Climate Shungnak Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Shungnak Airport (PAGH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2021	2020
January	80.8	74		77	84
February	74.0	67		93	72
March	68.9	73		72	66
April	76.9			79	55
May	90.9			95	97
June	100.0		0	100	100
July	72.1		85	51	69
August	59.6		40	41	80
September	73.8		55	77	90
October	71.6		68	63	71
November	66.5		57	80	69
December	71.4		78		62
Average	71.0	71.0	57.8	72.6	76.2

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	2021	2020
January	86.1	76		87	91
February	86.2	82		94	82
March	81.3	84		82	74
April	85.5			85	75
May	95.1			99	98
June	100.0		0	100	100
July	91.2		96	84	93
August	81.7		69	77	85
September	86.8		77	85	91
October	85.8		79	69	86
November	80.9		77	80	82
December	81.8		83		77
Average	84.9	81.5	77.7	85.0	86.0

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	2021	2020
January	-18.3	-18		-13	-23
February	-16.9	-11		-21	-20
March	-8.4	-8		-12	-9
April	0.4			-1	0
May	13.6			14	14
June	19.5		19	18	19
July	20.6		24	18	18
August	16.4		17	16	19
September	10.4		9	9	9
October	1.1		0	-3	1
November	-10.3		-6	-25	-9
December	-13.5		-15		-13
Average	0.8	-13.6	4.5	-3.7	0.6

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2021	2020
January	-25.8	-24		-20	-29
February	-23.7	-17		-29	-29
March	-16.1	-18		-21	-19
April	-9.2			-12	-7
May	3.2			2	3
June	8.9		9	8	9
July	11.7		15	12	10
August	7.9		10	9	8
September	2.9		3	2	2
October	-5.2		-8	-7	-5
November	-16.5		-11	-26	-15
December	-19.1		-23		-19
Average	-7.1	-20.0	-3.3	-11.8	-8.4

15th lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2021	2020
January	19.7	20		24	23
February	25.1	34		12	27
March	30.7	24		33	29
April	19.0			21	33
May	7.0			3	4
June	0.0		0	0	0
July	13.3		13	29	15
August	20.5		30	43	5
September	21.4		32	23	24
October	24.4		23	33	33
November	31.4		40	0	33
December	30.0		26		29
Average	22.1	26.0	28.1	24.3	20.2

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	2021	2020
January	9.4	13		8	7
February	9.3	12		6	9
March	11.0	10		13	10
April	9.4			10	10
May	6.8			6	7
June	5.9		0	3	10
July	5.2		6	6	5
August	5.5		5	7	6
September	7.2		6	6	6
October	9.1		7	6	10
November	9.5		9	1	12
December	9.4		8		10
Average	8.1	11.2	6.1	8.0	7.7

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2021	2020
January	105°		106°	112°
February	103°		101°	107°
March	109°		110°	112°
April			117°	128°
May			337°	108°
June		360°	252°	113°
July		125°	143°	216°
August		134°	113°	167°
September		118°	129°	125°
October		109°	109°	107°
November		106°	116°	110°
December		105°		100°

Prevailing wind direction

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