Gulkana Airport

PAGK · United States

Climate Gulkana Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gulkana Airport (PAGK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.0 76 42 55 80 88
February 71.4 79 52 56 84 73
March 83.9 83 85 65 79 87
April 91.1 68 94 93 91
May 92.6 99 89 92 91
June 92.3 100 91 92 88
July 92.9 97 93 94 93
August 91.5 94 86 86 95
September 83.6 76 75 81 91
October 76.5 59 75 75 81
November 66.3 61 68 70 77
December 64.2 61 43 79 67
Average 83.3 79.9 77.7 78.0 85.2 86.9

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 79.1 82 59 64 88 94
February 81.7 84 62 71 91 88
March 88.6 87 89 78 85 89
April 94.0 77 95 95 96
May 95.6 99 94 97 92
June 95.6 100 92 99 92
July 96.9 100 98 97 95
August 94.5 95 91 94 97
September 89.2 89 86 85 95
October 84.6 75 81 87 86
November 76.7 65 76 84 89
December 74.9 70 60 89 75
Average 88.9 84.7 84.3 85.0 91.9 91.8

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 -16.9 -18 -12 -16 -12 -22
February -9.7 -8 -8 -4 -14 -8
March -3.9 -1 -2 -1 -6 -3
April 6.6 3 6 6 6
May 14.1 12 12 13 17
June 19.6 19 21 20 18
July 22.0 23 21 21 21
August 18.8 21 17 19 19
September 13.2 11 12 12 13
October 3.6 1 2 3 3
November -8.1 -5 -8 -13 -11
December -12.7 -12 -16 -14 -9
Average 2.8 -10.9 3.9 4.1 3.0 3.7

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 -24.3 -27 -18 -23 -20 -31
February -21.8 -20 -18 -13 -25 -20
March -16.9 -13 -15 -12 -19 -19
April -7.6 -8 -9 -8 -6
May 1.4 1 1 2 2
June 6.9 8 7 7 6
July 9.3 10 9 9 9
August 7.2 9 8 7 7
September 2.2 2 4 1 3
October -5.1 -7 -5 -5 -7
November -16.2 -12 -15 -21 -21
December -20.4 -22 -24 -23 -17
Average -9.8 -20.1 -7.7 -6.0 -8.1 -8.2

43rd 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 8.7 7 14 14 5 13
February 13.3 11 27 25 8 15
March 8.0 8 9 15 14 11
April 5.9 18 6 6 7
May 6.9 2 7 11 8
June 8.1 7 5 13 13
July 6.4 8 6 8 5
August 10.3 12 11 12 6
September 9.8 17 16 12 8
October 11.9 22 18 9 11
November 9.6 13 13 13 4
December 12.0 13 28 10 9
Average 9.0 8.6 13.2 12.2 10.1 8.8

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 2.3 2 3 4 2 2
February 3.7 6 3 4 2 5
March 4.5 4 5 4 4 4
April 5.5 5 4 5 5
May 7.1 9 5 7 5
June 6.4 9 4 7 6
July 6.0 6 7 6 6
August 6.5 6 7 7 7
September 5.5 4 7 5 6
October 4.9 2 6 4 5
November 3.3 4 4 1 3
December 3.5 3 2 3 4
Average 5.1 4.0 5.1 5.0 4.9 5.2

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 339° 165° 128° 025° 335°
February 148° 359° 155° 343° 160°
March 155° 001° 094° 340° 352°
April 159° 158° 142° 175°
May 159° 161° 156° 162°
June 160° 157° 158° 161°
July 161° 159° 164° 148°
August 156° 157° 161° 125°
September 136° 159° 154° 156°
October 324° 161° 144° 152°
November 127° 351° 352° 006°
December 002° 324° 344° 156°

Prevailing wind direction

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