Helena Regional Airport

KHLN · Montana, United States

Climate Helena Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Helena Regional Airport (KHLN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 84.9 71 80 87 89 98
February 86.6 76 90 94 85 99
March 87.4 88 74 96 95 94
April 90.2 93 82 88 91 93
May 90.2 87 95 88 91
June 96.7 93 98 100 94
July 98.0 99 97 97 100
August 94.6 93 99 90 100
September 88.8 91 88 95 86
October 89.4 80 84 92 91
November 89.0 91 72 99 96
December 87.1 85 83 93 96
Average 89.9 82.4 87.1 90.5 92.8 94.5

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 88.6 77 83 90 92 98
February 90.4 84 92 96 89 100
March 92.2 96 83 98 98 96
April 94.9 98 88 93 97 93
May 97.3 96 99 96 94
June 99.1 98 99 100 98
July 99.0 99 99 100 100
August 98.4 98 100 98 100
September 96.2 99 94 99 94
October 94.3 92 90 93 94
November 92.3 96 78 100 97
December 90.2 87 85 95 98
Average 94.3 89.1 92.8 93.9 96.6 96.7

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 0.2 -2 0 1 4 4
February 0.4 3 3 3 -3 6
March 7.6 9 4 11 11 9
April 13.6 15 14 11 14 14
May 19.7 23 18 18 19
June 25.1 24 25 30 23
July 31.6 32 32 35 30
August 30.5 31 33 29 32
September 23.9 24 26 26 25
October 13.8 13 16 17 13
November 6.1 9 0 10 8
December 1.8 5 -2 2 4
Average 13.6 6.3 15.2 15.1 16.2 15.5

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 -9.0 -12 -7 -9 -5 -6
February -10.7 -5 -7 -7 -11 -5
March -4.2 -3 -6 -1 -2 -3
April 1.1 4 1 -2 1 1
May 6.6 10 6 5 6
June 11.2 12 11 13 11
July 14.1 15 15 17 13
August 13.7 14 16 13 14
September 8.8 10 11 9 9
October 1.8 2 4 4 1
November -4.0 -2 -10 -1 -3
December -7.0 -4 -11 -8 -5
Average 1.3 -5.9 3.1 2.3 3.0 2.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.4 16 3 8 4 1
February 9.2 20 8 4 11 0
March 6.6 4 20 2 3 5
April 6.0 3 14 7 3 2
May 4.8 4 6 8 1
June 4.5 7 4 1 11
July 0.7 1 2 0 1
August 1.1 2 1 1 0
September 3.7 5 3 0 1
October 6.5 9 10 2 9
November 5.7 1 13 0 3
December 6.8 2 15 7 3
Average 5.4 10.2 6.5 5.5 3.2 3.1

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 4.3 4 4 5 6 5
February 6.4 5 7 9 7 8
March 6.6 6 6 9 7 9
April 8.1 9 8 9 8 9
May 6.8 6 8 7 8
June 7.1 6 8 7 8
July 5.7 6 6 5 7
August 5.8 6 6 6 6
September 5.8 5 5 7 6
October 6.2 5 5 6 7
November 5.6 5 5 7 6
December 4.9 3 4 7 5
Average 6.2 5.9 5.5 6.6 6.5 7.0

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 301° 289° 279° 270° 279°
February 273° 315° 299° 282° 276°
March 298° 304° 293° 284° 278°
April 294° 288° 297° 312° 288°
May 340° 280° 295° 285°
June 308° 285° 322° 275°
July 294° 306° 344° 285°
August 288° 298° 293° 304°
September 321° 312° 283° 285°
October 294° 283° 273° 282°
November 279° 293° 272° 267°
December 265° 302° 267° 273°

Prevailing wind direction

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