Stewart Airport

CZST · Canada

Climate Stewart Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ketchikan International Airport (PAKT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 51.1 50 38 39 57 60
February 59.8 64 39 45 55 56
March 63.5 65 65 55 60 68
April 71.2 66 85 71 60
May 69.8 76 69 59 81
June 66.6 69 71 67 64
July 61.2 66 44 70 54
August 58.3 59 57 63 47
September 64.6 60 54 47 74
October 63.1 58 47 72 75
November 54.8 38 67 56 56
December 56.9 48 66 73 49
Average 62.1 60.0 58.9 58.6 62.6 62.5

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 82.4 82 75 70 93 85
February 84.9 85 82 73 87 88
March 91.6 91 91 96 91 95
April 94.3 99 97 90 92
May 92.9 93 95 95 96
June 91.4 91 90 94 91
July 86.9 88 82 94 83
August 86.0 86 86 90 81
September 86.9 84 78 84 95
October 86.8 83 70 98 93
November 86.6 82 90 91 90
December 89.4 93 87 87 86
Average 88.4 86.1 87.8 85.0 91.2 89.7

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 4.6 5 6 4 5 2
February 4.1 6 4 6 3 5
March 6.7 8 6 7 5 7
April 10.1 9 10 11 10
May 14.7 16 14 13 16
June 16.8 18 18 17 16
July 19.0 20 19 19 17
August 18.9 20 20 18 16
September 15.8 15 17 14 16
October 10.9 12 12 10 10
November 7.1 8 5 8 6
December 4.3 7 1 0 7
Average 10.5 6.0 11.8 11.3 10.1 10.5

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 0.5 0 2 -1 2 -2
February -1.5 1 0 2 -1 1
March 0.6 1 0 2 1 0
April 3.2 3 2 2 3
May 7.4 8 5 7 8
June 10.2 10 10 11 10
July 12.7 14 13 13 12
August 12.8 13 14 12 12
September 10.1 10 11 10 11
October 6.0 7 8 5 4
November 3.1 5 1 3 2
December 0.4 3 -4 -5 3
Average 5.0 0.6 6.3 5.5 4.9 5.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 38.0 42 48 35 35 35
February 27.8 15 47 38 32 34
March 27.8 25 24 32 36 31
April 25.9 31 17 23 25
May 20.4 15 28 19 15
June 22.6 20 17 19 27
July 20.1 16 28 16 22
August 21.3 14 17 19 40
September 28.2 35 30 46 24
October 30.0 34 31 35 24
November 37.6 43 24 48 39
December 32.5 53 18 21 38
Average 26.9 26.8 29.0 25.7 28.5 28.4

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 7.8 7 8 8 9 8
February 7.3 7 8 8 7 7
March 8.0 8 8 9 8 8
April 8.6 9 8 8 10
May 8.0 8 8 8 8
June 7.6 8 7 8 8
July 7.4 7 8 7 8
August 7.9 8 8 7 8
September 7.6 8 8 8 8
October 7.5 8 8 9 5
November 7.6 8 7 8 9
December 7.7 9 6 5 10
Average 7.7 7.2 8.0 7.6 7.7 8.0

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 142° 137° 136° 142° 146°
February 309° 135° 136° 139° 137°
March 121° 070° 131° 132° 024°
April 132° 098° 060° 110°
May 045° 119° 118° 122°
June 117° 109° 103° 122°
July 079° 123° 100° 118°
August 092° 073° 094° 130°
September 130° 114° 131° 093°
October 134° 128° 135° 131°
November 135° 134° 140° 141°
December 141° 173° 266° 140°

Prevailing wind direction

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