Adak Airport

PADK · United States

Climate Adak Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Adak Airport (PADK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.8 43 0 44 61 61
February 42.7 49 0 41 60 55
March 40.6 38 0 55 48 43
April 31.7 0 33 30 34
May 19.7 0 0 26 21
June 14.0 11 0 30 8
July 9.3 12 0 17 5
August 24.5 22 0 39 12
September 43.5 39 0 58 58
October 45.7 48 0 60 47
November 43.2 39 0 52 61
December 54.0 67 0 43 70
Average 33.8 42.8 18.2 13.5 42.4 34.8

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 74.0 83 0 82 90 85
February 72.1 77 0 81 87 87
March 73.1 85 0 86 88 81
April 72.3 0 84 78 87
May 58.4 0 9 84 82
June 50.4 33 0 74 59
July 47.1 52 0 56 61
August 60.6 68 0 77 76
September 71.9 73 0 89 98
October 76.7 88 0 97 90
November 73.1 70 0 90 99
December 76.6 87 0 76 92
Average 68.7 81.9 39.5 27.3 82.4 81.0

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 2.7 3 3 3 2 3
February 3.9 3 4 4 4 2
March 3.8 3 5 4 5 1
April 5.0 6 6 6 0
May 7.1 7 8 8 5
June 9.6 10 10 10 10
July 12.7 15 13 12 12
August 13.5 13 15 13 13
September 12.5 13 13 12 12
October 9.3 9 10 10 9
November 6.5 7 7 5 6
December 4.1 3 6 7 3
Average 7.0 3.0 7.9 8.2 7.4 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 -2.6 0 -2 -1 -3 -1
February -1.7 -2 -1 -1 0 -1
March 0.3 0 1 -1 0 -1
April 1.4 2 2 2 0
May 3.0 3 3 3 3
June 5.6 5 6 6 6
July 8.0 9 7 7 8
August 9.1 9 9 9 9
September 7.7 9 7 8 6
October 4.8 5 5 5 5
November 2.4 3 3 2 2
December -1.7 -1 2 3 -1
Average 2.8 -1.3 3.3 3.5 3.1 2.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 25.4 38 0 43 24 34
February 26.2 46 0 35 28 25
March 23.0 43 0 36 24 12
April 18.2 0 41 18 17
May 14.6 0 2 27 27
June 8.4 16 0 11 9
July 12.9 15 0 11 19
August 11.0 13 0 10 14
September 16.4 29 0 16 22
October 16.8 15 0 12 24
November 24.0 50 0 24 21
December 31.8 39 0 36 25
Average 20.4 41.9 13.8 12.3 19.8 19.9

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 14.1 19 12 14 14 14
February 16.5 14 18 14 15 15
March 14.1 13 13 13 18 13
April 13.6 14 16 14 12
May 11.5 11 9 11 12
June 10.5 11 10 10 10
July 10.9 13 10 14 10
August 10.5 10 12 7 11
September 11.6 13 15 13 11
October 13.9 11 15 17 13
November 14.5 17 13 13 17
December 14.0 12 12 17 13
Average 12.9 15.3 12.5 12.5 13.0 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 348° 217° 048° 228° 188°
February 235° 221° 180° 222° 298°
March 037° 260° 262° 243° 249°
April 252° 248° 299° 185°
May 270° 030° 351° 203°
June 272° 131° 309° 293°
July 245° 264° 242° 187°
August 252° 255° 297° 229°
September 257° 249° 276° 252°
October 270° 251° 245° 282°
November 256° 250° 042° 237°
December 257° 211° 214° 232°

Prevailing wind direction

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