Washington Municipal Airport

KAWG · Iowa, United States

Climate Washington Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Washington Municipal Airport (KAWG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.0 47 45 82 54 40
February 77.6 91 77 84 72 84
March 74.0 80 71 77 79 61
April 71.5 82 88 80 18 80
May 79.3 91 83 75 76
June 89.6 85 93 92 91
July 88.3 89 85 81 89
August 87.5 85 89 85 96
September 82.0 83 86 92 79
October 80.3 82 94 68 85
November 78.1 91 74 88 83
December 66.2 56 49 80 64
Average 78.0 77.3 79.6 82.9 73.7 78.3

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 76.9 67 82 92 74 66
February 88.3 94 89 96 82 93
March 88.6 96 92 89 91 80
April 81.5 90 95 93 18 93
May 91.2 96 93 92 92
June 94.9 89 96 97 96
July 94.5 91 94 92 94
August 94.2 93 96 90 99
September 89.5 94 96 98 85
October 91.3 92 96 87 93
November 91.0 97 92 95 90
December 85.2 78 80 87 87
Average 89.0 88.5 90.9 93.3 83.3 89.3

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 -1.9 0 2 -2 0 1
February 3.6 11 6 3 -6 3
March 10.1 14 9 11 12 12
April 15.1 18 19 15 5 16
May 23.0 25 24 21 21
June 28.8 29 30 29 29
July 29.5 29 30 29 30
August 27.8 28 28 28 29
September 25.5 27 25 27 24
October 17.7 19 19 20 16
November 9.6 12 11 12 14
December 5.0 7 4 8 4
Average 15.6 11.1 17.6 16.7 15.4 16.4

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 -8.2 -6 -5 -13 -6 -6
February -7.1 -2 -5 -10 -13 -6
March -1.9 2 -1 -1 2 2
April 3.7 6 4 3 0 4
May 11.6 11 13 11 11
June 17.2 15 17 18 18
July 18.2 15 19 19 19
August 16.7 18 18 16 16
September 12.8 14 13 14 12
October 6.3 8 4 10 4
November -1.1 0 -1 0 2
December -5.9 0 -4 -3 -5
Average 4.8 0.2 6.1 5.0 5.7 5.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.4 4 9 6 7 9
February 6.3 1 10 4 10 2
March 5.3 4 7 9 4 7
April 4.2 8 3 5 0 2
May 3.4 1 3 5 4
June 2.8 2 1 4 6
July 2.0 1 2 5 3
August 1.2 1 1 1 0
September 3.1 1 2 1 6
October 3.7 3 1 7 3
November 4.4 2 10 3 4
December 4.9 9 8 1 5
Average 4.0 4.4 3.7 3.9 3.8 4.0

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 10.3 8 10 11 9 10
February 10.8 11 11 12 10 10
March 11.7 13 11 12 12 11
April 11.1 13 13 13 2 12
May 9.9 10 11 10 10
June 8.5 8 9 7 9
July 6.6 6 8 6 6
August 6.4 7 7 6 7
September 7.2 7 8 8 8
October 9.8 11 10 10 10
November 10.6 10 12 11 11
December 9.9 9 11 11 9
Average 9.5 11.5 9.2 10.2 8.2 9.4

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 265° 284° 281° 329° 276°
February 256° 251° 282° 312° 311°
March 294° 291° 307° 155° 248°
April 267° 251° 245° 205° 273°
May 118° 156° 165° 350°
June 049° 221° 217° 184°
July 295° 246° 282° 175°
August 250° 103° 179° 201°
September 184° 287° 235° 244°
October 288° 252° 345° 277°
November 247° 245° 252° 226°
December 245° 206° 235° 277°

Prevailing wind direction

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