Abel Ranch Airport

17MT · Montana, United States

Climate Abel Ranch Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Glacier Park International Airport (KGPI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 63.2 52 57 61 79 66
February 75.3 49 85 83 81 87
March 89.1 85 82 89 94 97
April 87.8 86 86 95 91
May 92.2 79 94 96 89
June 93.0 93 86 95 90
July 96.1 99 96 88 99
August 86.8 80 98 76 100
September 87.9 97 82 92 79
October 90.1 86 92 98 81
November 69.3 60 45 84 83
December 61.4 40 64 69 72
Average 82.1 62.5 79.8 83.0 87.9 86.2

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 2020
January 74.5 61 69 73 90 76
February 81.8 64 89 89 86 90
March 92.4 92 88 91 96 98
April 93.8 94 90 98 95
May 95.9 88 97 98 94
June 96.3 96 94 97 95
July 97.2 99 97 91 99
August 90.8 85 99 80 100
September 90.7 97 86 95 82
October 94.2 91 97 99 87
November 80.7 74 71 89 89
December 74.3 56 80 75 79
Average 88.0 73.0 86.2 89.5 91.6 90.5

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 -1.6 -3 -1 -1 2 2
February -1.9 2 0 2 -2 4
March 7.1 9 5 9 10 7
April 12.0 13 10 15 13
May 19.4 23 16 19 18
June 23.3 25 22 27 21
July 29.6 31 30 33 27
August 28.6 30 31 27 28
September 21.7 21 25 22 23
October 12.6 14 16 15 11
November 3.8 5 -1 7 5
December 0.1 1 -4 -1 2
Average 12.0 2.8 13.9 13.4 14.6 13.3

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 -8.6 -9 -7 -9 -5 -4
February -9.3 -4 -8 -8 -10 -5
March -5.8 -3 -7 -2 -2 -4
April -1.3 -1 -4 -1 -1
May 5.5 8 3 5 6
June 8.7 9 8 10 9
July 9.8 11 9 12 9
August 9.5 11 10 11 9
September 5.6 7 6 5 5
October -1.4 1 1 0 -1
November -4.5 -4 -8 -1 -2
December -6.0 -4 -10 -8 -5
Average -1.9 -6.3 1.3 0.2 1.3 1.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 18.6 20 16 12 12 29
February 24.5 29 16 19 25 14
March 11.8 12 15 10 5 11
April 13.6 8 13 4 11
May 9.2 12 8 10 12
June 9.3 5 14 8 13
July 1.6 1 1 1 4
August 3.4 6 1 6 2
September 4.6 6 6 4 3
October 8.5 8 7 3 15
November 16.0 14 22 10 17
December 20.1 19 20 28 8
Average 12.5 20.1 10.2 10.4 8.6 11.3

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 3.1 4 2 3 3 4
February 6.2 5 6 6 7 6
March 6.5 7 6 6 6 10
April 7.2 7 8 8 9
May 6.6 6 7 6 8
June 5.9 6 6 6 6
July 5.4 6 5 5 6
August 5.5 5 5 5 7
September 5.6 5 5 5 7
October 5.4 4 5 6 5
November 4.7 3 5 5 5
December 3.5 2 3 6 3
Average 5.6 5.2 4.9 5.4 5.7 6.2

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 020° 135° 303° 204° 184°
February 120° 119° 072° 095° 200°
March 077° 058° 166° 182° 298°
April 164° 159° 091° 159°
May 113° 176° 165° 175°
June 159° 154° 156° 174°
July 199° 118° 138° 181°
August 151° 196° 207° 183°
September 124° 053° 183° 186°
October 030° 184° 195° 286°
November 178° 022° 187° 188°
December 149° 015° 180° 192°

Prevailing wind direction

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