Cold Bay Airport

PACD · United States

Climate Cold Bay Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cold Bay Airport (PACD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.5 58 48 65 44 68
February 54.0 48 44 47 53 64
March 47.5 29 42 27 61 44
April 50.5 42 39 53 53
May 45.5 24 34 44 55
June 39.3 48 29 45 39
July 29.5 21 23 29 36
August 41.8 32 23 44 54
September 54.9 50 56 66 66
October 66.3 50 54 66 76
November 61.6 63 53 64 75
December 58.5 45 56 61 72
Average 48.6 42.3 40.5 38.3 50.5 56.1

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 79.8 78 77 89 68 82
February 78.4 65 66 73 90 81
March 71.9 68 61 54 83 77
April 83.9 83 71 83 85
May 85.1 66 76 90 91
June 77.0 89 53 80 79
July 63.4 49 54 66 72
August 75.6 76 60 87 85
September 85.1 87 89 86 82
October 92.0 91 86 90 98
November 86.4 82 87 84 88
December 78.8 55 74 83 89
Average 78.6 69.3 72.7 69.3 82.2 83.6

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 0.9 2 1 1 1 -2
February 3.3 2 3 4 5 3
March 3.1 1 4 2 4 3
April 5.9 4 5 7 7
May 8.6 7 8 9 10
June 12.0 12 12 12 13
July 14.0 14 13 14 15
August 14.6 15 13 15 15
September 12.6 12 13 14 12
October 8.9 9 9 7 9
November 5.5 6 6 0 5
December 2.5 1 6 4 2
Average 7.0 1.5 7.2 7.6 7.5 7.6

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 -5.8 -4 -6 -4 -4 -7
February -2.7 -2 -2 -1 0 -2
March -3.5 -3 -1 -3 -2 -2
April 0.1 -2 -1 1 1
May 2.8 2 2 4 4
June 6.6 6 6 7 7
July 8.9 8 8 9 10
August 9.4 9 9 9 10
September 7.4 7 8 7 6
October 4.0 5 4 3 3
November 1.0 1 2 -4 0
December -2.1 -4 1 0 -4
Average 1.9 -4.9 2.0 2.6 2.4 2.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 32.1 41 26 24 41 30
February 34.6 44 51 27 31 28
March 35.1 52 42 50 35 29
April 24.9 26 33 24 20
May 23.5 32 14 30 20
June 19.2 23 17 20 19
July 20.3 32 21 15 12
August 20.1 18 30 20 15
September 24.7 30 21 26 26
October 31.7 25 41 54 19
November 32.6 31 33 37 38
December 33.4 44 34 37 23
Average 28.5 46.9 30.7 28.1 29.0 21.9

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 14.5 18 12 14 17 14
February 16.7 17 18 14 18 16
March 15.9 17 18 17 16 17
April 14.1 15 15 15 13
May 13.3 15 12 16 13
June 12.8 13 14 15 11
July 13.6 14 13 14 12
August 13.0 13 13 12 13
September 14.3 14 14 15 14
October 15.4 14 16 20 13
November 14.7 13 15 14 18
December 15.4 18 16 16 12
Average 14.6 17.2 14.6 14.2 15.3 13.6

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 021° 185° 049° 282° 353°
February 246° 182° 155° 138° 157°
March 147° 273° 324° 260° 234°
April 318° 151° 090° 163°
May 284° 315° 141° 139°
June 166° 156° 167° 245°
July 182° 232° 192° 167°
August 173° 289° 205° 230°
September 266° 254° 288° 280°
October 021° 278° 275° 208°
November 205° 225° 328° 249°
December 312° 147° 233° 142°

Prevailing wind direction

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