Mission Field

KLVM · Montana, United States

Climate Mission Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mission Field (KLVM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 88.6 82 83 85 90 98
February 81.0 77 79 81 84 91
March 78.8 71 60 81 97 77
April 81.6 80 79 82 90
May 85.0 88 85 84 90
June 95.2 91 96 99 97
July 98.7 96 99 100 100
August 93.7 91 92 87 98
September 88.4 90 89 98 90
October 86.6 70 87 89 88
November 88.3 93 79 98 95
December 86.4 92 70 83 92
Average 86.7 76.1 84.1 85.9 91.1 92.1

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 91.9 88 85 89 96 98
February 86.9 86 86 86 87 94
March 85.5 80 67 85 98 91
April 89.2 83 88 94 93
May 94.5 97 96 93 96
June 97.7 96 98 99 99
July 99.3 97 100 100 100
August 97.1 94 97 96 100
September 96.2 95 97 99 97
October 91.5 81 92 92 91
November 92.8 97 87 100 97
December 89.5 95 77 84 93
Average 92.1 84.6 89.2 91.8 95.1 95.8

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 3.4 3 2 5 4 5
February 1.5 6 3 4 -4 4
March 7.5 8 2 10 11 8
April 12.2 12 9 13 13
May 18.5 21 17 18 18
June 24.2 22 24 29 24
July 30.6 30 32 34 30
August 29.6 28 32 28 31
September 24.0 24 27 26 26
October 14.2 14 17 16 14
November 7.7 11 3 11 10
December 4.1 8 -1 4 6
Average 13.7 5.2 14.8 15.3 16.0 15.7

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 -6.0 -9 -7 -4 -4 -3
February -9.8 -3 -6 -8 -11 -5
March -4.1 -3 -8 -3 -2 -3
April -1.1 -1 -4 -1 -1
May 4.7 7 4 3 5
June 8.3 9 8 9 8
July 11.1 9 12 13 10
August 10.8 12 12 11 11
September 6.9 8 8 6 6
October 1.7 2 4 4 0
November -2.2 0 -7 1 0
December -5.2 -2 -7 -6 -3
Average 0.7 -6.9 2.1 1.6 2.0 2.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.9 14 17 13 7 4
February 15.9 17 19 15 18 9
March 13.3 17 30 13 4 10
April 14.0 19 16 11 10
May 10.9 7 23 7 11
June 7.8 14 6 1 9
July 1.7 2 4 2 1
August 3.0 6 2 5 1
September 5.2 7 2 1 3
October 11.7 20 12 9 14
November 9.3 7 20 2 1
December 10.3 6 26 13 7
Average 9.9 16.2 13.0 11.9 6.2 6.7

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 17.2 15 16 21 17 18
February 16.9 16 20 20 15 18
March 12.9 11 10 16 15 15
April 12.7 13 14 13 13
May 10.8 10 12 10 12
June 9.7 8 10 9 11
July 8.0 8 8 9 9
August 9.3 10 10 11 9
September 11.1 10 9 13 13
October 14.1 10 12 14 15
November 17.8 18 17 21 20
December 18.0 16 17 20 18
Average 12.9 13.5 12.0 13.4 13.4 13.7

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 244° 243° 233° 231° 232°
February 242° 237° 234° 230° 241°
March 246° 279° 239° 241° 243°
April 252° 256° 245° 257°
May 066° 252° 301° 237°
June 018° 261° 287° 259°
July 315° 277° 288° 278°
August 261° 277° 247° 285°
September 240° 278° 248° 251°
October 256° 262° 228° 247°
November 239° 251° 235° 236°
December 249° 237° 223° 239°

Prevailing wind direction

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