Alpine Airport

46U · United States

Climate Alpine Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Alpine Airport (K46U) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.4 62 62 76 74 49
February 71.0 70 69 79 65 99
March 81.2 75 69 84 93 81
April 84.2 85 82 92 83
May 92.6 97 87 92 94
June 95.1 92 96 100 93
July 98.9 99 100 98 99
August 95.1 95 95 90 98
September 93.9 91 95 98 97
October 91.5 91 93 89 98
November 81.2 89 72 74 80
December 69.3 73 64 63 69
Average 82.4 69.2 85.5 86.7 86.8 87.9

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 83.7 83 87 83 90 72
February 82.6 83 83 93 78 100
March 89.7 83 82 90 97 93
April 92.0 91 87 97 92
May 98.1 99 98 98 97
June 98.3 98 97 100 99
July 99.5 99 100 99 100
August 97.9 99 96 97 99
September 98.6 98 97 100 99
October 97.6 99 99 97 99
November 91.3 98 85 88 91
December 84.5 87 85 72 85
Average 91.6 82.9 93.7 93.1 93.5 94.6

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 -3.0 -2 -4 -5 -2 -2
February -2.6 2 -3 -2 -1 -3
March 4.3 5 2 6 5 5
April 9.7 8 10 11 10
May 17.3 19 16 18 18
June 23.4 21 24 28 21
July 29.3 29 31 31 28
August 27.6 26 28 27 29
September 22.8 22 25 24 23
October 13.6 15 16 14 16
November 4.5 6 -1 7 4
December -2.3 0 -4 1 -4
Average 8.8 1.5 11.8 12.5 13.4 12.8

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 -11.1 -8 -11 -14 -12 -7
February -11.0 -6 -13 -13 -9 -18
March -7.1 -7 -9 -6 -9 -4
April -3.9 -4 -2 -2 -2
May 3.6 5 3 4 4
June 7.9 7 7 9 7
July 11.3 12 11 12 10
August 10.5 11 11 9 12
September 5.7 6 6 3 7
October -1.6 1 -1 1 0
November -6.7 -4 -10 -2 -6
December -10.6 -9 -12 -6 -13
Average -3.3 -8.9 -1.5 -2.6 -1.9 0.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 3.0 3 2 3 2 4
February 3.6 3 3 3 5 3
March 3.8 3 5 4 4 4
April 4.5 4 5 5 4
May 5.3 5 6 6 5
June 4.6 4 5 5 5
July 4.3 4 4 4 5
August 4.0 4 3 4 4
September 3.8 4 4 4 4
October 4.3 4 4 4 5
November 3.7 4 4 3 4
December 3.4 3 4 4 3
Average 3.9 3.2 3.8 4.2 4.1 4.3

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 242° 261° 257° 275° 248°
February 246° 291° 322° 284° 286°
March 272° 237° 293° 289° 217°
April 267° 287° 310° 288°
May 156° 280° 278° 232°
June 225° 243° 270° 231°
July 235° 263° 229° 264°
August 218° 234° 263° 272°
September 196° 257° 274° 283°
October 296° 291° 254° 280°
November 137° 262° 263° 184°
December 189° 319° 254° 306°

Prevailing wind direction

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