Eielson Air Force Base

PAEI · Alaska, United States

Climate Eielson Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Eielson Air Force Base (PAEI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.8 72 69 70 84 61
February 72.6 90 60 59 69 79
March 83.6 85 80 91 77 71
April 89.8 85 94 89 83
May 92.6 91 83 97 97
June 92.4 95 84 97 89
July 83.7 94 64 96 84
August 75.4 59 82 66 83
September 80.3 75 76 79 79
October 67.5 63 65 60 65
November 65.9 70 62 65 80
December 71.7 72 53 53 86
Average 81.7 82.8 78.6 76.0 81.8 81.5

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 81.7 77 84 73 95 75
February 82.7 94 77 74 72 89
March 92.2 95 91 96 88 81
April 96.4 94 99 94 95
May 96.9 96 94 100 99
June 95.2 99 86 99 96
July 90.4 98 70 99 94
August 85.7 72 87 87 88
September 90.3 87 88 88 90
October 79.7 80 74 71 77
November 75.7 81 71 78 83
December 83.2 84 62 64 98
Average 89.3 89.8 88.3 83.3 89.4 89.9

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 -18.0 -20 -16 -19 -14 -26
February -12.0 -9 -14 -13 -17 -13
March -4.5 -3 -4 -3 -6 -6
April 6.0 0 5 6 6
May 16.9 17 15 16 19
June 21.8 21 23 23 20
July 23.3 25 23 24 21
August 19.2 21 20 18 21
September 13.4 12 14 12 14
October 2.4 0 1 1 2
November -10.3 -6 -9 -16 -12
December -14.3 -16 -15 -14 -12
Average 2.2 -11.1 3.3 4.1 2.9 2.7

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 -27.1 -29 -23 -28 -23 -33
February -24.7 -22 -23 -24 -28 -27
March -18.5 -16 -19 -17 -21 -17
April -8.9 -13 -9 -9 -6
May 2.8 3 2 3 3
June 8.9 8 9 9 9
July 11.2 12 10 11 10
August 8.7 10 8 9 9
September 2.5 1 3 0 3
October -6.2 -7 -7 -7 -7
November -18.4 -13 -17 -24 -21
December -23.5 -25 -22 -24 -22
Average -9.1 -23.8 -8.7 -8.7 -9.6 -9.8

36th lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.1 20 21 7 6 20
February 21.2 6 34 36 25 17
March 14.4 15 19 11 27 23
April 9.1 20 7 9 15
May 6.2 8 9 4 7
June 7.4 11 3 4 19
July 7.5 5 8 5 12
August 15.5 13 14 26 10
September 11.4 11 14 10 9
October 20.1 23 28 21 28
November 20.6 20 31 16 15
December 18.5 25 33 36 5
Average 12.6 13.5 15.3 13.9 13.4 14.6

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 1.1 1 1 1 1 1
February 1.9 3 2 1 2 1
March 3.0 2 3 4 2 5
April 4.7 5 5 4 5
May 4.3 5 5 4 5
June 3.7 4 4 3 3
July 3.1 3 3 3 3
August 3.1 3 3 3 3
September 3.2 4 3 3 3
October 2.8 3 2 3 3
November 1.7 2 1 2 1
December 1.5 1 1 2 3
Average 3.0 2.2 3.3 3.3 2.9 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 029° 203° 357° 004° 177°
February 095° 184° 336° 325° 208°
March 196° 259° 010° 288° 249°
April 336° 029° 341° 313°
May 179° 345° 013° 038°
June 161° 350° 199° 204°
July 230° 171° 189° 254°
August 180° 029° 212° 182°
September 170° 125° 121° 182°
October 243° 258° 086° 090°
November 321° 262° 044° 071°
December 125° 238° 164° 059°

Prevailing wind direction

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