Barter Island Airport

PABA · United States

Climate Barter Island Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Barter Island Airport (PABA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 36.8 21 30 32 27 57
February 57.4 53 47 56 69 74
March 56.2 54 67 39 61 67
April 47.9 39 41 72 56
May 23.8 17 23 14 34
June 0 0 0 0
July 37.5 4 65 32
August 29.3 23 27 37 6
September 36.0 23 0 26 4
October 42.2 36 22 18 38
November 42.3 19 60 39 50
December 0 0 0 0
Average 43.0 49.5 34.3 35.6 44.0 41.7

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 48.4 26 39 35 65 75
February 67.3 60 62 64 78 88
March 63.3 56 72 43 66 71
April 58.4 51 49 76 68
May 35.1 26 36 28 39
June 0 0 0 0
July 51.8 25 73 46
August 42.9 36 37 60 9
September 46.6 33 7 43 8
October 65.1 60 73 45 71
November 69.7 60 74 57 70
December 0 0 0 0
Average 54.9 53.7 47.8 48.0 58.6 52.3

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 -20.3 -16 -16 -23 -22 -25
February -19.7 0 -24 -25 -28 -27
March -15.9 -7 -15 -17 -20 -15
April -10.0 -14 -11 -10 -7
May -1.2 0 0 -1 -2
June 4.2 2 6 6 2
July 9.8 4 11 9
August 6.4 6 7 8 3
September 3.6 3 3 3 3
October -3.5 -1 -4 -3 -4
November -9.2 -6 -8 -12 -8
December -16.9 -15 -11 -18 -18
Average -7.5 -8.3 -8.1 -7.0 -8.9 -10.7

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 -26.1 -23 -23 -30 -27 -30
February -25.2 0 -32 -32 -36 -33
March -22.0 -12 -24 -24 -29 -25
April -19.4 -23 -20 -19 -16
May -6.8 -5 -5 -5 -7
June 0.0 -1 0 1 0
July 4.1 1 6 4
August 2.8 3 4 4 1
September 0.1 0 2 -1 1
October -7.2 -6 -7 -8 -9
November -16.5 -13 -17 -17 -14
December -22.2 -22 -20 -26 -23
Average -13.9 -12.2 -15.9 -13.0 -14.9 -15.3

2nd 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 45.0 74 51 44 39 34
February 35.0 41 41 30 21 24
March 31.4 10 29 40 21 33
April 39.0 55 28 11 42
May 29.2 35 21 26 39
June 0 0 0 0
July 14.7 12 12 19
August 21.8 15 27 24 6
September 17.3 7 48 20 31
October 28.9 39 27 43 30
November 49.1 66 46 52 44
December 0 0 0 0
Average 30.1 29.0 33.8 30.7 23.7 28.6

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 16.2 23 14 22 14 13
February 12.8 16 13 14 11 10
March 13.0 9 12 17 12 14
April 11.8 11 10 11 12
May 12.0 9 10 14 13
June 0 0 0 0
July 10.1 16 8 4
August 9.5 7 10 10 5
September 9.8 6 17 11 9
October 14.4 15 21 11 12
November 14.2 19 9 22 16
December 0 0 0 0
Average 12.1 13.1 10.8 13.4 11.5 10.5

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 259° 068° 277° 065° 269°
February 305° 181° 264° 271° 255°
March 068° 246° 019° 081° 266°
April 262° 059° 260° 266°
May 091° 285° 073° 080°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 295° 097° 246°
August 043° 001° 308° 069°
September 046° 079° 283° 068°
October 257° 097° 098° 121°
November 078° 220° 267° 244°
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.