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Fort Vancouver National Historic Site visitation by month and year

July is the busiest month at Fort Vancouver, when the average temperature nearby is 69 degrees. December is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 41 degrees. July runs about 3.3 times the visits of December. The crowd arrives with the warm weather and leaves with it. Annual visits rose 5.2 percent from 1,018,214 in 2019 to 1,071,161 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation

Visits by month with average temperature, precipitation, Fort Vancouver040k80k120k160kJanuary: 50,966 visits on average, 40.7°FJanFebruary: 56,665 visits on average, 43.1°FFebMarch: 78,680 visits on average, 47.2°FMarApril: 88,544 visits on average, 51.7°FAprMay: 120,247 visits on average, 58.3°FMayJune: 111,988 visits on average, 63.3°FJunJuly: 142,032 visits on average, 69.0°FJulAugust: 101,926 visits on average, 69.4°FAugSeptember: 71,827 visits on average, 63.9°FSepOctober: 51,383 visits on average, 54.2°FOctNovember: 46,999 visits on average, 46.2°FNovDecember: 42,817 visits on average, 40.8°FDecJanuary: 40.7°F averageFebruary: 43.1°F averageMarch: 47.2°F averageApril: 51.7°F averageMay: 58.3°F averageJune: 63.3°F averageJuly: 69.0°F averageAugust: 69.4°F averageSeptember: 63.9°F averageOctober: 54.2°F averageNovember: 46.2°F averageDecember: 40.8°F average40°F50°F60°F70°FVisitsRain, inches0.0 in4.0 in8.0 inJanuary: 5.34 in precipitationFebruary: 3.77 in precipitationMarch: 3.95 in precipitationApril: 2.93 in precipitationMay: 2.51 in precipitationJune: 1.61 in precipitationJuly: 0.42 in precipitationAugust: 0.52 in precipitationSeptember: 1.43 in precipitationOctober: 3.41 in precipitationNovember: 5.51 in precipitationDecember: 6.07 in precipitation
Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Vancouver Pearson AP, under a mile from the park's reference point at 30 feet, station USW00094298 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain from the same station, which publishes no snowfall normal.

Annual visits, 1979 to 2025

Annual recreation visits, Fort Vancouver0250k500k750k1M198019902000201020201979: 156,7491980: 162,1421981: 231,2241982: 201,3531983: 239,6501984: 265,3781985: 264,8291986: 263,1451987: 249,8981988: 275,1781989: 229,4641990: 210,3801991: 245,4171992: 291,4581993: 306,5681994: 318,3661995: 310,3091996: 352,7691997: 360,6371998: 365,3261999: 377,6502000: 376,6882001: 404,6622002: 387,3942003: 510,3832004: 682,4152005: 801,1982006: 690,3072007: 682,6452008: 894,4172009: 1,017,3262010: 786,9892011: 710,4392012: 681,4042013: 733,5402014: 803,7402015: 818,6722016: 1,092,0312017: 1,081,4892018: 1,098,5532019: 1,018,2142020: 670,1112021: 809,5252022: 964,3182023: 967,6022024: 1,007,7562025: 1,071,1612025: 1.1M
Recreation visits per calendar year. A year with a missing month is left blank rather than estimated.

The last ten years

YearRecreation visitsChange on prior year
20251,071,161+6.3%
20241,007,756+4.1%
2023967,602+0.3%
2022964,318+19.1%
2021809,525+20.8%
2020670,111-34.2%
20191,018,214-7.3%
20181,098,553+1.6%
20171,081,489-1.0%
20161,092,031+33.4%

Visitation at other parks

Source: NPS Visitor Use Statistics, monthly recreation visits, as compiled for Publicopia Labs. A year is shown only when all twelve months were reported. Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USW00094298, 30 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.