Spokane International Airport

KGEG · Washington, United States

Climate Spokane International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Spokane International Airport (KGEG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 51.6 40 49 39 59 61
February 66.3 46 77 75 74 84
March 82.3 82 76 78 90 87
April 87.3 90 85 98 94
May 92.3 94 86 98 87
June 95.0 98 83 100 90
July 99.3 100 100 98 100
August 89.4 85 100 80 100
September 86.8 93 85 96 75
October 89.1 90 90 89 91
November 62.1 51 54 70 71
December 45.8 41 20 62 45
Average 78.0 56.4 79.9 77.2 85.9 83.2

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 63.6 53 64 49 76 75
February 75.6 60 85 81 81 86
March 90.3 89 84 88 95 93
April 95.6 96 96 100 96
May 97.0 97 94 100 93
June 98.6 99 95 100 98
July 99.8 100 100 99 100
August 92.7 87 100 83 100
September 90.3 97 89 99 77
October 94.5 94 96 95 95
November 71.8 55 69 80 82
December 58.1 51 26 76 55
Average 85.0 67.5 85.2 84.7 91.1 88.5

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 1.6 1 2 1 3 4
February 3.1 6 4 4 2 6
March 9.4 11 8 11 11 9
April 13.9 13 11 17 15
May 21.0 25 16 21 20
June 25.1 26 23 30 23
July 30.9 32 31 34 29
August 30.4 30 33 30 30
September 23.5 23 27 23 25
October 14.8 16 19 15 15
November 5.7 6 2 8 6
December 1.6 4 -2 1 3
Average 14.0 5.6 15.8 15.2 16.2 15.4

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 -4.8 -4 -2 -4 -1 -1
February -4.1 0 -4 -4 -4 -2
March -1.9 1 -1 2 0 0
April 3.1 3 1 4 3
May 8.8 12 6 7 8
June 12.2 13 12 15 11
July 15.8 16 16 18 14
August 15.7 16 17 15 15
September 10.8 11 12 11 12
October 4.4 6 7 5 4
November -1.5 0 -5 2 0
December -3.1 -1 -6 -4 -2
Average 4.3 -2.7 5.8 4.9 5.6 5.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 18.6 29 13 13 21 26
February 19.8 27 11 12 15 8
March 12.5 13 13 15 4 13
April 10.8 10 10 6 5
May 7.5 4 13 4 13
June 5.7 3 13 2 10
July 1.0 0 2 1 1
August 1.8 5 0 1 1
September 5.2 5 4 5 1
October 7.1 5 6 9 8
November 14.4 16 17 17 12
December 17.3 22 17 15 15
Average 11.0 22.6 8.4 9.7 7.5 9.0

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 6.8 7 6 6 7 10
February 8.2 8 9 7 10 9
March 8.5 8 8 9 9 10
April 9.6 9 11 10 9
May 7.9 6 9 9 9
June 8.5 7 9 8 9
July 7.5 8 7 7 9
August 7.2 7 7 8 8
September 7.3 7 6 8 7
October 7.7 6 7 8 9
November 7.1 6 7 8 9
December 6.4 6 5 9 7
Average 7.7 7.4 7.0 7.7 8.5 8.5

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 112° 095° 184° 164° 201°
February 210° 196° 181° 220° 222°
March 200° 148° 215° 213° 220°
April 208° 207° 206° 227°
May 175° 213° 219° 195°
June 203° 210° 203° 212°
July 214° 210° 195° 207°
August 197° 192° 214° 208°
September 186° 146° 212° 190°
October 144° 202° 199° 215°
November 171° 116° 196° 194°
December 091° 141° 208° 172°

Prevailing wind direction

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