Friday Harbor Airport

KFHR · Washington, United States

Climate Friday Harbor Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Friday Harbor Airport (KFHR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.4 55 59 43 58 58
February 67.7 64 73 64 69 64
March 73.8 73 72 59 82 78
April 80.1 77 85 83 87
May 83.5 87 75 86 90
June 87.4 83 83 90 84
July 87.7 84 82 89 88
August 84.0 89 84 89 88
September 78.3 88 91 80 62
October 72.8 70 74 75 67
November 72.1 77 73 65 74
December 59.6 49 38 64 64
Average 75.5 64.4 76.5 72.7 78.7 76.3

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 88.2 79 89 73 93 90
February 89.4 93 92 88 86 87
March 93.6 93 96 85 97 90
April 96.8 97 98 97 97
May 95.5 94 94 97 98
June 94.7 90 93 95 97
July 94.1 92 91 95 96
August 91.1 95 93 95 93
September 87.2 94 95 91 69
October 88.2 92 86 89 81
November 92.2 96 93 90 94
December 86.5 76 92 91 89
Average 91.4 88.4 92.1 90.2 93.2 90.1

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 8.1 8 9 7 8 8
February 7.5 11 7 8 7 8
March 10.9 13 11 11 10 10
April 13.7 12 12 15 14
May 18.3 22 15 16 18
June 20.7 22 19 22 19
July 23.0 25 23 23 22
August 23.7 25 25 23 23
September 20.2 21 21 19 21
October 14.5 16 17 13 14
November 10.0 12 8 10 10
December 7.5 11 5 5 9
Average 14.3 10.7 16.0 14.6 14.3 14.5

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 3.5 4 4 3 4 4
February 2.2 6 2 3 2 3
March 3.7 6 4 5 3 2
April 5.5 5 4 5 5
May 7.8 8 7 7 7
June 9.6 10 9 10 10
July 10.7 11 11 11 11
August 11.3 13 10 12 11
September 10.4 11 10 10 11
October 7.3 9 8 7 8
November 4.9 6 2 6 5
December 3.2 7 1 1 4
Average 6.4 4.9 7.5 6.1 6.5 6.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.3 21 9 8 16 21
February 12.8 11 9 10 14 13
March 7.2 4 7 12 6 4
April 8.8 9 7 6 6
May 6.5 5 11 4 9
June 5.3 4 7 3 8
July 2.0 2 3 0 5
August 1.6 2 0 3 2
September 6.5 4 0 12 8
October 10.4 11 10 14 6
November 12.9 4 8 28 17
December 12.3 12 9 7 13
Average 8.3 11.7 6.1 6.9 8.4 8.7

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 6.4 6 6 5 7 8
February 6.2 6 6 6 6 6
March 6.2 7 6 6 6 6
April 6.5 8 7 5 5
May 5.0 5 6 5 5
June 5.4 6 5 6 5
July 4.9 5 4 5 5
August 4.8 5 5 5 5
September 4.7 5 5 5 4
October 5.3 5 5 6 5
November 5.9 5 6 6 7
December 5.7 5 6 6 6
Average 5.6 6.2 5.6 5.3 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 097° 111° 127° 128° 144°
February 103° 139° 094° 135° 153°
March 136° 127° 110° 154° 109°
April 150° 156° 140° 106°
May 170° 175° 189° 172°
June 184° 155° 159° 178°
July 167° 144° 165° 181°
August 105° 140° 159° 150°
September 133° 076° 136° 121°
October 079° 133° 134° 163°
November 113° 064° 139° 147°
December 133° 089° 090° 131°

Prevailing wind direction

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