Thompson Airport

WA61 · Washington, United States

Climate Thompson Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Seattle Paine Field International (KPAE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.0 56 57 39 59 50
February 50.4 52 52 43 48 54
March 62.9 61 61 51 68 63
April 67.3 55 75 79 74
May 66.2 60 59 62 74
June 67.6 63 67 81 64
July 76.0 79 75 70 75
August 72.9 72 80 70 82
September 67.4 69 77 74 53
October 61.1 59 54 70 50
November 64.6 81 66 52 58
December 56.0 52 52 49 58
Average 64.0 56.5 63.4 62.3 66.2 63.8

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 75.2 70 73 55 79 72
February 70.7 78 70 66 67 74
March 83.2 82 81 77 93 81
April 88.4 82 93 94 90
May 85.1 77 84 81 91
June 85.7 79 83 93 79
July 89.6 91 85 86 88
August 87.1 86 91 88 89
September 81.1 82 88 87 61
October 75.9 70 64 87 71
November 78.5 89 76 75 81
December 73.9 66 77 74 76
Average 81.3 76.7 79.1 78.8 84.4 80.0

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 8 7 8 8
February 7.2 10 7 8 6 8
March 10.8 12 11 11 11 10
April 13.5 13 13 15 14
May 17.9 20 15 17 18
June 20.5 21 20 23 19
July 23.5 24 24 24 22
August 24.4 25 26 24 23
September 20.7 21 22 20 22
October 14.6 16 18 13 14
November 9.8 10 8 11 10
December 7.2 10 4 4 9
Average 14.2 9.8 15.5 15.0 14.6 14.8

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 3.4 3 4 3 4 4
February 2.3 5 3 3 2 3
March 4.2 6 3 5 4 3
April 6.2 6 5 6 7
May 9.7 11 8 9 10
June 11.7 11 12 14 11
July 13.3 14 14 13 13
August 14.4 16 15 14 14
September 12.5 13 13 12 13
October 8.3 9 10 8 9
November 5.0 5 2 6 5
December 3.0 5 1 1 4
Average 7.4 4.6 8.3 7.8 7.6 8.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.6 26 20 11 24 22
February 19.1 17 24 13 21 14
March 14.3 18 9 16 12 10
April 13.5 19 11 5 6
May 9.5 8 21 5 13
June 7.5 8 10 7 13
July 1.6 1 1 0 5
August 2.3 3 3 2 3
September 6.2 7 1 10 6
October 10.2 11 8 14 8
November 17.2 8 18 29 19
December 16.0 22 10 16 18
Average 11.8 20.4 11.1 10.2 11.0 10.9

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 7.2 7 7 7 7 10
February 6.6 7 7 6 7 6
March 7.3 7 7 7 8 8
April 7.8 9 8 6 7
May 5.9 5 7 6 6
June 5.9 6 6 6 6
July 5.3 6 5 5 5
August 5.4 5 6 5 5
September 5.9 6 6 6 6
October 6.2 6 6 8 6
November 7.0 6 6 9 8
December 6.4 6 6 7 7
Average 6.4 6.9 6.2 6.2 6.6 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 158° 146° 164° 156° 164°
February 167° 164° 184° 174° 170°
March 173° 181° 186° 190° 188°
April 180° 191° 232° 218°
May 312° 185° 232° 214°
June 279° 215° 285° 228°
July 305° 308° 306° 313°
August 322° 276° 302° 315°
September 242° 335° 187° 277°
October 144° 181° 163° 175°
November 163° 147° 171° 166°
December 153° 074° 174° 160°

Prevailing wind direction

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