Chignik Bay Seaplane Base

Z78 · United States

Climate Chignik Bay Seaplane Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chignik Airport (PAJC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.0 57
February 58.6 58 70
March 68.1 52 71 80 27
April 49.6 36 58 37 53
May 53.7 42 61 33 96
June 47.0 49 40 46
July 51.8 53 58 60
August 68.4 54 64 84
September 75.8 76 75 75
October 67.5 38 82 83
November 45.0 46 52
December 55.1 67 30
Average 56.3 37.3 52.2 50.7 57.4 66.8

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 89.1 57
February 90.2 87 88
March 86.3 72 88 89 68
April 78.3 65 87 75 76
May 87.2 96 83 73 100
June 87.6 82 87 80
July 84.0 76 93 91
August 89.1 85 84 96
September 92.5 86 94 95
October 91.6 72 96 99
November 75.9 75 70
December 87.3 73 30
Average 85.1 65.3 89.8 78.3 84.9 90.2

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 2.2 1
February 4.0 4 1
March 3.7 4 0 3 0
April 5.1 4 4 4 6
May 8.6 7 9 9 15
June 12.3 13 12 12
July 15.2 15 15 16
August 15.7 15 15 16
September 13.3 12 12 13
October 9.1 8 8 10
November 4.9 6 -1
December 3.0 7 -4
Average 7.8 4.2 5.2 9.2 8.3 11.8

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 -2.8 -1
February 0.3 1 -3
March -1.5 -2 -2 -2 -6
April 0.8 0 -2 2 2
May 4.3 3 5 5 10
June 8.1 9 8 8
July 10.9 11 11 12
August 10.9 11 10 11
September 8.7 9 8 8
October 5.3 5 5 5
November 1.8 2 -4
December -1.2 2 -6
Average 3.5 -1.4 -1.9 5.9 4.3 7.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 35.9 29
February 35.2 32 31
March 32.3 60 17 33 73
April 46.3 61 43 55 33
May 30.3 42 12 31 5
June 27.0 20 27 36
July 18.0 14 10 10
August 17.9 34 21 14
September 23.4 28 23 20
October 41.1 72 36 24
November 58.1 59 61
December 43.2 30 70
Average 37.1 60.6 42.6 39.1 27.0 23.1

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 9.3 8
February 8.4 8 9
March 9.0 9 12 10 16
April 8.6 9 11 11 8
May 7.3 9 7 8 7
June 6.2 5 7 7
July 5.6 5 6 6
August 6.3 6 7 6
September 7.4 5 8 8
October 8.9 15 10 6
November 8.7 8 14
December 9.5 9 17
Average 7.9 8.6 10.0 8.0 7.8 6.9

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 129°
February 118° 241°
March 181° 248° 238° 244°
April 251° 244° 107° 284°
May 227° 296° 070° 241°
June 112° 090° 021°
July 277° 251° 264°
August 287° 239° 253°
September 227° 249° 241°
October 243° 234° 234°
November 218° 247°
December 164° 252°

Prevailing wind direction

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