Sunnyside Municipal Airport

1S5 · Washington, United States

Climate Sunnyside Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sunnyside Municipal Airport (K1S5) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.9 49 61 44 66 85
February 80.6 75 100 98 82 100
March 96.4 100 95 100 99 100
April 97.0 99 90 99 99
May 99.1 99 98 100 100
June 99.3 98 100 99 100
July 99.7 100 100 99 100
August 94.7 89 99 89 99
September 92.4 97 98 97 72
October 97.3 92 99 100 96
November 80.5 80 85 76 83
December 49.5 48 29 77 50
Average 87.4 75.8 90.3 89.9 91.1 91.0

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 71.3 65 73 68 76 91
February 86.6 90 100 98 85 100
March 97.7 100 96 100 100 100
April 98.8 99 97 99 99
May 99.6 99 100 100 100
June 99.5 99 100 99 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 97.6 92 99 99 100
September 93.8 98 99 98 73
October 98.3 94 100 100 96
November 88.4 92 91 83 88
December 68.2 75 44 95 60
Average 92.1 85.7 94.6 93.8 95.0 92.8

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 3.6 1 4 2 7 8
February 7.1 10 7 10 7 12
March 13.2 15 12 16 15 14
April 17.5 17 14 21 20
May 24.1 27 20 24 23
June 27.8 29 27 32 27
July 32.4 33 34 34 31
August 31.3 31 34 31 31
September 25.3 25 27 26 26
October 18.1 18 22 18 19
November 9.0 9 6 11 10
December 3.7 6 -1 5 5
Average 16.8 8.7 18.5 18.2 19.2 18.8

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 -3.7 -4 1 -3 0 0
February -3.8 1 5 -3 -3 -2
March -1.6 1 -1 2 -1 0
April 2.9 3 2 3 3
May 7.6 10 6 7 8
June 8.9 10 11 13 11
July 11.6 13 13 14 8
August 11.0 12 14 13 3
September 8.3 9 9 8 9
October 3.2 4 5 5 4
November -1.3 0 -3 2 0
December -2.0 1 -6 -1 -2
Average 3.3 -1.1 5.6 4.2 4.9 3.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.0 13 4 4 7 8
February 9.0 7 2 1 11 0
March 3.6 2 3 4 0 1
April 4.4 6 8 0 1
May 2.9 2 7 1 4
June 1.9 1 3 1 4
July 0.3 1 0 1 0
August 1.0 5 1 0 0
September 2.1 3 1 6 0
October 3.7 5 2 4 2
November 5.1 3 5 4 5
December 5.9 11 18 4 3
Average 4.2 7.0 3.8 3.9 2.9 2.2

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 2.8 3 2 2 3 5
February 4.0 4 6 3 5 4
March 4.1 4 4 5 4 5
April 4.9 4 6 5 4
May 3.7 3 4 4 4
June 3.6 3 4 3 4
July 1.8 2 2 1 2
August 1.6 1 1 2 1
September 2.1 2 1 2 2
October 2.9 2 2 4 4
November 3.1 3 4 4 4
December 2.2 2 1 5 2
Average 3.1 3.6 2.6 2.9 3.5 3.4

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 269° 190° 229° 164° 194°
February 228° 261° 004° 241° 228°
March 209° 259° 242° 231° 220°
April 216° 254° 334° 258°
May 266° 231° 258° 270°
June 247° 233° 258° 247°
July 246° 075° 139° 251°
August 269° 238° 253° 260°
September 244° 321° 187° 045°
October 066° 197° 192° 235°
November 220° 282° 196° 233°
December 202° 238° 176° 175°

Prevailing wind direction

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