Edward G Pitka Sr. Airport

PAGA · United States

Climate Edward G Pitka Sr. Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Edward G Pitka Sr. Airport (PAGA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.9 63 45 69 81 65
February 67.9 66 51 75 75 65
March 77.6 72 77 86 71 81
April 85.3 86 90 67
May 92.3 87 96 99
June 92.4 92 83 87
July 84.1 85 75 78
August 67.9 62 57 85
September 73.4 71 70 77
October 69.0 70 60 71
November 61.1 43 70 65
December 67.2 71 64 77
Average 74.1 67.8 56.8 77.0 75.7 78.7

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 78.0 74 68 78 91 73
February 79.9 83 63 86 82 72
March 90.8 88 83 98 86 93
April 92.6 89 94 88
May 97.8 96 100 99
June 97.7 96 97 95
July 95.7 96 99 92
August 89.8 89 88 92
September 91.9 91 92 98
October 87.9 87 81 92
November 78.4 71 83 79
December 79.5 82 81 85
Average 87.3 82.7 70.5 90.1 91.4 90.4

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 -17.0 -18 -14 -18 -13 -25
February -13.4 -9 -13 -15 -18 -18
March -5.4 -6 -8 -4 -7 -6
April 2.2 0 2 3
May 12.7 5 15 17
June 20.3 21 19 20
July 20.7 20 19 18
August 16.6 16 16 20
September 11.4 12 10 11
October 2.5 2 1 3
November -10.8 -8 -15 -9
December -14.8 -14 -13 -13
Average -1.6 -11.0 -12.1 1.8 1.3 1.6

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 -26.4 -27 -23 -25 -22 -33
February -23.4 -19 -23 -25 -31 -29
March -15.0 -16 -20 -16 -20 -17
April -7.8 -2 -11 -6
May 3.1 1 2 4
June 9.8 9 10 10
July 11.9 10 12 11
August 8.7 9 9 8
September 4.0 5 2 3
October -4.5 -4 -5 -4
November -17.5 -15 -23 -18
December -21.3 -20 -22 -21
Average -9.0 -21.8 -23.9 -6.5 -9.9 -8.5

63rd 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 27.7 20 47 41 22 20
February 28.7 18 60 13 27 33
March 21.5 26 21 17 32 12
April 14.7 16 10 21
May 9.2 8 4 5
June 7.9 3 15 14
July 9.4 10 16 13
August 17.4 25 22 7
September 16.6 20 16 18
October 15.5 12 24 8
November 27.4 46 21 26
December 28.2 29 34 25
Average 20.0 22.0 44.2 17.2 18.2 15.0

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 3.7 5 3 5 3 3
February 5.4 5 5 5 3 4
March 6.4 7 6 7 6 7
April 4.9 0 6 6
May 4.0 0 5 5
June 4.0 0 5 5
July 4.4 0 7 5
August 4.4 0 6 4
September 4.9 0 5 6
October 4.9 0 5 5
November 3.4 0 2 5
December 3.8 0 6 5
Average 4.8 5.8 4.7 1.0 5.2 5.1

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 101° 070° 031° 074° 004°
February 108° 128° 074° 360° 060°
March 087° 093° 052° 096° 193°
April 360° 020° 190°
May 360° 331° 077°
June 360° 190° 194°
July 360° 188° 232°
August 360° 213° 229°
September 360° 101° 181°
October 360° 092° 099°
November 360° 331° 110°
December 360° 153° 059°

Prevailing wind direction

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