Portland International Airport

KPDX · Oregon, United States

Climate Portland International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Portland International Airport (KPDX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.2 60 71 62 65 75
February 66.5 69 69 60 68 69
March 78.7 76 66 72 89 77
April 85.7 77 82 94 84
May 83.2 84 87 84 94
June 86.5 84 86 89 87
July 86.5 91 87 72 91
August 85.7 87 88 90 90
September 82.5 92 88 88 65
October 74.7 69 65 82 74
November 72.9 71 73 73 73
December 67.4 63 65 57 75
Average 78.1 68.6 77.6 77.3 80.0 80.2

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 90.0 88 94 78 88 97
February 88.0 91 91 86 87 84
March 93.8 96 89 91 97 93
April 97.5 98 95 100 97
May 98.0 99 96 99 100
June 98.8 99 98 98 99
July 99.6 100 100 99 100
August 97.4 97 99 99 98
September 93.7 98 98 98 69
October 86.5 86 76 93 87
November 86.4 87 88 89 84
December 85.3 76 84 84 88
Average 93.2 91.6 93.1 91.3 94.7 91.8

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 8.5 7 9 9 10 10
February 9.5 12 9 11 9 12
March 13.5 15 12 15 14 13
April 17.0 16 15 21 19
May 22.4 25 19 22 22
June 25.6 27 24 29 24
July 29.6 31 30 30 28
August 30.3 31 32 30 29
September 25.5 25 28 27 26
October 18.7 20 23 17 19
November 11.8 12 10 13 11
December 8.7 11 7 8 10
Average 17.6 11.1 18.9 18.9 19.1 18.4

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 3.3 3 4 3 5 6
February 2.8 5 2 3 3 3
March 4.7 6 4 6 4 4
April 7.2 7 6 7 7
May 10.9 12 10 10 11
June 13.6 13 14 15 13
July 15.9 16 17 16 15
August 16.5 18 18 17 16
September 14.0 14 15 14 15
October 9.0 10 11 9 9
November 5.6 6 4 8 5
December 3.7 6 2 3 4
Average 8.4 4.4 9.4 9.2 9.3 9.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 23.5 38 20 19 23 33
February 23.5 22 22 18 28 13
March 18.9 18 24 19 14 16
April 16.7 28 21 4 7
May 9.9 3 20 8 14
June 7.4 6 10 7 13
July 1.4 1 3 1 2
August 2.2 6 1 2 3
September 6.1 8 1 8 6
October 13.6 16 21 15 7
November 17.5 11 23 20 23
December 21.2 25 18 32 21
Average 14.2 25.6 13.4 14.0 12.4 12.5

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 8.3 10 8 6 7 10
February 7.2 7 8 6 8 6
March 6.7 6 7 5 6 7
April 6.6 7 6 6 6
May 5.4 5 6 6 6
June 5.5 5 6 6 6
July 5.3 5 5 6 5
August 5.0 5 5 5 6
September 5.3 6 5 5 6
October 5.6 6 4 7 5
November 6.8 6 7 7 6
December 7.3 7 6 7 8
Average 6.3 7.8 6.1 5.6 6.1 6.2

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 124° 125° 142° 128° 165°
February 135° 154° 129° 183° 214°
March 196° 156° 218° 210° 191°
April 188° 220° 333° 255°
May 302° 242° 286° 232°
June 311° 282° 294° 280°
July 307° 306° 311° 308°
August 310° 298° 309° 307°
September 281° 315° 281° 107°
October 157° 253° 157° 243°
November 184° 130° 167° 191°
December 131° 128° 176° 145°

Prevailing wind direction

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