Cape Newenham LRRS Airport

PAEH · United States

Climate Cape Newenham LRRS Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cape Newenham LRRS Airport (PAEH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.6 54 0 52 21 64
February 37.0 18 33 21 54 35
March 42.4 32 35 26 28 49
April 47.5 48 44 41 41
May 43.6 22 40 54 74
June 48.1 33 64 46 77
July 28.5 16 26 20 49
August 24.3 21 16 36 28
September 26.4 1 16 42 42
October 28.7 6 30 36 37
November 37.6 35 28 61 31
December 34.1 28 60 24 40
Average 36.7 32.3 24.3 33.6 38.6 49.0

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 60.8 69 0 64 33 79
February 53.6 38 100 41 66 45
March 59.9 50 58 57 49 60
April 70.4 70 72 63 61
May 63.1 40 55 73 86
June 65.6 66 81 64 81
July 45.3 29 43 36 60
August 50.1 42 31 73 55
September 60.2 5 57 78 75
October 68.7 6 81 79 79
November 70.1 71 54 92 70
December 58.7 56 77 46 60
Average 59.3 50.5 44.0 58.0 62.9 68.3

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 -5.2 -4 -8 -6 -4 -10
February -2.8 -1 -12 0 -1 -3
March -3.7 -4 -2 -2 -3 -2
April 1.9 -2 2 2 4
May 6.9 5 7 7 9
June 11.5 10 14 10 11
July 12.4 12 12 11 13
August 12.6 12 12 12 13
September 10.0 9 10 9 10
October 6.1 5 5 4 6
November 1.6 3 2 -8 2
December -2.5 -4 2 -1 -2
Average 3.6 -4.7 4.4 4.8 3.2 4.2

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 -10.6 -9 -8 -12 -9 -14
February -6.0 -6 -13 -5 -6 -10
March -7.5 -9 -7 -5 -9 -7
April -3.8 -7 -2 -3 -1
May 2.7 1 2 3 5
June 7.3 6 9 7 7
July 9.2 8 9 9 9
August 9.9 9 9 9 10
September 7.4 7 7 6 7
October 3.3 2 2 1 4
November -3.7 -1 -2 -12 -2
December -6.3 -8 -3 -6 -6
Average -1.8 -8.2 0.8 0.8 -1.2 0.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 37.0 33 0 41 68 19
February 46.8 60 0 60 32 56
March 36.8 57 36 45 46 29
April 27.5 33 34 26 26
May 25.1 43 9 20 17
June 20.1 38 11 20 22
July 29.4 47 32 42 17
August 28.7 19 42 20 20
September 22.1 1 42 21 23
October 28.6 1 37 36 28
November 36.9 39 52 21 28
December 43.9 33 22 60 42
Average 32.3 51.9 30.1 34.2 31.9 25.6

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 14.6 14 0 15 14 17
February 17.7 18 7 18 18 16
March 14.4 18 15 14 18 16
April 12.4 13 13 14 11
May 11.0 12 10 12 9
June 9.5 11 9 11 9
July 10.6 12 10 12 9
August 12.6 11 14 12 10
September 13.5 13 14 14 14
October 14.7 14 16 18 12
November 14.8 15 16 13 17
December 15.9 17 17 21 14
Average 13.3 16.7 12.8 13.0 14.2 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 016° 360° 045° 032° 041°
February 017° 068° 063° 090° 124°
March 012° 006° 040° 024° 109°
April 014° 059° 065° 148°
May 014° 357° 115° 137°
June 028° 037° 147° 165°
July 029° 015° 187° 271°
August 014° 005° 180° 237°
September 354° 013° 336° 021°
October 025° 358° 340° 142°
November 010° 034° 007° 020°
December 356° 031° 015° 096°

Prevailing wind direction

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