Elfin Cove Seaplane Base

PAEL · United States

Climate Elfin Cove Seaplane Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Elfin Cove Seaplane Base (PAEL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 45.2 43 27
February 61.3 63 43 46
March 51.6 53 38 36 38
April 58.3 35 78 52 50
May 52.0 45 61 32 80
June 40.5 26 43 54 33
July 28.0 30 18 37 14
August 33.5 28 29 25 47
September 41.1 23 39 31 76
October 43.4 45 34 47 60
November 48.9 37 44 50
December 33.3 0 34 31
Average 51.0 55.4 33.8 42.8 38.8 48.9

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 85.2 81 85
February 81.3 67 71 100
March 90.6 90 90 88 88
April 94.5 96 100 85 73
May 90.4 95 90 89 100
June 74.9 72 75 74 71
July 68.0 65 67 73 71
August 73.0 78 64 81 82
September 95.6 99 93 94 90
October 94.8 91 99 100 100
November 93.5 91 96 100
December 88.4 100 75 100
Average 86.0 84.1 86.0 84.2 84.3 85.5

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 2.6 3 3
February 1.0 -1 -1 2
March 3.9 3 5 2 2
April 6.2 7 7 7 4
May 9.6 11 11 8 9
June 11.9 12 15 11 10
July 13.6 15 14 13 13
August 14.5 16 15 14 13
September 12.5 13 13 11 11
October 8.5 9 10 6 7
November 4.5 6 4 2
December 3.3 3 3 4
Average 8.1 2.2 10.5 10.7 7.8 7.4

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 1.8 1 2
February 0.4 -3 -2 2
March 2.0 -1 2 1 2
April 3.7 3 2 4 3
May 6.8 6 5 7 8
June 10.1 9 10 10 10
July 11.8 11 12 12 12
August 12.4 12 12 13 12
September 10.3 10 10 10 9
October 6.9 7 8 6 7
November 3.2 3 2 1
December 2.4 2 1 3
Average 6.2 -1.0 7.2 7.3 6.6 6.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 53.6 60 50
February 32.0 33 36 46
March 33.7 47 29 20 25
April 28.1 30 17 35 33
May 27.7 32 15 43 15
June 25.5 29 20 34 33
July 28.5 19 41 13 38
August 27.5 23 32 28 24
September 35.4 42 35 42 31
October 39.8 42 33 32 20
November 44.5 56 37 25
December 55.1 0 63 56
Average 34.3 43.5 32.8 30.5 33.6 31.9

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 6.8 7 7
February 10.6 15 10 8
March 6.7 7 5 7 5
April 5.8 5 7 6 4
May 4.7 5 4 5 4
June 3.9 5 3 2 4
July 2.7 2 3 2 4
August 3.5 3 3 5 5
September 4.2 5 4 4 4
October 5.9 6 6 6 4
November 6.7 6 7 4
December 7.8 11 8 6
Average 5.7 9.0 4.6 4.6 5.0 4.5

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 076° 195°
February 049° 349° 079°
March 077° 090° 297° 350°
April 104° 030° 064° 092°
May 092° 038° 069° 081°
June 067° 079° 301° 342°
July 125° 107° 074° 090°
August 054° 003° 274° 150°
September 095° 114° 097° 097°
October 089° 165° 105° 083°
November 094° 081° 281°
December 090° 360° 090°

Prevailing wind direction

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