William R Fairchild International Airport

KCLM · Washington, United States

Climate William R Fairchild International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of William R Fairchild International Airport (KCLM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.4 52 57 47 70 70
February 69.8 57 76 68 75 78
March 78.0 79 82 66 87 85
April 79.4 72 81 88 81
May 79.2 79 73 83 88
June 82.2 78 77 88 80
July 82.5 83 79 74 80
August 81.3 86 81 82 93
September 83.0 81 90 92 64
October 81.0 70 84 88 77
November 69.3 61 66 67 76
December 58.7 48 45 65 58
Average 75.1 62.7 73.5 72.9 80.3 78.4

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 79.6 73 80 62 85 83
February 86.3 79 92 91 88 85
March 93.3 95 99 82 97 98
April 93.3 96 94 96 94
May 90.8 89 93 92 94
June 92.1 89 87 94 96
July 93.0 94 93 84 94
August 88.8 95 87 88 96
September 90.3 90 95 95 71
October 89.5 84 90 94 87
November 85.6 94 83 80 85
December 82.5 70 84 92 78
Average 88.6 82.8 89.3 87.1 90.6 89.1

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 7.7 8 9 7 8 8
February 7.2 10 8 9 7 8
March 9.8 11 10 11 10 9
April 12.3 12 11 14 13
May 16.1 19 14 15 16
June 18.5 19 18 22 17
July 20.6 22 21 20 20
August 22.2 24 24 22 21
September 19.5 20 22 19 21
October 14.3 15 18 13 14
November 9.5 10 8 10 10
December 7.2 10 6 5 8
Average 13.2 9.6 14.7 14.3 13.6 13.5

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 1.8 3 3 2 2 2
February 1.3 4 2 2 2 2
March 2.4 4 2 4 2 1
April 4.5 4 4 5 4
May 7.8 10 7 7 8
June 9.8 9 10 11 10
July 11.4 12 12 12 11
August 12.1 13 13 12 11
September 10.2 10 11 10 11
October 6.2 7 8 6 8
November 3.3 4 2 4 3
December 2.0 5 0 1 3
Average 5.7 3.6 6.7 6.4 6.1 6.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.9 18 9 13 15 27
February 15.0 21 10 8 15 12
March 9.6 9 6 14 12 7
April 10.6 10 19 6 5
May 6.8 5 13 5 9
June 4.3 2 7 3 8
July 1.4 3 2 0 2
August 1.3 2 0 0 2
September 5.6 4 0 10 6
October 10.4 10 9 17 7
November 15.8 7 16 31 20
December 14.3 14 5 16 16
Average 9.4 15.6 6.5 8.8 9.7 9.4

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 4.1 4 4 4 4 5
February 5.0 4 5 5 7 5
March 4.6 4 5 4 5 5
April 5.2 5 6 5 5
May 5.7 6 6 6 6
June 5.9 6 5 6 6
July 6.1 6 6 7 6
August 5.4 6 5 6 6
September 4.3 4 5 4 4
October 4.3 4 5 4 5
November 4.4 4 5 5 5
December 3.8 4 4 5 3
Average 4.9 4.2 5.0 4.9 5.3 5.1

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 223° 141° 250° 235° 253°
February 175° 265° 086° 266° 275°
March 306° 301° 320° 289° 332°
April 300° 288° 326° 302°
May 302° 305° 310° 298°
June 300° 312° 314° 299°
July 296° 309° 304° 302°
August 317° 326° 310° 307°
September 304° 330° 326° 045°
October 040° 299° 286° 282°
November 244° 190° 255° 236°
December 249° 136° 230° 194°

Prevailing wind direction

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