Girdwood Airport

KAQY · Alaska, United States

Climate Girdwood Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bryant Army Air Field (PAFR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.2 67 80 67 78 66
February 63.2 81 45 54 61 73
March 83.2 83 82 80 74 83
April 85.1 72 94 85 74
May 92.1 90 91 92 93
June 83.3 78 78 94 84
July 75.8 64 79 72 81
August 77.3 75 71 77 82
September 79.1 74 82 73 86
October 81.3 68 85 78 78
November 72.0 60 86 51 74
December 67.0 52 65 67 68
Average 79.1 77.3 71.0 78.2 77.5 79.9

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 79.3 76 89 74 83 76
February 74.1 86 61 67 69 85
March 88.7 91 89 83 84 87
April 91.3 80 99 95 81
May 95.9 94 94 97 96
June 94.7 86 92 99 95
July 89.0 79 89 90 92
August 89.6 88 82 90 95
September 87.5 86 88 83 90
October 89.0 76 92 90 87
November 76.8 71 88 54 77
December 73.0 58 69 72 77
Average 87.4 84.7 81.2 85.7 86.8 88.1

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 -7.5 -8 -3 -6 -4 -14
February -4.8 -2 -4 0 -7 -3
March 1.1 2 1 3 -3 1
April 7.8 5 8 7 8
May 13.9 13 14 14 16
June 18.2 16 21 18 18
July 20.1 19 20 19 21
August 18.4 19 16 18 19
September 13.5 10 13 16 14
October 6.3 4 6 5 6
November -3.3 0 -2 -9 -4
December -5.6 -6 -9 -7 -2
Average 5.6 -3.2 6.2 7.4 5.2 6.6

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 -15.0 -18 -11 -14 -12 -24
February -13.7 -12 -12 -7 -15 -13
March -11.6 -7 -12 -6 -17 -13
April -4.8 -6 -4 -6 -3
May 3.2 4 1 3 3
June 8.1 8 9 8 7
July 10.5 11 10 10 10
August 9.4 10 10 8 9
September 5.3 2 6 9 5
October -2.6 -3 -2 -2 -3
November -10.1 -6 -10 -16 -12
December -13.8 -14 -17 -15 -11
Average -4.3 -13.5 -3.7 -2.3 -5.4 -4.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.0 18 14 19 1 0
February 13.9 14 40 28 0 4
March 5.8 20 10 10 1 0
April 5.0 20 2 1 4
May 4.6 10 0 4 4
June 5.7 14 4 6 7
July 12.3 23 22 8 10
August 16.8 24 31 14 11
September 15.2 18 21 6 16
October 10.9 21 13 14 5
November 9.9 39 8 12 2
December 13.8 30 31 22 1
Average 9.6 17.2 20.8 15.4 7.0 5.8

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 2.7 2 3 4 3 2
February 3.4 6 3 5 3 5
March 3.2 4 5 4 3 3
April 3.4 3 4 4 4
May 4.3 5 4 4 4
June 3.2 3 3 4 3
July 2.8 2 4 2 3
August 3.2 4 3 3 3
September 3.4 4 5 1 3
October 3.3 2 5 2 3
November 2.6 5 2 2 3
December 2.5 2 2 3 3
Average 3.3 4.1 3.3 3.6 2.9 3.2

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 043° 102° 133° 030° 032°
February 130° 216° 187° 012° 164°
March 130° 231° 105° 278° 344°
April 251° 299° 308° 287°
May 138° 269° 303° 252°
June 249° 281° 232° 220°
July 274° 171° 260° 264°
August 155° 156° 233° 208°
September 211° 135° 331° 049°
October 017° 143° 072° 102°
November 178° 018° 052° 020°
December 030° 026° 032° 034°

Prevailing wind direction

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