Mountain Home Air Force Base

KMUO · Idaho, United States

Climate Mountain Home Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mountain Home Air Force Base (KMUO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.6 78 81 57 97 91
February 91.3 85 97 92 91 96
March 95.1 89 89 98 97 98
April 97.8 96 98 98 99
May 96.6 98 92 97 97
June 98.4 100 97 98 97
July 99.6 99 100 100 100
August 97.2 99 100 95 98
September 97.1 99 100 92 97
October 96.7 89 99 97 100
November 91.5 93 87 82 92
December 76.1 70 66 84 90
Average 93.0 84.1 92.7 91.7 94.0 96.5

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 89.8 85 90 80 99 96
February 94.6 92 99 95 93 98
March 98.0 92 98 99 99 100
April 99.0 98 98 100 99
May 99.4 100 99 99 99
June 99.1 100 97 100 98
July 99.7 100 100 100 100
August 98.8 99 100 98 99
September 98.0 99 100 94 100
October 98.1 93 99 99 100
November 94.7 97 91 83 97
December 83.5 80 79 87 91
Average 95.9 89.6 96.2 95.6 95.9 98.4

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 4 3 0 5 6
February 6.5 10 6 5 6 8
March 12.3 12 7 14 14 13
April 17.3 16 15 19 19
May 23.1 24 20 23 24
June 28.7 26 28 33 28
July 35.7 36 36 37 34
August 34.0 33 36 32 35
September 27.9 27 31 28 29
October 17.6 19 21 18 18
November 9.5 10 5 11 10
December 3.1 6 0 4 3
Average 17.1 8.5 17.9 18.1 19.4 19.1

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 -4.0 -4 -5 -6 -2 -1
February -4.8 0 -6 -6 -3 -4
March -1.6 0 -2 0 -2 0
April 2.6 1 0 3 3
May 7.4 9 5 8 8
June 12.0 12 11 16 11
July 16.7 17 17 19 15
August 15.7 16 17 15 16
September 10.0 10 11 9 10
October 2.7 4 3 5 2
November -2.4 -1 -5 1 -2
December -4.2 -2 -6 -3 -6
Average 3.8 -2.6 4.5 3.8 5.4 4.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.2 18 13 12 4 11
February 7.5 14 5 3 7 7
March 6.7 6 15 4 4 6
April 5.9 9 12 3 1
May 7.7 11 10 4 8
June 4.5 5 9 3 8
July 1.1 3 1 1 1
August 1.6 5 4 1 0
September 2.4 7 2 2 1
October 4.6 10 1 8 3
November 6.5 10 9 5 9
December 8.6 9 16 10 4
Average 6.2 12.4 8.3 6.7 4.1 4.7

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 9.4 11 10 8 7 9
February 11.2 11 13 11 10 11
March 10.5 9 13 12 11 8
April 11.4 13 12 10 10
May 9.3 8 10 11 9
June 9.2 8 9 10 10
July 7.9 8 8 8 9
August 8.0 9 8 9 9
September 7.8 8 8 9 8
October 8.5 9 7 10 9
November 8.9 8 9 9 9
December 8.3 8 8 10 7
Average 9.3 10.3 9.4 9.2 9.6 9.0

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 096° 085° 109° 090° 104°
February 059° 074° 078° 337° 333°
March 323° 072° 353° 347° 329°
April 316° 357° 328° 330°
May 058° 331° 322° 331°
June 294° 344° 344° 320°
July 317° 340° 020° 329°
August 036° 083° 329° 325°
September 004° 075° 349° 352°
October 039° 351° 067° 322°
November 076° 078° 100° 094°
December 103° 096° 106° 103°

Prevailing wind direction

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