Aleknagik /New Airport

5A8 · United States

Climate Aleknagik /New Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dillingham Airport (PADL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.3 85 41 65 65 81
February 56.1 56 54 37 59 52
March 68.2 60 68 67 61 68
April 68.5 51 62 80 76 61
May 70.9 49 91 78 79
June 62.1 48 64 54 81
July 57.9 44 54 52 71
August 60.1 58 45 72 76
September 73.2 72 51 74 92
October 70.2 86 71 65 70
November 72.7 76 72 88 64
December 63.7 60 76 49 58
Average 65.5 60.4 58.3 64.0 66.2 72.0

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 81.9 93 56 78 81 94
February 69.6 64 69 53 68 71
March 81.3 81 78 84 74 80
April 83.8 71 74 95 90 78
May 92.8 83 99 94 92
June 84.8 83 81 88 94
July 83.9 72 78 85 86
August 83.4 83 78 91 88
September 92.0 90 85 92 98
October 91.0 96 90 86 88
November 87.5 91 84 93 82
December 78.9 76 84 66 77
Average 84.3 76.0 79.7 83.1 85.4 86.3

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 -5.0 -4 -2 -4 -3 -12
February -3.6 -2 -3 -2 -3 -5
March -1.7 -1 0 1 -1 0
April 4.9 3 2 5 5 6
May 11.6 9 14 13 14
June 16.0 14 19 15 16
July 17.9 17 17 17 19
August 16.9 17 16 17 18
September 12.9 12 12 11 13
October 7.0 7 6 5 7
November -1.8 1 0 -9 1
December -4.1 -6 -4 -4 -3
Average 5.5 -1.1 5.4 7.0 5.2 6.1

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 -12.6 -10 -8 -13 -9 -20
February -9.1 -7 -13 -7 -10 -13
March -9.9 -10 -9 -6 -12 -9
April -3.6 -4 -7 -2 -3 -1
May 3.2 3 4 3 4
June 7.8 7 9 7 7
July 10.1 10 10 10 10
August 9.5 10 10 9 9
September 5.7 5 6 4 6
October 0.8 -1 0 -1 2
November -7.4 -5 -6 -18 -6
December -10.1 -13 -10 -11 -9
Average -2.4 -8.2 -2.3 -1.7 -3.5 -2.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 21.7 11 51 25 20 10
February 27.4 41 24 37 19 33
March 18.2 23 15 21 18 20
April 21.6 28 29 17 19 20
May 20.6 37 4 16 14
June 16.4 29 7 23 12
July 18.0 31 20 22 13
August 19.5 23 24 13 11
September 19.9 22 33 21 17
October 21.9 18 27 24 21
November 19.6 18 29 12 20
December 26.6 32 13 29 29
Average 20.8 26.3 27.4 20.4 19.4 17.2

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 9.3 11 9 11 9 9
February 8.9 10 8 9 9 10
March 7.9 8 8 11 7 7
April 7.8 8 8 8 9 7
May 8.1 9 8 7 7
June 6.7 8 6 8 7
July 6.0 7 7 7 5
August 7.0 7 8 6 6
September 7.6 7 8 8 9
October 8.2 8 9 8 7
November 7.7 7 9 6 8
December 8.4 8 8 7 10
Average 7.7 8.8 7.7 8.1 7.3 7.4

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 036° 016° 009° 014° 003°
February 078° 012° 042° 024° 032°
March 039° 352° 021° 181° 016°
April 069° 029° 069° 037° 060°
May 081° 017° 074° 095°
June 127° 134° 131° 144°
July 137° 148° 169° 194°
August 167° 230° 190° 179°
September 266° 185° 021° 009°
October 023° 004° 008° 050°
November 016° 009° 006° 195°
December 360° 040° 257° 038°

Prevailing wind direction

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