Atka Airport

PAAK · United States

Climate Atka Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Atka Airport (PAAK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 46.9 39 45 0 69
February 46.9 59 77 15
March 47.0 49 55 50
April 37.6 44 0 36
May 24.3 23 0 23
June 17.9 33 3 50 29
July 16.1 19 21 17
August 27.1 40 19 20
September 44.6 40 48 56
October 49.8 47 42 44 52
November 49.0 38 42 0 54
December 52.7 64 4 21
Average 33.1 49.8 37.1 20.0 6.4 40.6

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 73.4 80 80 0 78
February 79.7 78 100 70
March 78.1 88 80 78
April 72.7 85 0 84
May 70.5 78 0 67
June 59.9 74 24 50 79
July 52.0 52 58 48
August 64.3 75 64 63
September 78.1 68 85 85
October 83.8 81 80 78 83
November 75.0 70 58 0 79
December 68.6 83 4 32
Average 63.5 82.9 73.5 45.1 10.3 73.3

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 2.4 1 4 1 2
February 4.2 3 3 3
March 4.8 3 5 5
April 5.7 5 6 6
May 7.0 6 7 7
June 8.2 10 4 11 9
July 10.4 15 0 11
August 11.5 13 0 12
September 9.1 11 0 11
October 6.5 9 0 0 9
November 5.3 6 0 0 6
December 3.0 3 0 3
Average 5.2 2.2 8.0 1.8 1.0 6.3

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 -1.2 -1 0 -3 -1
February 0.6 -1 0 1
March 1.1 0 1 1
April 1.9 1 2 2
May 3.4 3 3 4
June 5.1 6 2 9 7
July 6.9 9 0 9
August 8.4 9 0 9
September 6.2 7 0 7
October 3.8 5 0 0 5
November 2.3 2 0 0 2
December -1.6 0 0 0
Average 2.3 -1.3 4.2 0.8 -1.3 3.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 27.6 50 31 0 36
February 30.2 43 12 57
March 27.9 40 32 22
April 17.8 26 0 28
May 21.8 24 0 43
June 15.2 18 19 0 7
July 18.1 25 5 9
August 16.6 15 22 28
September 21.4 29 14 30
October 27.6 23 36 22 30
November 33.0 42 28 0 30
December 34.4 51 52 10
Average 22.8 43.4 26.1 15.2 2.5 29.2

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 10.0 5 14 12 13
February 14.8 12 14 14
March 13.0 12 14 11
April 13.0 14 18 12
May 12.3 13 10 14
June 9.7 11 5 5 12
July 9.9 10 10 8
August 9.7 8 13 9
September 11.6 11 13 12
October 12.6 11 15 0 13
November 12.0 10 11 0 14
December 12.7 11 11 11
Average 11.2 10.5 11.1 11.1 9.4 12.1

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 342° 108° 242° 162°
February 224° 269° 134°
March 025° 220° 149°
April 018° 257° 134°
May 286° 001° 179°
June 269° 003° 045° 300°
July 280° 273° 114°
August 267° 284° 269°
September 278° 272° 272°
October 271° 267° 360° 289°
November 236° 293° 360° 253°
December 285° 110° 198°

Prevailing wind direction

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