16 Ranch Airport

36MT · United States

Climate 16 Ranch Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Grass Range Weather Station (KMVH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 88.1 87 84 90 0
February 77.1 79 82 80
March 78.9 71 68 83 85 100
April 79.7 79 78 74 100
May 85.1 100 92 77 91
June 95.0 98 97 93
July 98.8 100 100 100
August 94.7 87 94 98 100
September 85.7 84 96 93
October 83.6 76 87 83
November 86.4 90 76 93
December 83.3 93 68 87
Average 86.3 78.4 82.8 88.4 87.4 92.9

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 92.0 89 89 95 0
February 87.7 89 89 88
March 88.6 85 79 94 95 100
April 89.0 90 88 89 100
May 92.4 100 98 87 96
June 97.9 100 99 97
July 99.6 100 100 100
August 98.1 90 98 100 100
September 92.5 92 100 97
October 91.0 87 91 90
November 93.1 96 88 94
December 91.6 94 85 95
Average 92.7 87.6 89.7 94.4 94.5 96.4

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 2.3 1 3 5 -2
February 2.5 5 4 3
March 5.9 6 0 9 8 7
April 10.5 11 8 11 22
May 16.5 22 15 16 16
June 22.6 22 28 22
July 28.0 28 31 26
August 27.3 28 29 28 29
September 21.3 23 25 23
October 12.5 13 15 12
November 6.6 10 2 9
December 3.5 9 -2 6
Average 13.5 3.8 10.4 13.7 20.2 17.8

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 -9.0 -11 -7 -9 -2
February -10.8 -6 -8 -10
March -5.2 -6 -9 -4 -3 7
April -2.3 -2 -4 -2 20
May 4.2 5 3 3 4
June 8.7 8 10 9
July 12.7 12 15 10
August 11.8 14 13 15 12
September 7.2 8 9 7
October 0.6 0 3 -1
November -5.8 -3 -8 -4
December -7.6 -4 -13 -4
Average 1.1 -8.4 -2.3 0.4 5.8 4.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.7 16 0 0 0
February 9.1 17 0 0
March 6.0 18 0 0 6 0
April 5.6 0 0 9 0
May 4.0 0 0 2 6
June 2.6 0 0 5
July 0.6 0 0 1
August 1.6 8 0 0 1
September 4.6 7 0 2
October 7.4 14 0 13
November 3.8 4 0 7
December 5.9 7 0 5
Average 5.5 16.7 4.3 2.8 4.6

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 8.9 8 8 11 0
February 10.0 9 10 13
March 9.1 8 8 12 11 27
April 10.3 9 13 10 10
May 9.1 6 10 9 9
June 9.0 9 10 9
July 7.4 8 7 8
August 7.6 8 8 9 8
September 8.3 8 9 10
October 9.4 8 9 10
November 9.6 8 11 11
December 8.6 7 8 9
Average 8.8 8.4 8.2 10.0 9.0 9.0

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 299° 300° 292° 360°
February 289° 297° 302°
March 300° 322° 300° 289° 278°
April 296° 303° 306° 313°
May 117° 297° 303° 288°
June 278° 310° 301°
July 305° 320° 294°
August 272° 312° 311° 307°
September 287° 280° 299°
October 299° 300° 299°
November 282° 293° 282°
December 292° 306° 291°

Prevailing wind direction

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