Olympia Regional Airport

KOLM · Washington, United States

Climate Olympia Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Olympia Regional Airport (KOLM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 54.3 46 48 38 47 56
February 51.1 51 60 40 46 59
March 66.3 64 52 62 74 68
April 75.2 62 70 87 81
May 73.2 75 70 71 80
June 78.1 72 77 81 80
July 78.0 82 76 66 78
August 75.4 78 82 78 83
September 76.4 77 78 81 63
October 63.5 56 57 69 63
November 58.7 56 55 56 62
December 49.6 37 50 40 57
Average 66.3 53.7 63.7 64.4 67.6 70.1

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 75.3 67 76 54 74 82
February 74.9 75 85 69 70 76
March 86.6 86 78 86 93 87
April 91.6 88 86 95 93
May 91.4 94 88 90 93
June 93.4 91 90 94 93
July 93.6 96 90 85 96
August 91.5 94 96 94 91
September 89.6 93 88 97 69
October 77.9 74 70 87 75
November 74.9 70 76 69 83
December 69.1 51 68 65 81
Average 84.2 76.0 83.0 81.2 85.4 85.5

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 8.3 9 8 9 9 9
February 8.2 10 8 9 7 10
March 12.0 13 11 13 12 11
April 15.1 14 13 18 17
May 20.4 23 17 19 20
June 23.1 24 22 26 22
July 27.0 28 28 27 25
August 27.5 29 29 27 27
September 23.0 23 25 23 24
October 16.3 18 20 15 16
November 10.4 12 9 11 10
December 8.0 11 5 6 9
Average 15.9 10.5 17.2 16.9 16.7 16.6

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 2.2 3 2 2 3 4
February 0.9 3 1 0 2 1
March 1.5 3 0 4 1 1
April 3.8 4 2 3 3
May 7.4 8 6 7 8
June 9.6 9 10 11 10
July 11.2 10 12 11 11
August 11.9 13 12 12 11
September 9.8 9 10 10 11
October 5.5 6 6 7 7
November 2.9 3 -1 5 3
December 2.1 5 0 2 2
Average 5.3 2.6 5.8 5.6 6.0 6.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 23.2 29 20 14 23 42
February 22.3 23 20 12 34 15
March 16.6 15 18 13 18 15
April 18.6 27 24 5 5
May 9.3 5 24 5 10
June 7.0 6 11 9 10
July 1.5 2 1 0 1
August 1.7 5 2 0 2
September 6.8 9 0 8 7
October 11.7 14 9 13 8
November 20.6 14 19 33 25
December 19.7 23 13 23 18
Average 13.6 21.9 13.1 11.9 12.9 12.1

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 5 5 5 5 8
February 5.9 5 7 5 7 6
March 5.8 6 6 5 6 6
April 6.3 6 7 6 6
May 5.0 5 6 6 6
June 5.1 5 5 5 6
July 4.5 4 4 4 5
August 4.9 5 6 6 5
September 5.2 5 5 6 5
October 5.3 4 5 6 6
November 5.5 4 5 7 7
December 4.9 4 4 6 6
Average 5.3 5.5 4.9 5.1 5.5 5.8

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 204° 172° 205° 194° 205°
February 202° 210° 202° 216° 216°
March 192° 202° 220° 205° 215°
April 208° 224° 248° 224°
May 253° 227° 235° 232°
June 239° 232° 267° 228°
July 243° 242° 252° 224°
August 312° 250° 241° 246°
September 223° 016° 225° 341°
October 168° 207° 204° 231°
November 210° 192° 206° 205°
December 204° 189° 198° 204°

Prevailing wind direction

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