Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field

KYKM · Washington, United States

Climate Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister Field (KYKM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 54.2 35 59 41 68 76
February 82.7 75 95 99 85 100
March 94.4 97 98 98 100 97
April 96.3 99 95 90 100 100
May 98.9 100 97 100 99
June 99.5 100 99 100 98
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 90.2 90 97 68 100
September 88.6 99 95 81 72
October 98.1 95 99 98 100
November 81.4 73 78 79 88
December 52.7 40 42 73 56
Average 86.5 76.6 87.3 87.9 88.4 91.1

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 73.3 58 80 61 91 89
February 89.9 95 97 99 86 100
March 98.0 99 100 100 100 98
April 99.0 100 99 96 100 100
May 99.4 100 100 100 99
June 99.9 100 100 100 99
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 92.7 90 97 78 100
September 90.2 99 96 86 74
October 99.2 97 100 99 100
November 89.9 89 85 88 92
December 76.3 81 56 91 74
Average 92.4 87.9 94.4 92.1 93.5 94.1

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 4.3 2 5 1 6 7
February 7.4 9 8 9 7 12
March 13.3 15 11 15 14 14
April 17.8 18 16 14 21 20
May 24.6 27 20 24 24
June 28.2 29 26 32 27
July 33.6 34 34 36 32
August 32.7 32 35 31 32
September 26.1 25 28 26 28
October 18.3 18 22 17 19
November 9.2 9 6 11 10
December 4.0 6 -1 4 5
Average 17.5 11.0 18.4 18.1 19.1 19.2

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 -4.7 -4 -3 -6 -1 -2
February -4.5 0 -4 -4 -3 -3
March -1.4 -1 -1 1 -1 -1
April 3.1 3 2 1 3 3
May 8.7 11 6 7 8
June 11.8 12 11 15 12
July 14.7 15 15 18 14
August 14.1 15 14 14 14
September 9.0 9 10 8 10
October 3.2 4 6 4 3
November -2.4 -1 -4 2 -2
December -3.4 1 -8 -3 -3
Average 3.9 -1.5 5.0 3.7 5.3 4.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.3 21 10 4 7 7
February 9.2 8 4 4 10 1
March 3.7 4 3 4 0 4
April 4.8 3 7 11 3 2
May 3.6 2 11 1 4
June 2.1 1 3 1 4
July 0.4 1 1 0 0
August 1.1 5 1 0 0
September 2.4 3 1 5 1
October 4.1 4 5 4 4
November 6.0 6 8 5 7
December 8.0 14 19 5 4
Average 4.8 9.0 4.7 5.6 3.0 2.9

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 3.1 3 3 2 3 4
February 4.6 4 5 4 6 5
March 5.5 6 5 5 6 6
April 5.9 5 5 7 6 6
May 5.9 6 6 6 7
June 5.7 5 5 5 7
July 4.8 4 5 5 5
August 4.8 5 5 5 5
September 4.4 5 5 4 4
October 4.4 4 4 5 6
November 3.7 3 4 5 4
December 2.8 3 3 5 2
Average 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.7 5.1 5.1

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 285° 286° 258° 237° 247°
February 224° 284° 315° 277° 259°
March 245° 258° 269° 244° 250°
April 274° 228° 277° 332° 296°
May 293° 272° 287° 292°
June 293° 260° 287° 292°
July 256° 263° 294° 283°
August 281° 255° 292° 251°
September 253° 287° 233° 203°
October 283° 244° 221° 268°
November 265° 269° 210° 241°
December 255° 273° 237° 242°

Prevailing wind direction

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