Thompson Falls Airport

KTHM · Montana, United States

Climate Thompson Falls Airport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Thompson Falls Airport (KTHM) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 86.4 84 93 80
February 95.0 91 98 97
March 95.0 94 94 98
April 95.6 97 94
May 96.2 96 96
June 93.8 94 94
July 97.9 100 98 93
August 93.5 100 100 87
September 94.4 96 93
October 90.4 91 90
November 96.5 99 96 96
December 91.1 94 95 86
Average 92.9 90.0 96.0 95.1 90.6

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 89.4 86 95 86
February 96.0 93 99 97
March 96.4 95 96 98
April 96.9 98 96
May 96.6 97 97
June 94.5 95 94
July 98.7 100 98 97
August 97.0 100 100 94
September 96.6 98 96
October 91.9 92 92
November 96.9 99 96 96
December 92.8 94 95 90
Average 94.6 91.7 96.8 96.0 94.0

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 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -1.9 -1 1 0
February 3.9 4 4 4
March 9.6 11 8 11
April 12.3 14 11
May 20.0 24 16
June 23.2 25 21
July 32.1 32 32 32
August 30.9 34 33 29
September 24.8 26 24
October 16.4 18 15
November 4.1 4 1 8
December 0.6 2 -2 1
Average 12.2 4.7 13.1 14.5 16.6

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -6.6 -7 -4 -6
February -5.8 -2 -5 -6
March -3.8 -2 -3 -1
April -1.2 0 -1
May 6.0 8 4
June 9.9 10 10
July 10.5 10 11 11
August 11.5 17 12 11
September 6.7 8 6
October 2.0 3 1
November -3.3 -4 -5 1
December -5.8 -3 -6 -4
Average 0.8 -4.5 1.2 1.8 3.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 0.0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0
December 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
January 2.6 3 3 2
February 3.0 3 3 4
March 2.7 2 3 3
April 3.7 3 5
May 2.4 2 3
June 1.9 1 3
July 2.4 2 3 3
August 3.0 1 3 3
September 2.5 2 3
October 2.6 2 4
November 2.5 1 4 3
December 1.7 2 1 2
Average 2.6 2.5 2.1 2.9 2.7

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 013° 067° 172°
February 066° 328° 242°
March 335° 040° 273°
April 252° 043°
May 065° 260°
June 260° 306°
July 241° 257° 272°
August 288° 243° 258°
September 052° 248°
October 148° 300°
November 066° 064° 161°
December 070° 067° 197°

Prevailing wind direction

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