Plains Airport

S34 · Montana, United States

Climate Plains Airport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Plains Airport (KS34) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 77.7 74 84 50
February 83.8 73 94 96
March 92.1 87 96 97
April 97.7 100 96
May 97.8 98 98
June 97.2 98 97
July 99.7 100 100
August 97.0 99 95
September 94.9 92 98
October 89.5 85 90 95
November 82.2 66 93 96
December 75.1 72 81 80
Average 89.1 78.0 87.2 94.9 96.2

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
January 80.6 77 85 100
February 87.9 80 95 97
March 94.7 92 97 97
April 97.9 100 96
May 98.0 98 99
June 98.0 98 98
July 99.7 100 100
August 98.0 99 97
September 97.7 97 99
October 92.3 91 90 96
November 89.2 82 93 96
December 80.7 79 85 80
Average 91.9 83.3 91.3 95.9 97.1

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
January -2.7 -1 1 -6
February 4.0 5 4 3
March 10.2 11 8 12
April 13.3 16 11
May 20.9 25 17
June 23.8 25 22
July 33.3 33 34
August 31.7 34 30
September 25.8 27 25
October 16.4 15 18 16
November 4.8 5 1 8
December -1.9 3 -2 -2
Average 12.2 4.9 11.0 15.8 17.1

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -8.8 -8 -6 -7
February -5.1 -3 -6 -6
March -2.0 -2 -4 -1
April -2.5 0 -3
May 6.3 8 4
June 10.4 10 11
July 11.1 11 12
August 11.3 12 11
September 6.3 7 6
October 2.1 2 3 2
November -3.3 -2 -6 0
December -5.4 -3 -9 -3
Average 0.3 -5.8 -1.6 2.0 3.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.8 16 0 0
February 11.5 23 0 0
March 4.3 10 0 0
April 0.0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0
October 3.2 8 0 0
November 6.3 15 0 0
December 5.6 8 0 0
Average 5.1 16.3 4.0

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
January 1.2 2 0 0
February 1.7 3 1 1
March 2.0 3 1 2
April 2.1 2 3
May 1.3 1 2
June 0.8 1 1
July 0.8 1 1
August 1.1 1 1
September 1.0 1 2
October 1.1 2 0 1
November 1.0 2 1 1
December 1.0 1 0 1
Average 1.4 2.5 1.2 1.0 1.0

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 177° 270° 360°
February 231° 239° 108°
March 249° 182° 238°
April 238° 270°
May 299° 236°
June 233° 236°
July 249° 261°
August 235° 245°
September 251° 255°
October 236° 227° 242°
November 234° 171° 205°
December 190° 109° 270°

Prevailing wind direction

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