Alpha Weather Station

1AM · United States

Climate Alpha Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Alpha Weather Station (K1AM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 84.8 80 87 78 91 93
February 75.1 76 88 78 67 81
March 76.9 74 69 65 89 81
April 73.0 81 55 70 83
May 72.8 91 33 77 92
June 75.3 95 8 98 87
July 79.0 99 0 93 98
August 79.6 97 0 80 100
September 82.5 85 43 90 88
October 82.7 76 84 89 75
November 84.2 92 71 96 90
December 85.2 96 69 74 92
Average 78.4 76.3 88.0 47.4 84.6 89.6

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 89.9 89 92 86 92 97
February 84.0 88 91 86 76 89
March 86.1 87 80 74 94 94
April 82.5 89 62 85 91
May 81.5 98 36 90 98
June 78.9 99 8 99 94
July 80.9 100 0 95 100
August 81.8 100 0 85 100
September 89.4 92 50 90 97
October 88.9 87 91 91 82
November 91.3 95 89 97 95
December 91.0 96 84 84 93
Average 85.3 87.6 93.3 53.8 90.0 95.2

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 4.1 2 3 5 6 4
February -1.7 5 4 3 -6 4
March 5.5 6 2 9 10 5
April 10.4 11 8 11 11
May 16.3 20 16 15 17
June 22.2 21 22 26 22
July 28.2 28 29 32 27
August 28.2 28 31 26 30
September 22.6 23 24 24 25
October 12.5 13 16 16 5
November 7.5 11 3 12 9
December 4.4 9 -3 2 6
Average 10.8 4.2 14.5 12.7 14.5 14.1

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 -5.3 -5 -4 -7 0 -6
February -10.8 -5 -5 -8 -14 -3
March -5.6 -4 -6 -2 -1 -5
April 0.3 1 -2 1 -1
May 5.3 9 4 4 5
June 9.6 10 9 11 10
July 12.6 12 14 16 11
August 12.8 13 16 12 12
September 8.7 9 10 8 8
October 2.0 2 6 5 -5
November -3.9 1 -7 1 0
December -6.8 -1 -12 -10 -2
Average 0.2 -5.2 3.3 1.1 2.7 2.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.2 15 15 14 12 6
February 24.8 19 15 19 36 21
March 15.0 15 20 18 10 17
April 19.9 19 21 23 15
May 8.7 10 3 15 5
June 5.4 4 1 3 13
July 2.3 2 0 3 4
August 3.0 4 0 5 1
September 8.0 7 15 2 5
October 13.2 13 13 8 23
November 13.2 5 25 3 6
December 12.3 5 29 20 2
Average 12.7 16.4 9.7 12.0 10.8 8.7

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 12.0 10 11 14 13 13
February 11.6 10 14 15 10 14
March 9.0 7 8 11 10 11
April 10.7 10 12 10 11
May 8.6 7 11 8 9
June 8.0 6 9 8 9
July 6.9 6 7 7 8
August 7.6 8 7 8 7
September 8.2 7 6 10 8
October 9.6 8 8 11 10
November 12.0 11 11 16 14
December 10.5 10 8 12 8
Average 9.6 8.6 8.5 10.3 10.0 10.0

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 245° 236° 212° 218° 217°
February 243° 244° 222° 224° 224°
March 257° 248° 234° 228° 235°
April 251° 233° 240° 241°
May 355° 241° 256° 235°
June 270° 234° 273° 240°
July 277° 261° 355° 243°
August 259° 355° 254° 251°
September 264° 269° 235° 254°
October 257° 254° 217° 217°
November 242° 244° 221° 217°
December 239° 247° 220° 217°

Prevailing wind direction

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