Ladd Army Air Field

PAFB · Alaska, United States

Climate Ladd Army Air Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ladd Army Air Field (PAFB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.7 64 62 90 86 71
February 71.7 88 56 60 73 83
March 83.0 82 83 91 77 74
April 87.9 82 92 93 71
May 91.9 87 82 97 96
June 90.3 89 82 98 81
July 81.8 89 63 92 83
August 73.1 59 77 63 84
September 75.0 62 68 82 75
October 67.7 66 63 60 69
November 67.8 79 65 74 74
December 70.5 66 55 64 97
Average 80.1 78.6 75.0 75.0 82.3 80.1

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 84.5 68 82 93 93 86
February 82.5 90 71 73 79 90
March 92.1 95 91 94 88 87
April 94.1 88 99 94 87
May 95.9 93 89 99 99
June 93.7 94 87 100 88
July 89.7 93 79 95 93
August 84.5 74 86 83 89
September 87.7 83 81 90 88
October 82.6 85 76 73 84
November 78.5 83 73 88 84
December 80.1 80 65 75 97
Average 88.4 85.7 85.9 83.9 89.8 89.5

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 -18.2 -19 -14 -17 -13 -26
February -13.7 -11 -13 -13 -17 -14
March -5.4 -4 -5 -3 -8 -7
April 5.3 0 5 5 5
May 16.7 17 15 16 19
June 22.3 21 24 23 21
July 23.9 25 23 24 21
August 19.4 21 21 18 21
September 13.6 12 14 12 14
October 3.1 0 2 2 3
November -10.3 -6 -10 -15 -13
December -14.7 -16 -14 -14 -8
Average 2.2 -12.5 3.7 4.4 3.3 3.5

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 -27.3 -29 -22 -27 -23 -33
February -24.7 -23 -22 -24 -27 -27
March -18.9 -16 -18 -17 -19 -17
April -7.1 -12 -9 -9 -6
May 4.0 4 3 3 5
June 10.2 10 9 11 10
July 12.2 13 11 11 11
August 9.5 11 9 9 9
September 3.4 3 4 1 4
October -5.6 -6 -6 -5 -6
November -18.9 -12 -17 -22 -21
December -23.9 -25 -22 -24 -20
Average -9.7 -23.2 -7.8 -7.4 -8.8 -8.8

44th 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 14.9 16 25 5 10 17
February 22.1 3 41 35 29 13
March 11.2 11 15 7 21 18
April 8.8 19 5 7 21
May 4.8 6 7 2 6
June 5.2 6 2 4 12
July 8.3 10 10 6 12
August 14.6 11 11 25 8
September 11.5 18 9 7 12
October 16.4 20 21 13 24
November 19.1 12 22 17 19
December 19.2 25 37 25 10
Average 11.3 9.8 15.6 11.8 12.0 13.5

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 1.0 1 1 2 1 1
February 1.8 2 1 2 2 1
March 3.0 2 3 4 3 5
April 5.0 5 5 5 5
May 4.5 5 5 5 5
June 3.9 4 4 4 4
July 3.8 3 4 4 4
August 4.0 4 4 5 3
September 3.8 5 4 2 4
October 3.5 4 3 3 3
November 1.4 2 1 2 1
December 1.4 1 3 2 2
Average 3.3 1.7 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6

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 065° 059° 047° 102° 059°
February 081° 213° 106° 046° 097°
March 215° 242° 064° 191° 245°
April 081° 086° 059° 118°
May 208° 217° 063° 067°
June 202° 059° 215° 216°
July 216° 191° 218° 216°
August 198° 147° 220° 121°
September 205° 124° 090° 132°
October 143° 180° 089° 076°
November 065° 061° 061° 053°
December 161° 248° 240° 047°

Prevailing wind direction

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