Washington Island Airport

2P2 · United States

Climate Washington Island Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Washington Island Airport (K2P2) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 45.5 29 21 65 39 46
February 71.3 68 68 75 77 88
March 74.0 82 72 69 78 57
April 74.8 81 75 67 74 77
May 83.6 87 83 83 87
June 86.8 82 92 82 94
July 89.1 89 93 88 90
August 83.1 80 80 82 86
September 77.4 76 74 86 85
October 66.0 63 75 56 71
November 64.9 78 60 74 71
December 44.3 52 38 47 44
Average 73.0 67.1 72.1 75.2 74.0 76.3

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 78.3 75 68 89 79 83
February 86.4 82 94 90 88 95
March 87.1 92 84 85 92 83
April 85.7 91 83 80 87 89
May 91.2 96 91 91 94
June 92.4 89 95 89 97
July 93.9 92 97 92 96
August 92.3 91 93 89 96
September 91.4 91 95 96 94
October 91.1 88 96 84 98
November 91.8 95 91 94 92
December 82.1 78 93 76 96
Average 88.7 85.8 88.0 91.2 88.6 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 -3.1 -2 -1 -5 -2 -1
February -3.9 2 -1 -4 -5 -2
March 2.0 5 1 1 5 3
April 7.5 11 9 6 9 7
May 14.5 16 15 14 14
June 20.6 22 20 22 21
July 23.9 24 24 24 25
August 22.8 22 24 24 23
September 18.9 20 19 20 17
October 11.9 12 12 15 9
November 4.7 6 6 6 8
December 0.4 4 1 1 1
Average 9.4 3.6 11.1 10.2 11.0 10.6

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 -9.6 -6 -5 -14 -7 -6
February -10.5 -5 -8 -12 -13 -9
March -5.5 -3 -4 -5 -3 -3
April -1.8 2 1 -1 1 -2
May 5.0 5 6 5 5
June 11.1 11 11 13 11
July 14.5 14 14 14 17
August 14.5 14 15 16 15
September 11.7 13 11 11 10
October 5.6 7 4 9 3
November -1.3 0 0 0 1
December -5.5 -1 -4 -5 -4
Average 2.2 -3.0 3.9 2.5 3.6 3.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.5 17 18 16 8 18
February 10.5 3 9 14 12 4
March 10.2 10 17 14 7 12
April 11.1 7 11 16 10 12
May 6.6 5 6 5 8
June 6.3 6 6 6 7
July 3.4 4 2 6 4
August 3.8 5 5 2 3
September 5.7 4 9 4 8
October 8.6 8 8 1 9
November 9.8 9 10 10 3
December 11.9 8 10 16 6
Average 8.4 8.9 8.1 9.2 6.8 7.7

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 7.7 8 8 9 7 7
February 8.0 8 9 8 7 8
March 8.1 8 8 8 9 8
April 7.8 8 9 8 7 8
May 6.9 6 7 7 7
June 6.2 6 7 6 6
July 6.0 5 6 6 6
August 6.1 6 6 6 6
September 7.0 7 8 7 7
October 8.2 8 8 7 9
November 8.5 8 9 8 10
December 7.8 7 7 8 8
Average 7.3 7.9 7.1 7.5 7.1 7.3

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 305° 311° 302° 319° 297°
February 263° 266° 300° 274° 283°
March 307° 003° 318° 255° 241°
April 074° 205° 161° 349° 340°
May 043° 163° 170° 040°
June 024° 215° 194° 204°
July 240° 238° 340° 238°
August 329° 250° 206° 232°
September 139° 307° 258° 230°
October 324° 243° 357° 283°
November 253° 242° 263° 242°
December 291° 213° 257° 288°

Prevailing wind direction

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