Point Thomson Airstrip Airport

PAAD · United States

Climate Point Thomson Airstrip Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Point Thomson Airstrip Airport (PAAD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.5 41 30 23 42 80
February 58.7 46 52 59 69 71
March 58.0 56 75 53 64 67
April 46.7 48 48 68 53
May 23.7 23 32 17 32
June 0 0 0 0
July 46.2 48 6 71 52
August 27.2 35 35 33 22
September 30.7 43 20 25 17
October 43.3 43 40 24 42
November 43.7 29 66 29 46
December 0 0 0 0
Average 42.2 51.1 44.5 40.4 43.2 42.7

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 52.2 41 44 33 54 84
February 71.3 60 77 68 78 89
March 65.5 69 81 60 68 70
April 58.1 61 53 71 67
May 33.6 34 46 23 35
June 0 0 0 0
July 57.3 48 19 77 87
August 47.0 53 48 61 32
September 45.9 57 29 44 41
October 67.2 74 80 44 66
November 66.6 50 88 55 55
December 0 0 0 0
Average 56.5 63.2 60.2 53.6 57.1 56.6

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 -19.2 -17 -19 -21 -23 -20
February -17.8 -20 -18 -17 -17 -14
March -15.3 -15 -16 -15 -19 -12
April -11.9 -18 -8 -9 -7
May -1.0 -2 -2 0 0
June 5.2 7 6 7 5
July 11.6 14 8 13 7
August 8.2 11 9 8 8
September 3.9 4 3 3 3
October -3.0 -3 -3 -4 -4
November -10.1 -7 -10 -14 -9
December -17.0 -18 -13 -20 -19
Average -7.5 -18.8 -6.5 -5.0 -7.9 -6.9

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 -28.8 -26 -23 -32 -28 -32
February -29.7 -25 -33 -32 -34 -32
March -25.7 -27 -26 -23 -29 -26
April -20.7 -25 -19 -20 -17
May -6.3 -6 -7 -6 -7
June -1.8 0 0 0 0
July 4.0 6 2 5 2
August 2.8 4 2 3 3
September -1.2 -1 -1 -2 -1
October -9.3 -9 -8 -11 -8
November -17.3 -15 -17 -21 -15
December -24.7 -24 -21 -28 -24
Average -14.0 -27.6 -13.4 -13.4 -15.9 -13.1

11th lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 19.7 39 7 27 19 11
February 17.4 16 8 12 14 5
March 14.1 11 2 6 17 13
April 18.1 2 15 10 28
May 11.1 1 9 9 16
June 0 0 0 0
July 8.5 2 15 0 22
August 11.1 6 9 1 4
September 10.9 2 5 15 19
October 14.5 19 15 18 11
November 25.4 17 14 40 29
December 0 0 0 0
Average 14.5 15.4 5.8 10.6 12.2 14.7

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 13.9 17 13 18 13 13
February 11.3 12 10 12 10 10
March 12.3 11 9 15 11 13
April 11.1 10 9 11 11
May 11.4 9 10 13 12
June 0 0 0 0
July 7.5 6 10 6 9
August 9.5 9 9 9 10
September 10.0 9 13 9 10
October 11.6 12 13 9 10
November 13.4 19 9 17 15
December 0 0 0 0
Average 11.1 11.9 10.2 11.3 10.5 11.0

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 238° 087° 243° 105° 241°
February 183° 237° 231° 245° 243°
March 148° 199° 170° 106° 244°
April 233° 097° 225° 235°
May 125° 252° 076° 084°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 034° 262° 110° 238°
August 071° 049° 278° 070°
September 195° 085° 191° 071°
October 230° 129° 134° 135°
November 096° 218° 218° 225°
December 360° 360° 360° 360°

Prevailing wind direction

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