1.9 1 1 2 1
November -4.0 -2 -10 -1 -3
December -8.9 -5 -9 -6 -7
Average -1.4 -6.8 0.2 -1.5 0.4 1.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.2 3 7 4 5 3
February 9.1 14 7 6 11 7
March 6.6 7 17 7 3 7
April 6.4 7 6 10 3 11
May 3.0 2 10 3 1
June 3.3 5 3 0 6
July 0.9 1 0 2 1
August 1.7 4 2 2 2
September 3.5 4 1 0 2
October 4.8 8 5 3 3
November 5.4 2 13 1 1
December 6.2 5 10 4 5
Average 4.6 7.3 5.4 5.4 3.1 3.8

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 12.2 12 12 14 14 13
February 11.5 11 15 14 10 11
March 10.4 11 9 12 12 9
April 10.8 9 12 11 14 9
May 8.3 9 10 6 10
June 7.7 6 9 10 9
July 6.0 6 6 6 7
August 6.1 7 6 7 5
September 7.8 9 7 8 9
October 9.1 7 8 14 7
November 11.8 13 10 15 16
December 12.4 11 16 18 11
Average 9.5 10.4 9.3 9.8 10.7 9.5

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 179° 176° 176° 178° 179°
February 174° 174° 176° 179° 174°
March 178° 172° 189° 182° 191°
April 196° 188° 225° 278° 241°
May 201° 227° 331° 199°
June 284° 193° 207° 187°
July 276° 243° 245° 203°
August 187° 231° 186° 284°
September 188° 225° 203° 230°
October 194° 197° 181° 201°
November 181° 177° 181° 179°
December 176° 175° 177° 177°

Prevailing wind direction

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