Yellowstone Weather Station

P60 · Montana, United States

Climate Yellowstone Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Yellowstone Weather Station (KP60) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 0.0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 -6.4 -5 -7 -6 -5
February -5.6 -2 -4 -6 -4
March 0.8 1 -3 3 1
April 4.5 4 5 4 4
May 10.6 12 8 11 11
June 17.2 15 16 22 16
July 23.3 23 25 25 22
August 21.2 20 22 21 24
September 16.7 16 18 17 18
October 6.8 8 9 8 8
November -1.9 2 -3 1 1
December -5.6 -2 -6 -3 -5
Average 6.6 -3.8 6.9 11.3 9.1 7.6

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 -16.5 -15 -16 -16 -13
February -16.5 -12 -18 -17 -19
March -13.7 -12 -17 -12 -11
April -8.4 -11 -6 -9 -9
May -3.7 -1 -3 -3 -2
June 1.7 2 2 2 2
July 4.6 4 5 6 4
August 4.1 6 6 4 4
September 0.2 1 2 -1 -1
October -6.7 -4 -4 -3 -6
November -11.5 -9 -14 -7 -12
December -14.2 -13 -15 -7 -16
Average -7.5 -14.9 -7.7 -3.3 -5.2 -7.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 1.8 2 1 2 3
February 3.1 2 2 4 3
March 2.9 2 3 3 3
April 3.3 3 2 3 3
May 2.4 2 3 3 3
June 2.8 2 2 3 2
July 2.6 2 2 2 3
August 2.5 2 2 3 3
September 2.8 2 2 3 3
October 2.9 2 3 2 4
November 2.8 2 3 4 3
December 2.2 1 3 3 2
Average 2.6 2.0 2.0 2.4 2.6 2.8

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 270° 249° 261° 267°
February 266° 266° 268° 264°
March 248° 264° 248° 260°
April 270° 259° 324° 273°
May 120° 268° 255° 256°
June 107° 239° 255° 256°
July 253° 255° 273° 247°
August 267° 270° 268° 262°
September 252° 268° 263° 267°
October 281° 266° 258° 265°
November 269° 271° 269° 269°
December 270° 262° 268° 267°

Prevailing wind direction

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