Gold Beach Municipal Airport

4S1 · Oregon, United States

Climate Gold Beach Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gold Beach Municipal Airport (K4S1) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.0 41 74 44 42 35
February 55.6 54 55 48 60 55
March 53.2 46 67 32 64 56
April 50.6 51 50 57 55 48
May 47.7 39 52 54 63
June 43.5 10 59 35 58
July 60.0 62 50 66 48
August 56.5 55 56 59 46
September 33.3 39 39 14 33
October 43.7 45 27 29 55
November 47.8 59 54 40 44
December 56.0 46 75 52 50
Average 50.1 47.9 49.0 48.7 47.7 49.6

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 68.3 64 86 57 66 60
February 77.1 75 75 69 77 76
March 76.5 75 83 54 85 84
April 71.0 75 70 78 73 62
May 64.5 58 75 61 79
June 54.4 12 70 45 78
July 74.8 83 62 82 63
August 75.9 76 69 79 75
September 47.1 56 57 20 50
October 55.3 55 40 40 67
November 61.4 67 69 56 57
December 73.3 67 89 73 63
Average 67.7 72.2 64.7 65.0 62.9 68.2

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 11.7 10 12 12 12 11
February 10.4 12 10 12 11 11
March 10.8 12 9 11 11 11
April 12.1 13 11 11 12 13
May 14.0 15 13 14 15
June 16.2 16 16 16 17
July 17.5 18 17 17 17
August 18.8 20 18 18 19
September 17.9 17 17 18 19
October 15.0 14 15 15 17
November 12.4 13 12 14 12
December 11.4 12 9 10 12
Average 13.3 11.4 13.8 13.7 13.9 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 5.4 0 6 6 7 7
February 3.6 1 4 5 5 5
March 4.2 1 4 6 4 5
April 6.2 5 6 6 6 7
May 8.4 9 8 8 9
June 10.2 10 10 11 10
July 10.4 7 11 11 11
August 10.1 2 12 12 12
September 9.3 0 12 11 13
October 7.7 1 10 9 10
November 5.3 1 5 9 6
December 4.6 1 3 6 6
Average 6.1 1.9 4.2 7.9 8.1 8.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 23.3 38 21 10 25 23
February 19.2 24 15 13 17 9
March 17.1 17 23 16 16 13
April 13.6 9 25 14 4 10
May 11.3 3 16 6 18
June 6.8 1 15 13 5
July 5.8 4 11 4 6
August 7.5 5 9 7 10
September 14.2 15 12 12 13
October 13.4 17 22 17 9
November 15.3 15 13 14 14
December 22.1 27 12 25 16
Average 15.6 21.2 13.7 13.7 12.5 11.7

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 10.5 8 13 9 12 12
February 8.9 7 10 10 9 9
March 9.0 9 9 9 11 9
April 8.7 7 9 9 9 8
May 10.1 10 10 11 10
June 9.8 9 9 10 10
July 9.7 10 8 11 10
August 9.1 8 8 11 11
September 6.3 9 7 9 7
October 7.6 8 5 10 9
November 7.7 7 7 9 7
December 9.0 7 8 10 9
Average 8.9 7.5 9.0 8.4 9.9 9.2

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 178° 143° 159° 172° 184°
February 173° 360° 005° 028° 003°
March 185° 159° 334° 013° 353°
April 344° 208° 258° 349° 320°
May 343° 319° 354° 298°
June 349° 320° 282° 349°
July 347° 339° 351° 351°
August 348° 336° 354° 348°
September 340° 296° 334° 238°
October 284° 309° 194° 350°
November 110° 082° 163° 154°
December 153° 054° 181° 156°

Prevailing wind direction

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