Ambler Airport

PAFM · United States

Climate Ambler Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ambler Airport (PAFM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.7 58 72 83 94
February 71.8 60 62 82 94 79
March 67.3 65 65 77 72 65
April 81.9 85 76 79 57
May 81.5 74 76 94 96
June 0 0 0 0
July 60.5 66 73 39 16
August 57.7 39 53 54 73
September 65.1 55 69 63
October 65.6 64 53 73 70
November 63.2 58 52 76 67
December 64.7 74 48 57 76
Average 68.9 62.9 62.8 67.7 72.4 67.3

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 87.1 78 77 89 98
February 83.3 76 73 91 97 86
March 80.8 79 71 87 86 77
April 87.8 90 78 84 72
May 89.2 85 78 98 99
June 0 0 0 0
July 76.3 81 87 67 28
August 76.6 63 76 78 78
September 82.7 75 90 77
October 79.8 76 71 89 78
November 77.0 76 68 84 80
December 78.4 80 63 68 87
Average 81.9 77.7 76.8 79.9 84.9 76.6

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 -17.7 -13 -20 -13 -20
February -14.1 -7 -15 -17 -20 -20
March -8.1 -9 -7 -6 -11 -9
April -1.5 -7 0 -1 0
May 9.7 10 9 11 13
June 18.8 17 19 19 19
July 18.6 20 19 18 9
August 15.8 17 15 15 19
September 10.6 9 11 9
October 0.7 0 -1 -1 1
November -10.8 -6 -8 -17 -9
December -13.1 -15 -11 -15 -13
Average -1.9 -9.8 1.2 1.4 -2.6 -1.9

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 -24.7 -19 -29 -19 -27
February -22.7 -13 -23 -25 -28 -29
March -18.9 -17 -18 -15 -20 -19
April -10.8 -18 -10 -12 -7
May 1.4 1 0 1 3
June 8.7 8 9 9 9
July 10.4 12 9 11 5
August 7.6 10 7 7 8
September 3.7 3 5 3
October -5.0 -7 -6 -6 -5
November -16.9 -11 -14 -25 -15
December -19.0 -21 -18 -23 -19
Average -8.3 -16.3 -7.3 -7.2 -10.5 -8.1

31st 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 24.9 48 33 21 10
February 31.5 44 49 22 12 32
March 32.8 30 41 31 34 31
April 15.6 17 19 20 33
May 12.3 23 15 5 4
June 0 0 0 0
July 16.4 21 20 31 13
August 23.3 31 37 25 6
September 22.2 30 22 25
October 23.5 25 33 19 23
November 33.9 45 44 7 33
December 38.5 38 48 42 27
Average 23.6 34.9 30.5 26.6 19.9 19.7

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 6.1 8 6 7 6
February 6.7 8 7 6 8 5
March 6.5 8 6 7 7 7
April 7.3 6 8 7 7
May 6.8 6 6 8 8
June 0 0 0 0
July 4.0 4 6 4 2
August 4.9 5 5 5 4
September 5.5 5 6 4
October 5.8 5 5 6 6
November 5.8 6 6 4 6
December 6.5 7 4 6 7
Average 6.2 7.6 5.6 6.0 6.2 5.5

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 045° 043° 034° 046°
February 062° 065° 059° 029° 046°
March 065° 096° 078° 090° 090°
April 047° 053° 058° 095°
May 037° 045° 022° 032°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 115° 125° 168° 179°
August 057° 081° 093° 026°
September 074° 058° 069°
October 043° 077° 036° 068°
November 048° 073° 019° 074°
December 028° 045° 083° 035°

Prevailing wind direction

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