L M Clayton Airport

KOLF · Montana, United States

Climate L M Clayton Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of L M Clayton Airport (KOLF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.7 67 52 83 78 85
February 79.1 66 84 88 85 83
March 72.0 67 49 79 87 79
April 84.3 92 77 78 86 95
May 90.6 85 96 78 95
June 95.3 99 90 96 91
July 95.4 88 93 95 99
August 93.8 93 97 92 99
September 88.0 79 93 99 98
October 80.7 73 53 82 94
November 74.8 86 52 96 82
December 81.1 97 53 78 85
Average 83.8 73.6 79.7 81.6 87.8 90.9

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 85.7 80 56 93 95 97
February 87.7 78 89 93 96 92
March 86.1 85 71 90 94 95
April 94.0 100 92 90 95 96
May 96.8 95 100 90 99
June 98.3 100 95 98 97
July 98.1 92 97 100 99
August 97.4 98 100 97 100
September 94.8 88 98 99 99
October 90.3 86 65 92 97
November 86.6 90 63 100 83
December 87.3 98 69 82 92
Average 91.8 86.0 87.7 89.3 95.0 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 -4.4 -5 -5 -5 2 -3
February -4.9 4 -2 0 -5 3
March 5.0 5 -3 8 13 8
April 14.0 18 11 10 15 13
May 21.6 24 20 20 21
June 27.4 28 26 31 27
July 32.0 31 32 35 30
August 31.1 31 33 30 33
September 24.3 26 28 27 24
October 13.8 13 15 17 10
November 4.8 7 -1 9 7
December -1.2 5 -10 -6 3
Average 12.8 5.1 13.8 14.0 15.8 14.7

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 -15.9 -16 -14 -16 -10 -12
February -15.0 -7 -13 -13 -19 -11
March -8.3 -7 -15 -6 -5 -5
April -2.9 1 -2 -3 -2 -3
May 6.1 9 5 4 6
June 11.2 13 10 12 11
July 14.4 13 14 17 13
August 12.7 14 15 13 13
September 7.6 9 8 7 6
October -1.9 0 2 2 -3
November -7.0 -6 -11 -5 -7
December -13.9 -9 -17 -18 -9
Average -2.8 -8.8 -1.9 -1.7 -1.7 -1.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.4 5 8 4 6 4
February 10.1 16 6 8 3 8
March 8.8 17 22 5 4 6
April 6.7 3 15 13 5 4
May 5.2 6 6 7 4
June 4.5 2 8 2 10
July 1.3 1 1 1 2
August 2.3 4 1 4 0
September 5.9 3 4 2 1
October 5.8 11 10 7 3
November 6.1 0 19 2 5
December 8.3 0 37 13 1
Average 6.1 10.0 6.8 7.9 4.3 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 7.1 7 6 8 8 7
February 7.8 8 9 9 9 7
March 9.1 10 9 11 8 9
April 10.3 11 10 13 9 11
May 8.9 8 11 9 9
June 8.6 6 10 9 8
July 7.4 8 7 7 7
August 7.6 8 8 9 7
September 8.1 7 8 7 9
October 8.9 9 9 8 9
November 8.1 7 10 9 7
December 6.9 7 7 7 7
Average 8.4 9.1 7.8 9.4 8.1 8.0

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 278° 279° 291° 302° 295°
February 286° 311° 305° 288° 270°
March 031° 055° 306° 280° 298°
April 293° 354° 336° 314° 310°
May 062° 295° 048° 108°
June 080° 276° 336° 276°
July 298° 344° 074° 271°
August 327° 047° 338° 264°
September 058° 003° 272° 297°
October 341° 310° 284° 306°
November 275° 287° 276° 279°
December 277° 349° 327° 269°

Prevailing wind direction

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