Arlington Municipal Airport

KAWO · Washington, United States

Climate Arlington Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Arlington Municipal Airport (KAWO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.0 55 63 46 66 53
February 59.1 65 62 53 51 60
March 71.1 69 85 54 74 70
April 78.0 82 78 83 80
May 70.6 62 70 68 74
June 74.3 66 71 87 68
July 80.2 85 73 83 76
August 79.7 78 82 94 86
September 72.6 72 83 75 58
October 65.8 66 54 73 63
November 70.3 79 74 64 68
December 59.5 53 52 52 64
Average 70.1 62.8 71.3 66.8 73.6 69.1

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 89.0 86 87 74 94 91
February 87.8 92 92 84 83 90
March 96.0 92 97 94 98 100
April 97.3 95 99 98 99
May 95.6 94 96 94 97
June 95.0 90 93 97 96
July 95.2 95 92 93 93
August 93.0 97 95 97 95
September 90.2 88 91 96 73
October 86.2 84 75 95 82
November 92.7 95 91 93 95
December 87.8 80 80 90 89
Average 92.2 89.7 91.2 89.3 94.3 91.8

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 8.2 8 9 8 9 9
February 7.7 10 8 9 7 9
March 11.8 13 12 12 12 10
April 14.6 14 14 16 15
May 19.2 21 16 18 19
June 22.0 22 22 24 20
July 25.2 26 26 26 23
August 25.9 27 28 25 25
September 22.1 22 24 21 23
October 15.6 17 19 14 15
November 10.3 11 8 11 10
December 7.4 10 4 5 9
Average 15.2 10.2 16.7 16.0 15.6 15.7

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 1.6 1 2 1 3 4
February 0.6 3 1 1 1 1
March 2.1 3 1 4 2 2
April 4.7 5 4 4 5
May 8.1 9 7 7 9
June 10.7 10 11 12 11
July 11.7 11 13 12 12
August 12.2 13 13 13 11
September 10.2 10 10 10 11
October 5.9 6 7 7 8
November 2.8 2 -1 5 4
December 1.1 4 -2 -1 2
Average 5.5 2.1 6.1 5.8 6.2 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 22.8 35 26 17 25 28
February 23.1 24 34 13 37 22
March 15.2 23 19 18 15 17
April 15.2 25 14 9 9
May 9.2 6 23 8 15
June 9.4 12 11 8 14
July 2.4 1 3 0 8
August 3.8 5 3 5 4
September 7.8 9 1 10 6
October 13.6 14 13 16 12
November 21.2 10 21 34 18
December 21.9 33 16 23 20
Average 14.4 27.3 15.1 12.5 14.5 13.7

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 5.5 4 4 5 5 8
February 5.1 5 6 5 5 5
March 6.2 6 6 6 6 7
April 6.7 7 7 6 5
May 5.1 5 6 6 5
June 5.2 5 5 5 5
July 5.0 6 4 5 5
August 4.8 5 5 5 5
September 5.1 5 5 6 5
October 5.1 5 5 7 5
November 5.5 4 4 7 7
December 4.5 4 4 6 5
Average 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.0 5.6 5.5

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 140° 122° 151° 138° 146°
February 157° 158° 167° 178° 175°
March 155° 168° 175° 172° 170°
April 162° 174° 260° 245°
May 293° 179° 240° 257°
June 277° 218° 276° 251°
July 296° 299° 304° 300°
August 296° 267° 280° 286°
September 252° 284° 180° 290°
October 193° 186° 146° 201°
November 164° 264° 153° 147°
December 145° 092° 160° 142°

Prevailing wind direction

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