HOUK (PULUSUK) CIVIL AIRFIELD

FM-0002 · Chuuk, Micronesia

Climate HOUK (PULUSUK) CIVIL AIRFIELD 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chuuk International Airport (PTKK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.7 99 99 100 98 100
February 99.1 98 99 100 99 100
March 99.0 100 100 98 99 100
April 99.5 99 100 100 100
May 97.4 96 99 94 97
June 98.6 98 99 97 99
July 98.7 99 98 97 99
August 98.9 99 99 99 99
September 97.9 98 99 97 97
October 98.9 99 99 100 100
November 98.3 98 98 98 98
December 98.4 98 99 100 99
Average 98.7 98.8 98.3 98.9 98.1 98.9

1st best VFR conditions of Micronesia

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 99.5 100 99 100 99 100
February 99.8 100 99 100 100 100
March 99.5 100 100 99 100 100
April 99.7 99 100 100 100
May 99.3 99 100 98 99
June 99.6 99 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 99 99
August 99.5 100 99 100 99
September 99.3 99 100 100 100
October 99.6 100 100 100 100
November 99.3 100 100 99 99
December 99.0 98 100 100 100
Average 99.6 100.0 99.1 99.6 99.5 99.7

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 30.0 31 30 30 30 30
February 30.0 30 30 30 30 30
March 30.2 31 31 30 30 31
April 30.7 31 31 31 31
May 30.5 31 31 29 30
June 30.6 31 31 30 31
July 30.7 31 31 30 31
August 30.9 31 31 31 31
September 30.7 32 31 30 31
October 31.0 31 31 31 31
November 30.6 31 31 30 31
December 30.2 31 31 30 30
Average 30.5 30.5 30.9 30.5 30.1 30.6

3rd highest temperature of Micronesia

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 26.4 27 25 26 26 27
February 26.6 27 26 26 27 27
March 26.4 27 26 25 26 27
April 26.4 26 25 26 27
May 26.5 26 26 26 27
June 26.1 26 26 26 26
July 26.1 26 26 26 26
August 26.0 26 26 26 26
September 26.0 26 26 26 26
October 26.2 26 26 26 26
November 26.3 26 26 26 27
December 26.4 26 27 26 26
Average 26.3 26.8 25.9 25.7 26.0 26.4

3rd lowest temperature of Micronesia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.4 9 11 3 13 6
February 8.8 9 18 3 16 2
March 8.1 5 7 14 12 0
April 10.6 9 20 5 6
May 13.2 17 9 27 10
June 10.2 8 12 9 7
July 12.1 15 14 13 10
August 10.8 16 9 6 6
September 13.4 14 12 13 12
October 9.5 9 12 6 7
November 9.7 10 9 8 6
December 9.9 12 10 5 12
Average 9.9 7.4 12.1 10.6 11.2 6.9

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 8.1 9 7 9 8 8
February 9.1 10 8 9 9 10
March 7.7 9 6 8 7 8
April 6.9 6 7 5 8
May 6.0 5 6 6 8
June 5.8 6 6 5 7
July 5.5 5 6 6 6
August 5.5 6 5 5 6
September 5.4 6 5 6 4
October 5.7 6 5 6 5
November 6.1 6 6 6 6
December 7.6 8 8 7 8
Average 6.9 9.0 6.2 6.5 6.4 7.0

3rd highest wind speed of Micronesia

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 046° 041° 042° 056° 037°
February 043° 037° 037° 056° 038°
March 044° 041° 044° 054° 038°
April 043° 056° 057° 041°
May 076° 051° 067° 060°
June 050° 058° 067° 049°
July 036° 063° 087° 059°
August 234° 056° 058° 068°
September 285° 082° 092° 044°
October 298° 059° 104° 094°
November 049° 043° 046° 061°
December 050° 046° 043° 056°

Prevailing wind direction

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