Lewistown Municipal Airport

KLWT · Montana, United States

Climate Lewistown Municipal Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lewistown Municipal Airport (KLWT) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 79.7 58 75 71 82 91
February 73.7 72 70 72 68 70
March 80.0 77 63 75 89
April 80.3 81 81 71 71
May 84.2 75 85 92 79
June 91.8 88 83 94 97
July 97.6 97 98 98 100
August 95.9 96 98 100 92
September 84.9 90 80 70 100
October 85.3 99 68 84 93
November 80.1 91 89 57 69
December 82.9 81 89 56 85
Average 83.3 64.8 85.0 81.7 80.4 86.7

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 85.3 65 84 78 88 91
February 81.5 78 79 76 78 80
March 86.2 86 72 82 94
April 89.3 86 92 82 91
May 92.9 86 95 97 90
June 96.6 97 90 96 100
July 99.2 99 100 99 100
August 98.6 98 100 100 96
September 90.3 92 85 76 100
October 91.4 99 74 91 96
November 85.4 95 94 72 70
December 87.7 86 91 70 88
Average 89.0 71.4 90.9 87.6 87.0 92.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 1.5 -2.0 0.3 2.3 3.2 3.9
February -2.3 -7.9 3.0 2.1 1.3 -6.5
March 5.5 5.2 1.1 8.4 9.5
April 11.1 12.9 11.1 8.0 11.4
May 17.2 15.4 20.1 16.1 16.0
June 22.7 22.3 21.3 22.6 27.1
July 28.7 28.6 27.8 29.0 31.3
August 27.8 27.8 27.6 30.3 26.8
September 22.5 25.3 22.8 25.1 24.3
October 13.7 18.6 13.8 15.0 16.0
November 6.3 6.0 10.0 0.9 11.1
December 2.9 6.4 7.7 -5.0 0.4
Average 11.5 -4.0 14.3 14.1 13.6 14.3

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -10.9 -11.3 -13.6 -8.9 -9.3 -7.7
February -12.2 -15.4 -7.0 -9.6 -12.9 -16.8
March -6.3 -6.2 -9.9 -5.7 -4.7
April -2.6 -1.9 -2.5 -3.1 -2.3
May 4.1 2.6 6.9 3.2 2.6
June 8.3 7.2 8.9 7.7 10.0
July 11.8 11.8 11.0 12.1 14.4
August 11.5 11.0 12.1 12.9 12.8
September 7.2 9.1 8.1 9.0 6.5
October 0.7 2.6 2.0 2.9 2.2
November -5.3 -5.4 -3.5 -10.6 -2.0
December -8.4 -4.1 -5.7 -15.0 -12.0
Average -1.0 -13.4 0.9 1.5 0.2 0.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 13.9 30 19 18 13 5
February 19.7 23 20 23 23 21
March 11.0 13 19 20 5
April 14.6 15 13 24 15
May 8.8 21 8 9 4
June 7.0 11 13 4 3
July 1.3 2 1 2 1
August 3.0 2 4 3 6
September 7.7 10 8 7 2
October 8.8 1 17 12 5
November 11.7 9 1 27 3
December 10.7 10 10 22 12
Average 11.1 26.3 11.0 11.1 13.0 6.3

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 8.5 9 7 8 9 10
February 8.9 8 8 10 10 9
March 8.1 7 8 9 9
April 9.1 9 8 10 8
May 8.0 9 7 9 8
June 7.4 9 5 8 6
July 6.1 6 5 6 6
August 6.8 7 8 7 8
September 7.2 8 6 7 8
October 8.8 8 7 8 9
November 9.7 8 8 10 13
December 9.0 9 8 8 10
Average 8.1 8.6 7.8 7.2 8.3 8.5

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 266° 259° 261° 256° 256°
February 253° 259° 253° 273° 260°
March 268° 293° 286° 261°
April 293° 252° 289° 287°
May 288° 085° 281° 313°
June 295° 061° 262° 326°
July 267° 269° 305° 059°
August 093° 263° 352° 292°
September 279° 278° 296° 274°
October 254° 298° 260° 258°
November 255° 262° 264° 259°
December 256° 249° 251° 249°

Prevailing wind direction

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