Grants Pass Airport

3S8 · Oregon, United States

Climate Grants Pass Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Grants Pass Airport (K3S8) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.3 42 60 62 51 56
February 65.2 58 65 77 58 75
March 78.4 70 66 89 88 88
April 90.2 91 84 97 90
May 92.2 91 94 99 90
June 95.7 98 95 94 95
July 96.2 100 95 100 99
August 91.2 98 95 87 100
September 83.4 88 85 90 65
October 85.2 71 86 83 95
November 60.4 55 55 52 58
December 37.3 54 35 27 38
Average 76.7 57.0 79.2 82.1 79.1 80.8

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 63.4 59 74 68 67 72
February 75.6 71 76 80 73 83
March 87.2 85 80 92 93 95
April 95.8 96 92 100 95
May 97.6 98 98 100 93
June 98.2 99 99 96 98
July 98.2 100 99 100 100
August 95.1 99 96 91 100
September 88.3 98 90 94 67
October 90.5 81 89 90 98
November 74.9 67 81 68 71
December 53.7 63 61 45 47
Average 84.8 71.9 86.8 88.9 86.1 86.4

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 9.6 10 9 11 9 10
February 11.1 12 10 14 10 14
March 14.6 15 11 17 15 15
April 19.3 18 16 23 22
May 24.5 25 22 25 24
June 28.7 30 28 31 27
July 33.5 34 34 35 33
August 33.7 35 35 33 33
September 28.2 27 30 30 31
October 21.7 21 25 19 24
November 12.4 12 10 12 12
December 7.5 10 5 6 8
Average 19.7 12.3 20.0 20.9 20.7 20.9

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 2.5 5 1 0 2 4
February 0.4 4 -1 -1 1 0
March 1.7 3 1 3 1 2
April 4.9 5 3 3 6
May 8.5 10 7 8 9
June 11.6 11 11 14 12
July 14.9 15 15 16 14
August 14.7 17 15 15 14
September 10.9 11 13 10 12
October 5.8 7 7 7 6
November 2.8 4 1 5 3
December 2.0 4 0 3 2
Average 6.5 3.7 6.8 6.4 7.0 6.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.1 21 16 4 17 9
February 12.6 14 11 2 7 0
March 14.7 16 16 2 2 4
April 11.5 4 8 0 2
May 4.7 1 4 1 7
June 2.2 1 4 2 2
July 2.2 0 0 0 0
August 0.8 0 0 0 1
September 2.3 4 1 2 0
October 3.9 5 2 6 1
November 10.0 8 7 5 8
December 9.7 12 10 17 11
Average 7.9 17.3 6.2 3.2 4.5 3.5

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 0.8 1 1 1 1 1
February 1.3 1 2 1 1 1
March 1.9 2 2 2 2 2
April 2.5 2 2 3 3
May 3.1 4 3 4 2
June 3.2 3 3 3 4
July 3.4 3 3 4 4
August 2.8 3 2 4 4
September 2.1 2 2 2 2
October 1.4 1 0 2 2
November 0.8 1 1 1 1
December 0.6 1 1 1 0
Average 2.0 1.2 2.2 1.9 2.4 2.1

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 180° 139° 132° 025° 281°
February 347° 327° 332° 356° 341°
March 328° 229° 330° 334° 273°
April 283° 329° 343° 347°
May 341° 323° 340° 336°
June 340° 334° 338° 341°
July 339° 338° 336° 342°
August 341° 340° 342° 341°
September 336° 332° 336° 050°
October 338° 351° 341° 348°
November 345° 327° 325° 022°
December 122° 210° 065° 180°

Prevailing wind direction

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