Boeing Field/King County International

KBFI · Washington, United States

Climate Boeing Field/King County International 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Boeing Field/King County International (KBFI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 64.9 57 58 44 67 55
February 55.6 58 60 47 49 57
March 72.4 73 66 64 74 65
April 75.5 66 74 85 79
May 72.9 70 68 70 78
June 74.2 66 70 87 75
July 79.7 84 83 74 77
August 75.7 72 83 73 85
September 75.6 73 81 76 62
October 64.5 58 58 75 51
November 64.4 68 59 59 66
December 57.1 50 44 40 65
Average 69.4 63.0 66.4 66.3 70.4 68.6

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 88.5 81 90 73 92 91
February 88.3 89 91 83 89 86
March 96.3 97 96 94 98 97
April 97.4 97 100 99 96
May 95.5 94 96 95 97
June 95.8 91 95 99 96
July 97.2 97 99 95 96
August 95.8 98 99 95 99
September 92.6 96 95 95 70
October 87.0 86 82 92 81
November 87.5 86 82 82 91
December 83.7 75 79 81 90
Average 92.3 89.0 91.9 90.8 93.1 91.0

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 8.9 8 9 8 9 10
February 8.6 10 8 9 8 10
March 12.1 13 12 12 12 11
April 15.1 13 13 17 16
May 20.0 22 16 18 21
June 22.8 23 22 26 22
July 26.2 27 26 26 25
August 26.6 27 28 26 26
September 22.3 22 23 22 24
October 16.1 16 19 15 16
November 11.0 11 9 12 11
December 8.4 10 6 6 10
Average 15.8 10.4 16.6 16.3 16.4 16.8

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 3.4 3 4 3 4 5
February 2.7 5 2 3 3 4
March 4.1 5 3 6 3 4
April 6.7 6 5 6 7
May 10.5 12 8 10 11
June 12.8 11 13 14 13
July 15.0 14 15 15 15
August 15.7 16 16 15 15
September 13.3 12 14 13 15
October 8.1 8 10 9 9
November 4.9 4 2 6 5
December 3.2 5 1 2 3
Average 7.9 4.3 8.0 8.1 8.3 8.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 19.2 22 15 14 22 33
February 16.9 14 11 13 18 12
March 12.0 11 7 11 10 9
April 11.3 20 8 5 5
May 6.3 4 14 4 9
June 6.1 5 9 6 13
July 1.2 0 2 0 1
August 1.3 1 3 0 1
September 5.6 7 2 6 6
October 8.8 9 6 15 4
November 16.8 8 19 26 17
December 18.1 23 12 18 17
Average 10.3 15.4 8.7 9.0 9.8 9.9

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 4.9 5 4 5 5 7
February 5.6 5 6 5 7 6
March 5.7 5 6 5 6 6
April 6.2 7 6 6 5
May 4.9 5 5 5 5
June 4.9 5 4 5 5
July 4.6 5 4 4 5
August 4.8 5 5 5 5
September 4.9 5 5 5 5
October 5.0 4 5 6 5
November 5.0 4 4 6 6
December 4.6 4 4 6 5
Average 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.7 5.4 5.4

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 161° 149° 163° 156° 170°
February 165° 171° 173° 175° 177°
March 190° 187° 188° 188° 189°
April 188° 192° 218° 214°
May 236° 191° 216° 210°
June 217° 221° 235° 196°
July 245° 248° 255° 231°
August 258° 244° 225° 254°
September 198° 268° 203° 237°
October 165° 207° 167° 192°
November 166° 168° 174° 177°
December 157° 140° 173° 166°

Prevailing wind direction

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