Tacoma Narrows Airport

KTIW · Washington, United States

Climate Tacoma Narrows Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tacoma Narrows Airport (KTIW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 56.3 55 56 34 53 55
February 50.6 56 64 41 45 45
March 67.4 78 70 57 68 59
April 73.4 67 71 85 74
May 70.8 68 68 68 79
June 71.0 67 71 76 75
July 76.7 84 79 65 75
August 71.9 78 79 72 78
September 73.9 77 80 78 61
October 62.0 65 56 62 58
November 60.0 71 52 57 64
December 47.8 40 47 43 52
Average 65.8 63.8 67.8 62.9 65.4 65.7

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 75.8 78 78 59 71 79
February 80.3 81 93 80 75 83
March 87.8 91 92 84 90 81
April 91.1 89 89 95 88
May 91.0 89 92 90 93
June 90.8 87 91 91 90
July 92.0 94 96 80 92
August 90.0 94 93 89 94
September 88.5 91 89 94 71
October 80.2 86 70 86 79
November 78.5 82 76 75 82
December 70.8 60 71 75 79
Average 85.2 83.8 86.6 83.6 84.9 84.9

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 7.8 8 9 7 8 8
February 7.7 10 8 9 7 9
March 11.0 12 11 12 10 10
April 14.0 13 13 16 15
May 18.8 22 16 17 19
June 21.7 23 21 24 20
July 25.1 27 26 25 23
August 25.2 27 27 24 24
September 21.1 22 23 20 22
October 14.9 16 19 13 15
November 9.8 10 9 10 10
December 7.2 10 6 5 8
Average 14.7 9.8 16.3 15.9 14.8 15.1

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 3.4 4 4 3 4 4
February 2.6 5 3 3 2 3
March 3.8 5 3 6 3 3
April 5.9 6 5 5 6
May 9.2 11 8 8 9
June 11.1 11 12 12 11
July 12.8 13 14 12 12
August 13.7 15 15 13 13
September 12.0 12 13 11 13
October 8.0 9 10 8 9
November 5.1 5 3 6 5
December 3.3 5 2 1 4
Average 7.2 4.4 8.0 7.9 7.0 7.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 20.2 29 17 15 20 31
February 17.9 20 14 12 21 8
March 15.3 13 12 15 13 14
April 15.3 23 12 6 6
May 8.0 4 20 6 9
June 6.3 5 10 8 9
July 1.1 1 1 0 0
August 1.3 3 1 0 2
September 6.9 9 2 9 7
October 10.5 14 7 13 6
November 17.7 11 22 28 18
December 19.4 23 13 23 17
Average 12.0 20.4 10.7 10.6 11.2 9.8

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 5.2 5 4 5 5 7
February 6.5 5 7 6 7 6
March 6.0 6 6 5 6 7
April 6.2 6 7 6 5
May 5.2 5 6 6 6
June 5.2 5 5 5 5
July 4.8 5 4 4 5
August 4.9 5 5 5 5
September 5.2 5 6 5 5
October 5.5 5 5 7 6
November 5.8 4 6 6 7
December 5.0 3 5 7 6
Average 5.4 5.4 5.1 5.2 5.7 5.9

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 213° 187° 203° 204° 204°
February 222° 206° 211° 216° 214°
March 202° 210° 231° 202° 213°
April 213° 221° 264° 229°
May 233° 220° 226° 252°
June 230° 237° 289° 211°
July 246° 238° 219° 224°
August 011° 306° 230° 212°
September 219° 019° 214° 035°
October 195° 199° 208° 224°
November 228° 223° 204° 209°
December 225° 018° 217° 205°

Prevailing wind direction

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