Renton Municipal Airport

KRNT · Washington, United States

Climate Renton Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Renton Municipal Airport (KRNT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.8 65 68 47 76 67
February 59.4 62 67 50 52 59
March 76.5 80 73 69 78 73
April 80.4 77 85 85 81
May 75.3 70 78 75 80
June 76.7 72 73 85 79
July 82.3 86 83 77 81
August 75.4 74 84 69 84
September 77.7 77 85 82 60
October 68.3 67 57 80 63
November 67.2 68 62 65 73
December 64.4 54 57 59 74
Average 72.9 68.9 71.3 70.1 74.4 73.3

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 86.9 84 92 69 91 88
February 86.3 81 89 83 91 86
March 96.0 96 97 91 97 96
April 96.8 96 98 96 95
May 96.0 98 95 97 94
June 95.1 92 91 99 96
July 97.0 98 97 97 95
August 93.8 97 98 96 98
September 91.2 95 95 95 67
October 85.0 90 75 91 84
November 84.9 79 83 83 90
December 84.3 77 81 87 89
Average 91.2 87.4 92.1 88.7 93.8 90.2

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 9.1 8 10 9 9 9
February 8.8 11 9 9 8 10
March 12.5 13 12 13 12 11
April 15.5 14 14 18 16
May 20.6 23 17 19 21
June 23.3 24 22 27 21
July 27.0 28 27 27 25
August 27.3 28 29 27 26
September 23.1 23 25 23 24
October 16.6 17 20 16 16
November 11.3 11 10 12 11
December 8.5 11 6 6 10
Average 16.2 10.7 17.5 17.0 17.0 16.8

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 3.7 4 4 3 5 5
February 2.9 5 3 3 3 3
March 4.1 5 4 5 3 3
April 6.6 7 5 6 6
May 10.4 12 8 10 10
June 12.9 12 12 15 12
July 15.2 15 16 16 15
August 15.6 17 16 15 14
September 13.2 13 13 13 14
October 8.4 9 10 8 10
November 5.0 4 2 7 5
December 3.4 5 2 2 4
Average 8.0 4.5 8.7 8.2 8.5 8.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 18.3 21 15 12 21 30
February 17.7 21 12 13 21 11
March 12.6 11 11 13 11 9
April 12.9 19 10 5 5
May 7.6 6 18 5 10
June 6.8 8 10 10 10
July 1.0 1 2 0 1
August 0.9 2 0 1 1
September 5.1 6 3 5 6
October 8.9 9 7 11 4
November 18.3 9 25 25 21
December 18.0 27 11 20 14
Average 10.9 17.3 9.8 10.1 10.1 9.4

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 4.3 4 4 4 4 5
February 5.3 5 6 5 6 5
March 5.6 6 6 5 5 6
April 6.0 6 6 6 6
May 5.2 5 5 6 5
June 5.2 5 5 6 5
July 5.1 5 5 5 6
August 5.3 5 5 6 5
September 5.1 5 5 5 5
October 4.7 4 5 5 5
November 4.6 4 4 5 5
December 4.2 4 3 5 5
Average 5.0 4.7 4.9 4.8 5.2 5.3

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 168° 147° 180° 174° 174°
February 172° 185° 219° 186° 189°
March 238° 209° 213° 211° 213°
April 196° 201° 298° 272°
May 303° 208° 282° 290°
June 292° 286° 290° 232°
July 307° 326° 314° 275°
August 321° 296° 277° 306°
September 294° 326° 266° 318°
October 310° 261° 175° 218°
November 189° 304° 182° 183°
December 178° 058° 168° 177°

Prevailing wind direction

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