Fowler Field

02WN · Washington, United States

Climate Fowler Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Omak Airport (KOMK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 38.4 38 25 25 59 33
February 76.0 65 80 67 83 93
March 86.8 86 88 90 98 95
April 94.0 95 93 92 99 100
May 97.1 95 95 100 97
June 98.6 99 96 99 100
July 98.1 100 100 90 100
August 86.9 87 100 81 97
September 89.7 97 76 98 73
October 94.9 95 99 91 94
November 63.9 66 51 63 58
December 45.9 32 56 62 36
Average 81.1 70.7 79.4 80.9 86.4 83.2

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 65.6 54 38 72 82 60
February 88.3 84 87 80 91 96
March 95.0 96 95 98 99 97
April 98.2 99 98 97 100 100
May 99.3 100 100 100 100
June 99.2 100 98 100 100
July 98.5 100 100 92 100
August 90.2 90 100 84 97
September 91.3 99 76 99 76
October 98.3 98 100 96 96
November 87.1 89 71 92 88
December 75.4 58 74 86 62
Average 90.4 82.9 87.1 89.9 93.6 90.3

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 0.5 0 0 -1 3 2
February 3.1 8 2 2 3 8
March 11.4 14 9 13 14 12
April 17.0 18 16 14 20 19
May 24.0 27 20 24 24
June 27.9 29 26 32 27
July 33.9 34 34 37 33
August 33.2 33 36 32 33
September 25.8 26 29 25 28
October 16.8 17 22 16 16
November 5.9 7 0 8 6
December 0.9 4 -4 0 2
Average 15.9 9.7 17.2 16.5 17.9 17.3

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 -4.1 -4 -3 -6 -1 -3
February -5.6 1 -5 -6 -4 -3
March 0.0 1 -1 2 0 0
April 3.5 4 3 2 4 4
May 9.1 12 7 8 9
June 12.2 13 12 15 12
July 16.3 17 16 19 16
August 15.7 16 17 16 15
September 10.8 12 12 10 12
October 4.3 5 8 5 4
November -1.1 0 -6 1 -1
December -4.5 0 -9 -6 -2
Average 4.4 0.3 5.8 4.4 5.5 5.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.9 28 19 2 10 14
February 6.9 10 6 3 7 3
March 7.0 10 8 3 1 3
April 6.1 6 8 10 2 2
May 3.7 3 6 1 6
June 2.3 2 7 1 3
July 0.5 0 1 0 1
August 0.9 3 0 1 1
September 2.5 5 2 2 2
October 4.7 5 1 7 6
November 7.4 8 9 7 8
December 10.4 16 16 10 11
Average 6.0 13.7 6.9 4.5 3.5 4.6

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 4.4 4 2 4 4 6
February 6.8 8 5 5 8 5
March 6.8 7 6 7 7 10
April 7.4 7 7 8 8 8
May 6.8 7 7 7 6
June 7.1 7 7 7 8
July 7.4 8 7 8 8
August 7.2 8 7 7 7
September 6.8 7 7 7 6
October 6.8 6 7 7 6
November 5.5 4 6 6 5
December 5.0 3 7 8 3
Average 6.5 6.2 5.9 6.5 7.1 6.6

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 015° 325° 182° 255° 179°
February 001° 200° 352° 356° 145°
March 003° 342° 181° 173° 005°
April 340° 185° 242° 356° 360°
May 351° 195° 354° 005°
June 350° 339° 345° 005°
July 342° 355° 343° 349°
August 354° 352° 358° 004°
September 013° 006° 180° 128°
October 001° 015° 165° 344°
November 178° 346° 174° 193°
December 181° 350° 358° 164°

Prevailing wind direction

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