Alpha Weather Station

1AW · 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 Pine Bluffs Municipal Airport (K82V) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 90.6 88 92 85 95
February 83.2 94 89 77 85
March 86.5 94 90 94 82 74
April 86.9 92 93 82 92
May 83.0 97 85 76 85
June 96.2 98 98 99 98
July 93.0 96 93 95 92
August 95.8 99 99 95 97
September 90.2 98 88 96 92
October 88.9 95 98 94 88
November 88.5 97 88 93 96
December 88.7 96 97 89
Average 90.0 92.1 96.6 92.6 89.6 90.0

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 94.9 89 97 93 98
February 89.6 95 92 88 92
March 91.7 95 91 97 89 85
April 92.4 94 98 89 96
May 90.6 99 92 88 93
June 98.2 99 100 100 99
July 96.7 97 96 98 97
August 98.0 100 99 97 99
September 95.8 98 95 99 97
October 94.5 96 99 99 92
November 92.5 98 94 96 97
December 94.3 97 100 96
Average 94.3 93.2 97.3 96.4 94.9 95.0

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 4.5 3 4 5 6
February 5.2 8 6 0 5
March 10.7 12 7 12 9 11
April 15.0 9 16 13 15
May 18.9 20 20 18 20
June 27.0 23 29 29 28
July 30.6 29 32 31 30
August 29.4 30 31 30 32
September 26.1 27 28 27 25
October 15.8 18 18 18 15
November 11.2 11 7 14 13
December 6.2 8 8 7
Average 16.3 7.3 19.6 19.1 17.2 16.9

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 -9.9 -11 -6 -7 -7
February -9.6 -6 -3 -12 -9
March -4.0 -4 -6 -2 -5 -3
April -2.3 -5 -3 -2 -3
May 4.4 7 4 5 5
June 9.5 10 10 11 10
July 12.8 12 14 13 13
August 11.5 12 13 11 12
September 7.0 7 8 7 6
October -1.1 0 0 1 -2
November -5.9 -5 -8 -2 -4
December -7.1 -5 -5 -8
Average 0.6 -7.1 3.8 2.7 1.5 0.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.2 6 5 7 2
February 7.1 6 8 15 9
March 4.7 7 7 7 5 5
April 3.9 10 1 5 7
May 5.3 4 7 6 1
June 1.4 3 1 1 2
July 1.2 2 2 1 3
August 0.9 2 1 1 1
September 0.6 0 1 1 1
October 2.0 1 1 3 0
November 3.0 4 5 0 1
December 3.5 3 1 6
Average 3.2 6.0 2.7 3.0 3.5 3.1

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 10.5 8 11 11 13
February 10.0 10 12 10 12
March 10.4 9 12 12 9 11
April 11.4 11 16 10 10
May 8.9 8 10 9 10
June 7.5 7 8 7 8
July 7.0 7 7 7 8
August 7.1 7 7 7 8
September 7.6 8 7 8 9
October 9.8 8 9 10 10
November 9.7 10 10 11 10
December 10.7 12 13 12
Average 9.0 8.9 8.4 9.6 9.0 9.9

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 307° 308° 303° 294°
February 284° 303° 286° 305°
March 279° 298° 320° 304° 283°
April 037° 299° 325° 300°
May 199° 294° 095° 346°
June 147° 215° 078° 312°
July 338° 134° 082° 124°
August 295° 174° 259° 035°
September 331° 282° 317° 311°
October 321° 314° 309° 299°
November 305° 311° 296° 272°
December 309° 270° 311°

Prevailing wind direction

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