Birchwood Airport

PABV · Alaska, United States

Climate Birchwood Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Birchwood Airport (PABV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.5 67 76 64 82 66
February 65.7 83 44 57 74 81
March 86.1 86 90 85 77 80
April 89.5 75 96 96 79
May 94.9 89 99 96 94
June 89.6 88 86 98 90
July 82.6 74 85 84 85
August 84.6 83 78 85 88
September 87.6 84 90 86 92
October 85.3 73 91 83 82
November 73.5 62 86 57 76
December 69.1 45 50 65 79
Average 83.1 79.4 75.7 83.2 84.3 84.1

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 76.8 72 83 75 85 76
February 74.6 87 60 67 86 90
March 90.6 96 95 88 80 85
April 93.8 81 99 98 85
May 98.5 95 100 100 99
June 95.7 92 93 100 98
July 94.4 88 96 97 96
August 93.0 91 87 94 95
September 93.2 92 95 91 96
October 90.8 81 93 92 89
November 79.8 77 90 68 78
December 77.0 54 57 74 88
Average 89.6 85.9 84.3 89.3 90.8 90.9

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 -7.7 -9 -3 -4 -3 -13
February -4.9 -3 -3 0 -6 -3
March 0.9 2 1 3 -2 -1
April 7.6 5 8 7 7
May 14.3 13 16 14 16
June 18.4 17 22 19 18
July 20.2 19 20 19 21
August 18.5 19 17 18 20
September 13.7 12 13 12 14
October 6.6 5 6 6 6
November -3.9 0 -2 -8 -3
December -5.7 -6 -8 -6 -3
Average 5.9 -4.6 6.7 8.0 6.0 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 -14.7 -16 -10 -12 -9 -21
February -12.6 -11 -11 -6 -14 -12
March -9.1 -6 -9 -6 -14 -11
April -2.0 -4 -2 -4 -2
May 5.1 5 5 5 6
June 9.8 10 11 10 10
July 12.1 12 12 12 12
August 10.5 11 10 10 11
September 6.1 5 7 4 6
October -1.8 -2 -1 -1 -1
November -9.4 -6 -9 -15 -10
December -11.1 -13 -15 -14 -10
Average -3.8 -12.6 -1.1 0.1 -3.6 -2.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 20.5 23 13 23 15 22
February 30.3 17 54 40 25 26
March 11.7 10 11 11 25 18
April 9.4 23 3 8 13
May 7.6 12 1 7 4
June 8.9 20 6 8 9
July 13.5 18 22 10 13
August 18.2 18 31 18 13
September 17.4 18 31 12 18
October 15.7 21 13 16 13
November 19.0 39 12 32 16
December 29.3 40 57 26 30
Average 15.4 16.1 22.4 18.3 15.0 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 2.8 2 2 3 3 3
February 2.6 3 2 2 3 4
March 3.3 3 4 3 3 4
April 3.2 3 3 3 4
May 3.3 3 4 3 3
June 2.7 3 3 3 3
July 2.4 2 3 2 3
August 2.6 3 2 2 3
September 2.6 3 3 3 3
October 3.0 3 3 3 3
November 3.0 4 3 2 4
December 3.2 3 3 3 4
Average 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.1

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 160° 186° 188° 118° 179°
February 054° 213° 175° 200° 196°
March 226° 119° 223° 240° 018°
April 255° 292° 258° 264°
May 269° 299° 286° 279°
June 306° 285° 268° 281°
July 276° 331° 293° 306°
August 333° 034° 301° 349°
September 242° 056° 205° 040°
October 220° 221° 109° 181°
November 189° 188° 179° 072°
December 180° 185° 171° 157°

Prevailing wind direction

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