Skyline Seaplane Base

21H · Washington, United States

Climate Skyline Seaplane Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field) (KNUW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.3 65 66 57 59 64
February 71.7 69 78 67 72 73
March 76.2 76 74 68 84 76
April 80.1 77 90 81 77
May 76.1 74 84 71 86
June 81.7 72 84 87 82
July 78.5 81 79 68 76
August 77.6 82 81 78 85
September 78.9 83 85 83 62
October 76.0 73 79 76 69
November 78.6 87 79 72 78
December 67.8 59 78 63 65
Average 75.7 70.1 75.6 78.1 75.0 75.0

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 95.5 90 98 88 98 96
February 94.5 98 99 94 95 90
March 97.2 97 99 92 99 97
April 97.0 99 100 94 94
May 93.0 94 98 89 98
June 93.8 88 97 96 95
July 91.1 94 89 81 92
August 87.6 93 90 91 91
September 90.3 90 92 97 70
October 91.9 95 92 97 82
November 96.8 100 97 96 97
December 93.7 90 99 92 91
Average 93.6 95.2 94.5 93.7 93.3 91.1

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 9.1 8 9 8 9 11
February 8.4 10 8 8 8 10
March 11.2 11 10 11 11 11
April 14.0 15 12 14 15
May 15.9 16 14 15 17
June 18.5 17 17 21 18
July 19.4 19 19 18 19
August 20.8 21 21 20 21
September 18.9 18 19 18 19
October 14.7 15 16 14 14
November 11.0 11 9 12 11
December 8.5 10 5 6 10
Average 13.6 9.2 14.0 13.4 13.8 14.5

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 3.9 2 4 3 5 6
February 2.9 4 3 3 3 5
March 4.4 4 3 5 4 5
April 6.7 6 5 6 7
May 9.5 9 8 9 10
June 11.2 10 11 12 11
July 12.4 12 12 12 12
August 12.8 13 12 13 12
September 11.3 11 10 11 12
October 7.8 7 8 8 9
November 5.2 4 2 7 6
December 3.6 4 0 1 5
Average 7.2 3.4 7.1 6.7 7.6 8.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.6 21 12 9 14 31
February 14.9 11 7 8 23 19
March 10.1 12 8 10 7 11
April 9.9 8 8 7 9
May 7.1 3 14 4 9
June 6.8 4 9 6 10
July 2.3 1 2 1 7
August 2.8 2 2 4 5
September 6.7 4 2 12 8
October 10.9 7 10 18 7
November 14.2 4 11 28 15
December 14.2 12 6 18 14
Average 9.6 14.3 5.7 7.3 10.9 11.2

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 10.3 10 10 10 10 14
February 9.0 9 10 8 10 9
March 8.9 10 10 9 11 8
April 9.5 12 11 7 7
May 7.1 7 9 7 8
June 7.1 7 7 7 7
July 6.6 7 6 7 6
August 6.0 6 6 7 6
September 6.5 7 6 8 6
October 8.1 8 7 10 9
November 9.8 9 9 12 11
December 8.9 10 9 10 9
Average 8.2 9.5 8.2 8.0 8.6 8.0

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 133° 127° 153° 138° 151°
February 132° 180° 131° 226° 207°
March 158° 155° 180° 176° 222°
April 164° 189° 262° 263°
May 249° 214° 242° 232°
June 253° 237° 243° 232°
July 242° 249° 245° 244°
August 246° 252° 240° 245°
September 208° 236° 177° 243°
October 133° 193° 149° 215°
November 134° 164° 145° 157°
December 143° 095° 154° 133°

Prevailing wind direction

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