Statistics Cold Bay Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cold Bay Airport (PACD) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	55.1	48	65	44	68	54
February	55.1	44	47	53	64	60
March	50.5	42	27	61	44	63
April	50.5	42	39	53	53	63
May	45.5	24	34	44	55	60
June	39.3	48	29	45	39	27
July	29.5	21	23	29	36	48
August	41.8	32	23	44	54	53
September	56.0		56	66	66	62
October	69.3		54	66	76	74
November	61.3		53	64	75	57
December	62.0		56	61	72	59
Average	48.9	36.4	38.3	50.5	56.1	55.5

2,491st best VFR conditions of United States

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 mi or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	80.1	77	89	68	82	82
February	80.8	66	73	90	81	84
March	72.6	61	54	83	77	80
April	83.9	83	71	83	85	92
May	85.1	66	76	90	91	98
June	77.0	89	53	80	79	68
July	63.4	49	54	66	72	77
August	75.6	76	60	87	85	76
September	84.7		89	86	82	87
October	92.3		86	90	98	94
November	87.2		87	84	88	84
December	84.7		74	83	89	86
Average	79.6	70.1	69.3	82.2	83.6	83.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 3⅛ mi or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	0.8	1	1	1	-2	3
February	3.5	3	4	5	3	5
March	3.4	4	2	4	3	5
April	5.9	4	5	7	7	7
May	8.6	7	8	9	10	9
June	12.0	12	12	12	13	12
July	14.0	14	13	14	15	16
August	14.6	15	13	15	15	18
September	12.7		13	14	12	14
October	8.8		9	7	9	10
November	5.4		6	0	5	8
December	2.9		6	4	2	3
Average	7.7	7.3	7.6	7.5	7.6	9.1

2,407th highest temperature of United States

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-5.8	-6	-4	-4	-7	-1
February	-2.8	-2	-1	0	-2	1
March	-3.6	-1	-3	-2	-2	0
April	0.1	-2	-1	1	1	1
May	2.8	2	2	4	4	4
June	6.6	6	6	7	7	8
July	8.9	8	8	9	10	10
August	9.4	9	9	9	10	11
September	7.5		8	7	6	9
October	3.8		4	3	3	5
November	0.9		2	-4	0	3
December	-2.4		1	0	-4	-1
Average	2.5	1.8	2.6	2.4	2.0	4.1

552nd lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	30.8	26	24	41	30	32
February	32.9	51	27	31	28	32
March	32.3	42	50	35	29	24
April	24.9	26	33	24	20	24
May	23.5	32	14	30	20	24
June	19.2	23	17	20	19	19
July	20.3	32	21	15	12	14
August	20.1	18	30	20	15	10
September	23.7		21	26	26	25
October	33.0		41	54	19	31
November	33.0		33	37	38	35
December	30.9		34	37	23	39
Average	25.8	30.3	28.1	29.0	21.9	24.1

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	14.0	12	14	17	14	14
February	16.7	18	14	18	16	17
March	15.7	18	17	16	17	14
April	14.1	15	15	15	13	13
May	13.3	15	12	16	13	12
June	12.8	13	14	15	11	12
July	13.6	14	13	14	12	14
August	13.0	13	13	12	13	13
September	14.4		14	15	14	15
October	15.7		16	20	13	16
November	14.9		15	14	18	13
December	14.7		16	16	12	16
Average	14.2	14.6	14.2	15.3	13.6	13.7

2,407th highest wind speed of United States

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	185°	049°	282°	353°	136°
February	182°	155°	138°	157°	160°
March	273°	324°	260°	234°	178°
April	318°	151°	090°	163°	112°
May	284°	315°	141°	139°	170°
June	166°	156°	167°	245°	250°
July	182°	232°	192°	167°	182°
August	173°	289°	205°	230°	133°
September		254°	288°	280°	212°
October		278°	275°	208°	224°
November		225°	328°	249°	261°
December		147°	233°	142°	316°

Prevailing wind direction

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