Astoria Regional Airport

KAST · Oregon, United States

Climate Astoria Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Astoria Regional Airport (KAST) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.3 51 54 47 68 53
February 60.0 58 63 47 59 63
March 67.0 63 68 42 81 63
April 67.5 55 79 75 62
May 58.4 55 59 58 76
June 61.1 52 52 70 67
July 52.3 53 48 40 58
August 55.2 54 51 50 69
September 66.5 68 61 71 46
October 64.6 57 52 78 59
November 69.3 68 71 61 76
December 63.5 46 69 66 67
Average 61.9 57.2 57.2 55.8 64.1 63.3

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 82.6 72 83 68 86 79
February 79.4 80 79 71 82 78
March 87.1 84 88 73 95 86
April 89.5 86 97 93 87
May 86.7 87 83 85 93
June 87.5 83 75 91 91
July 85.4 87 81 77 85
August 82.4 81 82 75 92
September 83.2 81 82 86 58
October 78.7 77 62 87 72
November 82.4 74 83 77 90
December 80.1 62 88 78 85
Average 83.7 78.7 81.1 78.6 84.4 83.1

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 9.8 10 10 10 10 10
February 9.1 11 9 10 8 10
March 11.2 13 11 11 10 10
April 13.3 13 12 15 14
May 16.2 19 14 15 17
June 18.6 18 19 20 18
July 20.2 22 21 19 20
August 21.5 24 23 20 21
September 20.3 20 21 20 22
October 16.4 18 18 15 16
November 11.8 11 11 12 11
December 9.4 12 7 8 11
Average 14.4 11.3 15.4 15.2 14.4 14.7

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 4.2 5 4 3 4 6
February 3.1 5 3 4 4 3
March 3.6 5 3 5 3 3
April 5.9 6 5 5 5
May 9.2 10 8 9 10
June 11.1 11 12 12 11
July 12.1 13 13 13 12
August 12.8 13 14 13 11
September 11.4 11 12 11 13
October 7.9 9 9 8 8
November 5.0 3 3 7 5
December 4.0 6 2 3 5
Average 7.2 5.0 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 27.6 45 27 24 28 39
February 29.0 41 23 24 33 21
March 24.3 32 29 29 19 14
April 21.2 33 22 7 9
May 11.9 6 24 6 15
June 10.5 8 18 12 9
July 3.9 5 1 4 7
August 4.0 8 2 5 4
September 8.4 15 3 9 8
October 16.3 21 13 20 11
November 24.9 16 27 36 21
December 25.4 30 18 30 23
Average 18.9 39.3 17.8 16.7 15.9 14.2

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 7.4 6 7 7 6 11
February 7.7 6 8 8 9 7
March 7.4 6 8 7 8 8
April 8.0 8 8 8 7
May 7.4 7 8 8 8
June 7.5 8 7 7 8
July 6.9 6 7 8 7
August 7.0 7 7 7 8
September 6.8 6 7 7 7
October 6.8 6 6 8 7
November 7.2 5 7 9 8
December 6.9 6 5 8 8
Average 7.1 5.8 6.9 6.8 7.7 7.6

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 204° 142° 157° 144° 201°
February 148° 255° 195° 256° 259°
March 204° 201° 239° 252° 233°
April 213° 227° 287° 272°
May 304° 249° 282° 272°
June 294° 263° 267° 271°
July 292° 294° 307° 295°
August 278° 275° 284° 304°
September 253° 286° 281° 246°
October 196° 251° 207° 269°
November 081° 135° 188° 207°
December 135° 098° 189° 145°

Prevailing wind direction

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