Vaughan Ranch Airfield

WN13 · Washington, United States

Climate Vaughan Ranch Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bremerton National Airport (KPWT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 43.7 43 44 31 39 38
February 49.4 50 58 39 49 52
March 63.1 66 60 47 70 56
April 64.1 48 64 80 76
May 67.0 62 66 67 74
June 65.5 57 68 76 62
July 71.9 77 70 66 73
August 66.9 71 72 72 86
September 70.8 74 82 72 58
October 61.1 64 55 58 58
November 52.6 54 53 46 56
December 47.3 36 40 40 55
Average 60.7 53.4 59.5 58.3 62.5 63.3

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 61.7 57 64 51 62 58
February 69.7 72 77 61 65 68
March 81.8 89 78 72 88 76
April 82.4 74 84 89 89
May 85.6 79 85 84 86
June 83.0 75 86 87 82
July 86.4 87 85 81 89
August 80.0 84 84 85 91
September 84.0 92 92 88 66
October 74.6 82 69 80 69
November 68.0 68 69 63 73
December 64.1 49 69 58 68
Average 77.3 72.9 76.8 76.5 78.6 77.2

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 7.8 7 8 8 8 8
February 7.6 9 8 9 7 9
March 11.6 12 11 12 11 10
April 14.7 13 13 17 16
May 19.5 22 16 18 20
June 22.5 24 22 26 21
July 26.2 27 27 27 25
August 26.8 28 29 26 26
September 22.3 23 25 22 24
October 15.7 17 19 14 16
November 9.7 10 8 10 10
December 6.9 9 4 5 9
Average 15.6 9.4 17.0 16.2 15.9 15.8

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 2.1 2 3 1 2 3
February 0.3 2 0 1 1 1
March 1.4 3 1 3 0 1
April 3.7 4 2 3 3
May 7.5 10 6 6 8
June 9.8 9 10 11 10
July 11.1 11 12 11 11
August 11.8 12 13 12 11
September 10.2 9 10 10 12
October 5.7 7 7 6 7
November 3.1 3 0 5 4
December 1.6 3 0 0 2
Average 5.5 2.1 6.1 5.5 5.6 5.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 32.1 43 31 25 26 40
February 20.3 31 21 19 19 14
March 17.1 23 22 22 19 14
April 17.8 31 21 7 6
May 9.6 6 20 6 14
June 7.9 11 12 8 9
July 2.7 3 3 0 2
August 1.9 4 2 0 3
September 8.0 11 1 9 6
October 14.4 20 9 20 6
November 23.6 18 24 40 24
December 27.3 35 24 30 22
Average 15.7 32.0 16.8 14.8 14.0 12.3

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 5.5 5 4 5 5 7
February 6.3 5 6 6 7 6
March 6.5 6 7 6 6 8
April 7.2 7 7 7 7
May 5.5 5 6 6 6
June 5.5 5 6 6 5
July 4.7 5 4 4 5
August 5.2 5 6 6 5
September 5.9 6 6 6 6
October 6.0 6 5 7 6
November 6.1 5 6 6 7
December 5.0 4 4 7 6
Average 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.9 6.1

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 194° 176° 211° 203° 205°
February 180° 202° 183° 209° 205°
March 199° 205° 206° 203° 205°
April 207° 216° 201° 207°
May 173° 211° 194° 188°
June 186° 210° 201° 197°
July 201° 187° 185° 175°
August 063° 178° 188° 107°
September 189° 063° 204° 068°
October 122° 139° 196° 205°
November 201° 113° 202° 204°
December 202° 059° 174° 203°

Prevailing wind direction

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