Flying R Ranch Airport

WA49 · Washington, United States

Climate Flying R Ranch Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fairchild Air Force Base (KSKA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 45.6 37 41 34 46 57
February 63.8 40 74 72 77 88
March 81.0 83 75 71 93 87
April 84.8 87 81 98 93
May 90.3 91 83 97 86
June 93.1 97 78 99 88
July 99.2 100 99 100 99
August 93.5 87 100 85 100
September 87.0 93 86 95 72
October 87.0 85 87 87 88
November 60.6 43 53 71 70
December 41.1 37 20 55 35
Average 76.8 52.6 76.5 74.2 86.7 82.8

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 57.9 49 56 44 72 71
February 75.6 56 85 82 88 89
March 89.4 91 87 84 97 92
April 93.2 94 92 99 95
May 96.0 95 92 99 92
June 97.3 100 90 100 95
July 99.6 100 100 100 100
August 96.3 92 100 90 100
September 90.6 96 93 97 75
October 93.5 92 94 91 94
November 70.8 53 69 81 81
December 53.4 48 29 68 39
Average 84.1 64.4 83.7 83.1 91.8 87.6

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 0.9 0 1 0 3 3
February 2.8 5 4 5 2 6
March 9.0 11 7 11 12 9
April 13.4 13 11 17 15
May 20.4 24 16 21 19
June 24.7 26 23 31 23
July 30.7 31 31 34 30
August 30.1 29 32 30 31
September 23.4 23 26 24 26
October 14.2 16 19 15 13
November 5.2 5 1 8 6
December 1.1 4 -3 0 2
Average 13.6 5.3 15.2 15.0 16.5 15.2

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 -4.1 -5 -3 -5 -1 -2
February -5.5 -1 -5 -5 -5 -3
March -1.0 1 -2 1 -1 -1
April 1.9 1 -1 2 2
May 7.3 10 4 6 7
June 10.7 12 10 15 10
July 14.1 14 15 17 12
August 14.0 15 15 14 13
September 9.4 9 10 9 10
October 3.0 4 6 3 2
November -2.5 -1 -6 1 -1
December -4.4 -1 -8 -5 -2
Average 3.1 -2.1 4.4 3.5 4.5 3.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 19.0 31 19 13 24 25
February 21.2 27 16 13 14 8
March 13.4 12 15 20 4 14
April 12.1 14 13 5 6
May 6.9 5 12 5 14
June 5.5 5 13 1 9
July 1.1 1 3 1 1
August 2.5 10 1 1 1
September 5.9 8 5 5 2
October 8.0 7 10 10 11
November 15.0 16 22 15 11
December 18.8 28 19 19 14
Average 11.4 23.6 11.5 11.5 7.1 9.0

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 6.6 7 5 5 8 10
February 8.0 8 9 7 10 9
March 8.5 7 8 8 9 10
April 9.5 9 11 10 8
May 7.8 6 9 9 9
June 7.7 7 8 7 8
July 6.9 7 6 6 8
August 7.0 7 7 8 7
September 7.0 8 6 7 7
October 7.4 6 7 8 9
November 7.2 7 7 9 8
December 5.8 6 3 9 5
Average 7.5 7.4 7.0 7.3 8.2 8.2

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 116° 076° 179° 166° 196°
February 209° 197° 180° 223° 218°
March 204° 130° 212° 207° 210°
April 209° 195° 180° 213°
May 180° 210° 211° 166°
June 210° 207° 173° 191°
July 217° 209° 180° 195°
August 203° 186° 196° 197°
September 181° 124° 190° 178°
October 133° 202° 158° 202°
November 170° 094° 165° 173°
December 096° 145° 209° 120°

Prevailing wind direction

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