Lexington Airport

9S9 · Oregon, United States

Climate Lexington Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hermiston Municipal Airport (KHRI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.2 43 71 41 73 85
February 79.4 70 91 94 78 94
March 95.2 98 98 98 100 98
April 94.3 97 97 86 98 100
May 93.8 98 96 69 99
June 99.3 98 98 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 94.0 90 99 91 98
September 91.2 94 96 99 71
October 93.9 100 99 88 98
November 75.3 64 67 81 85
December 55.0 45 34 82 63
Average 86.0 77.2 87.4 85.6 88.7 91.6

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 73.7 57 80 64 82 90
February 87.5 88 95 97 86 96
March 98.2 99 100 99 100 99
April 96.1 99 98 94 98 100
May 94.7 100 98 70 100
June 99.6 99 99 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 95.5 90 100 94 98
September 93.1 96 100 100 73
October 95.1 100 99 89 100
November 84.4 76 82 91 92
December 75.4 69 52 95 77
Average 91.2 85.8 92.0 91.5 92.1 93.9

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 5.4 2 7 4 9 9
February 8.3 11 9 11 8 12
March 14.1 16 13 16 16 14
April 18.8 19 18 15 22 21
May 25.4 28 21 25 25
June 29.9 30 28 33 29
July 35.1 35 36 37 34
August 33.8 33 36 33 33
September 27.0 26 29 28 28
October 19.0 19 22 19 20
November 9.2 5 7 12 11
December 5.5 7 2 6 6
Average 18.5 12.0 19.3 19.3 20.7 20.3

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 -3 -1 -2 1 1
February -2.6 2 -2 -2 0 0
March 1.4 2 0 4 1 2
April 4.5 4 4 3 4 5
May 9.3 11 8 9 9
June 13.5 13 13 16 14
July 16.3 16 17 19 15
August 15.1 16 16 15 14
September 10.8 11 11 11 11
October 5.3 6 7 7 7
November 0.6 1 -1 4 1
December -1.1 2 -4 -1 0
Average 5.5 0.9 6.5 6.0 7.0 6.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.3 16 6 5 10 10
February 10.2 13 9 4 12 4
March 5.2 4 3 7 3 3
April 6.0 4 6 10 6 1
May 4.3 3 9 2 5
June 3.1 2 6 1 6
July 0.3 0 1 1 1
August 0.8 3 1 0 1
September 2.0 6 1 5 0
October 5.9 10 3 9 9
November 6.6 8 9 9 7
December 7.7 8 17 11 6
Average 5.4 9.1 5.1 5.6 5.0 4.2

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 4.5 5 4 4 4 7
February 6.9 5 8 6 9 8
March 6.8 7 7 6 7 8
April 8.1 8 7 9 8 8
May 7.2 7 8 8 9
June 7.6 7 8 7 9
July 7.0 7 6 7 8
August 6.4 7 6 7 6
September 5.8 6 6 6 5
October 5.6 5 5 6 8
November 5.1 4 5 6 6
December 4.3 4 4 7 5
Average 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.9 7.4

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 243° 025° 250° 203° 245°
February 255° 252° 267° 252° 255°
March 254° 252° 257° 251° 249°
April 251° 248° 259° 265° 264°
May 250° 246° 263° 252°
June 252° 248° 264° 252°
July 262° 261° 261° 259°
August 251° 258° 259° 260°
September 254° 259° 261° 288°
October 276° 247° 256° 252°
November 257° 252° 245° 252°
December 224° 156° 234° 240°

Prevailing wind direction

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