Cottonwood Airport

0MT5 · Montana, United States

Climate Cottonwood Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Laurel Municipal Airport (K6S8) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.3 95 94 16 96
February 91.1 93 91 93 85
March 91.8 92 89 92 98 67
April 95.3 96 95 96 95
May 97.3 98 97 98 97
June 96.8 95 99 100 97
July 89.1 100 100 13 100
August 96.3 100 99 85 100
September 98.9 99 100 98
October 95.6 99 96 89
November 96.4 100 94 92 99
December 79.2 99 96 0 96
Average 91.3 93.3 95.4 90.6 80.7 96.6

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 72.5 95 94 16 96
February 92.2 94 92 94 86
March 92.9 95 90 93 98 67
April 95.8 97 95 96 95
May 98.2 98 98 98 99
June 97.5 96 100 100 98
July 89.1 100 100 13 100
August 96.5 100 99 86 100
September 99.2 99 100 99
October 96.2 99 97 90
November 96.9 100 95 92 99
December 79.7 99 97 0 96
Average 92.0 94.6 95.9 91.1 81.0 97.3

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 2.9 1 4 1 5
February 3.0 7 4 4 -4
March 8.3 10 4 11 9 7
April 11.8 15 11 8 14
May 19.7 23 19 18 20
June 25.7 24 25 31 26
July 25.0 30 33 6 30
August 29.7 35 33 25 32
September 27.4 29 27 26
October 16.2 18 17 13
November 8.7 11 3 12 10
December 3.9 8 -1 0 7
Average 13.5 6.0 13.8 15.7 12.1 19.8

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 -5.1 -11 -6 0 -3
February -9.9 -4 -7 -9 -13
March -4.8 -3 -6 -2 -1 0
April -1.8 1 -2 0 1
May 6.6 8 6 6 7
June 12.4 12 11 17 11
July 11.6 14 15 3 14
August 13.7 23 16 11 14
September 10.1 11 10 9
October 3.1 4 5 0
November -3.5 -2 -7 1 -2
December -4.0 -3 -12 0 -3
Average 1.3 -6.0 1.4 2.9 2.4 5.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 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 2020
January 8.1 10 10 2 12
February 11.2 10 12 13 10
March 8.7 8 8 10 9 7
April 10.5 11 12 9 9
May 8.0 7 9 8 8
June 7.1 6 8 8 8
July 6.1 7 7 1 6
August 7.7 8 9 7 7
September 8.3 8 8 9
October 9.4 9 10 10
November 10.7 10 11 11 12
December 8.5 11 8 0 11
Average 8.7 9.4 8.8 8.8 7.6 8.7

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 233° 237° 241° 248°
February 243° 240° 246° 264°
March 263° 344° 261° 234° 157°
April 260° 306° 291° 285°
May 029° 297° 005° 345°
June 004° 267° 320° 284°
July 239° 252° 215° 355°
August 287° 215° 276° 133°
September 247° 219° 252°
October 251° 234° 266°
November 237° 253° 246° 242°
December 241° 256° 360° 242°

Prevailing wind direction

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