Delta Shores Airport

00ID · United States

Climate Delta Shores Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sandpoint Airport (KSZT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 49.5 41 52 41 61 36
February 64.7 48 63 72 61 78
March 76.6 79 76 73 85 72
April 82.5 86 83 88 96 89
May 90.1 94 85 95 78
June 92.6 98 85 97 82
July 98.8 100 99 100 96
August 94.8 88 99 92 100
September 85.4 95 74 88 75
October 78.5 94 72 29 86
November 60.2 53 62 61 61
December 53.0 56 34 53 57
Average 77.1 61.4 80.5 77.0 78.6 77.3

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 74.8 58 84 71 91 65
February 87.1 81 89 89 91 91
March 92.5 93 88 95 97 91
April 96.4 99 96 95 100 98
May 98.3 99 99 99 97
June 98.3 100 97 100 96
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 97.5 93 100 96 100
September 92.8 100 88 97 82
October 87.8 98 90 36 93
November 89.4 89 84 86 91
December 80.5 71 81 82 86
Average 90.8 79.7 92.3 91.9 90.2 91.5

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 0.7 -1 1 0 2 2
February 1.9 4 2 3 1 5
March 7.9 9 6 9 10 8
April 12.7 14 12 10 16 13
May 20.1 24 16 19 19
June 23.7 26 23 28 21
July 29.5 30 30 33 27
August 28.9 29 31 28 29
September 21.8 22 24 21 23
October 13.0 15 16 13 13
November 4.5 5 1 6 5
December 0.9 3 -2 0 2
Average 12.9 6.2 14.6 13.8 14.7 13.8

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 -4.5 -5 -2 -5 -2 -2
February -5.6 0 -4 -5 -5 -3
March -2.5 -1 -3 0 -2 -1
April 1.3 2 1 0 1 1
May 6.4 9 5 5 6
June 9.3 10 10 11 9
July 10.5 11 12 12 10
August 10.7 12 12 11 10
September 6.8 8 8 6 7
October 1.7 3 4 3 2
November -2.8 -2 -5 1 0
December -4.5 -1 -6 -4 -3
Average 2.2 -2.9 3.5 2.6 3.1 2.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 23.0 31 12 20 20 46
February 20.9 28 22 14 18 12
March 15.7 18 14 15 10 18
April 13.3 6 10 13 6 6
May 8.4 7 14 6 14
June 7.2 4 14 5 9
July 1.7 0 2 1 3
August 1.8 4 1 3 1
September 4.6 5 3 7 3
October 8.0 4 13 7 10
November 18.5 21 19 22 19
December 21.2 24 17 25 18
Average 12.4 21.4 10.2 11.4 9.9 12.3

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 4.3 5 4 3 4 3
February 5.5 5 5 4 6 4
March 5.1 4 6 4 5 7
April 5.5 6 5 6 6 6
May 5.5 5 5 7 6
June 4.9 4 5 5 5
July 4.7 5 4 5 5
August 4.6 5 4 5 4
September 4.8 5 5 4 4
October 4.4 5 4 4 5
November 4.4 4 6 4 5
December 3.7 3 4 5 3
Average 4.8 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.9 4.7

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 036° 051° 207° 020° 215°
February 043° 015° 277° 288° 204°
March 100° 048° 170° 189° 059°
April 164° 187° 065° 112° 135°
May 081° 178° 116° 071°
June 180° 172° 136° 189°
July 157° 161° 144° 182°
August 134° 123° 154° 185°
September 052° 070° 186° 149°
October 050° 196° 031° 217°
November 046° 030° 220° 221°
December 056° 355° 243° 254°

Prevailing wind direction

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