Skyrider

1MT2 · Montana, United States

Climate Skyrider 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Billings Logan International Airport (KBIL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 88.3 87 84 89 85 92
February 79.9 74 80 87 79 86
March 79.7 68 64 80 93 75
April 85.6 85 88 85 89
May 86.6 86 93 86 90
June 94.6 83 97 99 96
July 99.3 99 100 100 100
August 95.0 95 96 91 100
September 90.1 86 96 100 96
October 87.0 75 90 87 83
November 89.4 92 84 99 97
December 85.6 94 72 83 94
Average 87.4 75.5 84.8 90.2 90.8 91.6

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 2020
January 91.7 92 85 92 93 96
February 86.6 84 85 90 85 91
March 87.3 79 78 85 97 88
April 92.7 91 95 96 92
May 94.3 93 99 97 95
June 97.9 94 98 100 99
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 97.2 98 97 96 100
September 95.3 93 99 100 98
October 91.4 82 95 93 86
November 93.4 98 91 99 98
December 91.4 98 96 88 95
Average 92.5 84.2 91.1 94.8 95.5 94.9

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 2.5 1 4 4 6 4
February 1.1 7 4 4 -4 4
March 8.0 8 3 11 12 10
April 13.6 14 11 14 14
May 20.1 23 18 19 20
June 26.2 23 25 32 26
July 31.9 31 33 35 31
August 30.5 31 32 30 32
September 24.8 25 28 27 26
October 14.6 14 17 17 13
November 8.1 11 3 12 10
December 3.8 8 -2 2 7
Average 14.2 5.3 15.8 15.8 16.9 16.2

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 -7.4 -9 -5 -7 -3 -5
February -9.4 -3 -6 -8 -12 -5
March -3.3 -2 -6 -1 -1 -2
April 1.4 1 -1 2 1
May 7.7 10 7 6 7
June 12.7 13 12 15 13
July 16.6 16 17 19 15
August 15.7 17 17 15 16
September 10.7 12 12 11 10
October 3.2 4 6 6 2
November -2.6 0 -6 2 0
December -6.9 -1 -12 -8 -2
Average 2.6 -5.2 4.5 3.5 4.3 4.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.5 10 13 9 5 4
February 16.9 16 18 15 18 12
March 11.8 19 18 16 5 14
April 13.1 12 14 10 11
May 8.4 6 12 6 10
June 5.9 12 7 1 9
July 0.9 1 1 1 0
August 2.8 3 3 7 0
September 5.1 3 4 0 3
October 10.1 20 5 9 14
November 8.0 4 16 3 3
December 8.4 6 9 10 5
Average 8.8 15.5 9.5 8.9 5.9 6.9

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 11.9 11 11 13 11 11
February 11.0 10 13 13 11 13
March 8.9 8 8 10 10 11
April 10.0 10 12 10 11
May 8.4 7 9 8 8
June 8.2 7 8 8 9
July 7.1 7 7 8 7
August 7.7 8 8 8 7
September 8.4 8 8 8 10
October 10.1 8 9 10 11
November 11.4 11 12 12 12
December 11.3 12 10 9 13
Average 9.4 9.5 8.9 9.8 9.2 10.0

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 237° 250° 251° 261° 263°
February 260° 253° 259° 274° 249°
March 359° 002° 278° 250° 268°
April 275° 318° 292° 304°
May 042° 296° 359° 332°
June 005° 266° 321° 276°
July 242° 255° 200° 286°
August 262° 253° 266° 217°
September 231° 267° 250° 260°
October 277° 258° 254° 269°
November 243° 261° 258° 250°
December 243° 255° 249° 250°

Prevailing wind direction

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