Tri-Cities Airport

KPSC · Washington, United States

Climate Tri-Cities Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tri-Cities Airport (KPSC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 59.2 46 65 47 74 84
February 81.8 77 94 92 78 98
March 95.9 99 97 100 99 99
April 96.4 96 97 87 100 99
May 99.1 99 99 100 98
June 99.8 100 99 100 100
July 99.7 99 100 100 100
August 92.5 90 100 88 100
September 92.0 100 91 99 71
October 97.5 97 98 99 98
November 73.5 62 74 82 85
December 52.0 42 27 82 56
Average 87.3 80.4 87.5 87.3 92.5 91.3

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 77.9 64 75 74 86 92
February 90.2 91 98 97 85 98
March 98.0 100 100 100 100 100
April 98.7 99 99 96 100 99
May 99.7 100 99 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 94.1 90 100 90 100
September 94.0 100 97 100 72
October 98.5 98 99 100 99
November 84.4 76 88 93 91
December 75.9 69 56 97 76
Average 93.0 89.2 92.4 93.8 96.2 94.2

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 5.1 3 6 4 8 10
February 8.2 11 9 11 7 13
March 14.5 17 13 17 16 15
April 19.6 20 18 16 22 22
May 26.4 29 23 26 26
June 30.3 31 29 34 30
July 35.5 36 36 37 35
August 34.4 34 37 34 34
September 27.5 27 29 28 29
October 19.3 20 22 20 21
November 10.1 9 7 13 11
December 4.9 6 0 6 6
Average 18.9 12.6 19.9 19.9 21.1 20.8

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 -2.3 -3 -2 -3 0 2
February -3.8 1 -2 -3 -2 -1
March 1.2 1 1 4 1 2
April 4.9 5 4 4 4 4
May 10.2 12 10 9 10
June 13.5 13 14 16 13
July 15.4 16 16 17 15
August 15.3 16 17 15 15
September 11.1 12 12 11 11
October 4.9 5 7 6 5
November 1.0 1 -1 4 1
December -1.1 1 -6 0 0
Average 5.5 1.0 6.4 6.4 6.8 6.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.8 11 10 6 9 10
February 9.6 11 7 4 10 5
March 4.6 4 2 7 1 2
April 4.5 2 5 11 1 1
May 3.8 1 8 2 6
June 2.6 1 6 1 5
July 0.2 0 0 1 0
August 1.3 5 0 1 1
September 2.3 3 1 4 1
October 4.0 5 3 4 3
November 6.3 5 10 6 6
December 6.6 9 10 8 4
Average 4.6 6.6 4.2 5.2 3.5 3.6

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 4.9 5 4 4 5 8
February 7.0 6 8 5 10 6
March 6.7 6 7 6 6 8
April 7.8 8 7 8 7 7
May 6.3 6 7 7 8
June 6.3 6 7 6 7
July 4.9 5 4 5 6
August 5.0 6 5 6 5
September 5.4 6 5 5 5
October 5.6 4 5 6 7
November 5.7 5 5 7 7
December 4.5 3 3 8 5
Average 5.9 6.3 5.4 5.6 6.3 6.4

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 265° 319° 267° 266° 220°
February 270° 243° 290° 247° 240°
March 231° 244° 232° 237° 239°
April 237° 226° 247° 276° 253°
May 216° 229° 244° 245°
June 236° 225° 252° 221°
July 259° 221° 217° 233°
August 260° 263° 243° 242°
September 250° 275° 240° 255°
October 279° 244° 233° 245°
November 261° 263° 231° 234°
December 277° 323° 248° 249°

Prevailing wind direction

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