Willapa Harbor Heliport

01WA · Washington, United States

Climate Willapa Harbor Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bowerman Airport (KHQM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.3 51 57 47 57 51
February 57.1 56 63 44 53 61
March 66.2 69 70 41 84 68
April 67.6 62 57 77 78 70
May 62.1 60 64 58 82
June 64.8 53 59 72 71
July 56.6 57 52 45 65
August 53.6 62 47 56 65
September 63.0 68 63 59 52
October 66.2 61 59 78 65
November 64.3 78 55 57 72
December 59.6 51 61 60 69
Average 61.7 60.0 61.1 55.7 62.9 66.3

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 81.0 74 88 69 85 85
February 79.4 84 82 72 78 79
March 86.6 91 94 74 96 89
April 88.4 86 85 95 95 91
May 87.4 88 89 83 96
June 86.6 82 79 89 92
July 80.1 82 81 70 81
August 76.3 77 80 72 85
September 79.7 84 79 81 63
October 80.1 81 70 92 77
November 80.3 91 64 71 86
December 79.6 72 90 76 84
Average 82.6 84.0 83.9 78.4 82.3 84.2

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 9.1 8 10 10 9 9
February 8.6 10 9 10 7 9
March 11.0 12 11 11 10 10
April 13.2 13 13 12 14 13
May 16.2 18 14 15 17
June 18.6 18 19 21 17
July 20.3 21 21 20 20
August 21.7 24 23 21 21
September 20.2 20 22 20 22
October 15.9 16 19 15 15
November 11.2 11 11 12 11
December 8.6 10 7 7 10
Average 14.1 10.7 15.0 15.2 14.3 14.3

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 4.4 4 6 4 5 6
February 3.2 5 4 5 4 4
March 4.2 4 4 7 3 3
April 6.0 4 7 5 5 6
May 9.4 11 8 8 10
June 11.6 11 12 13 11
July 13.0 13 14 14 12
August 13.9 15 15 14 13
September 12.3 11 14 12 13
October 8.5 8 11 9 9
November 5.4 4 4 8 5
December 4.2 6 3 3 5
Average 7.6 4.1 8.2 8.6 8.1 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 25.4 34 21 23 27 35
February 23.6 31 24 19 32 17
March 18.7 23 22 20 16 13
April 17.9 20 26 18 5 6
May 9.3 3 21 6 13
June 8.0 4 16 10 7
July 2.2 3 3 1 3
August 2.1 4 0 3 4
September 5.8 8 3 11 3
October 13.1 15 13 17 10
November 20.3 14 18 33 28
December 20.9 22 19 22 20
Average 14.5 26.4 13.1 13.9 13.8 12.0

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 9.9 10 9 10 9 13
February 9.2 9 10 9 10 9
March 8.9 8 9 8 10 8
April 9.2 9 9 10 8 8
May 8.3 8 9 9 9
June 8.4 9 8 8 9
July 7.7 8 7 8 8
August 7.5 8 7 8 8
September 7.3 7 7 8 8
October 7.9 7 7 10 8
November 9.1 8 9 11 9
December 8.7 8 7 9 10
Average 8.6 9.1 8.4 8.1 8.8 8.7

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 115° 121° 124° 119° 201°
February 145° 234° 188° 265° 250°
March 152° 143° 215° 223° 218°
April 235° 197° 224° 255° 249°
May 269° 251° 258° 256°
June 265° 247° 257° 256°
July 255° 263° 267° 262°
August 257° 253° 262° 264°
September 240° 242° 236° 184°
October 137° 220° 187° 250°
November 114° 115° 173° 171°
December 106° 093° 107° 121°

Prevailing wind direction

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