Homer Airport

PAHO · Alaska, United States

Climate Homer Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Homer Airport (PAHO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.8 87 76 82 87 84
February 76.2 87 61 65 66 81
March 84.5 72 80 88 83 80
April 90.0 83 84 89 92
May 94.4 88 94 94 97
June 93.6 85 91 94 97
July 89.9 85 87 92 88
August 88.5 79 89 90 86
September 91.1 87 88 91 94
October 89.3 78 97 83 96
November 84.9 73 87 82 86
December 74.2 63 73 60 77
Average 87.1 80.5 79.8 86.8 86.2 88.8

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 92.4 91 90 92 97 93
February 91.0 94 85 90 82 92
March 93.4 91 91 93 94 91
April 96.6 94 97 98 94
May 98.6 97 97 100 99
June 96.6 88 96 96 100
July 95.5 92 97 97 94
August 95.3 91 95 95 94
September 97.8 99 99 98 100
October 97.7 92 100 98 100
November 96.5 97 100 92 95
December 89.8 82 87 84 94
Average 95.1 91.7 91.8 95.7 95.2 95.5

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 -1.5 -1 2 -2 3 -7
February 1.5 2 1 3 0 0
March 2.8 3 2 5 1 1
April 7.7 5 7 8 8
May 11.7 10 13 12 13
June 15.3 14 17 14 15
July 17.2 17 17 16 18
August 16.5 17 16 16 16
September 13.4 13 13 12 14
October 8.5 8 8 8 7
November 2.9 5 3 -3 2
December 1.3 0 -1 -1 2
Average 7.4 1.2 7.8 8.5 7.1 7.4

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 -7.5 -7 -2 -7 -3 -15
February -5.5 -4 -6 -2 -5 -6
March -5.9 -3 -5 -1 -7 -6
April 0.3 -2 0 0 1
May 4.5 4 4 4 5
June 8.0 8 8 8 7
July 10.3 11 11 10 10
August 9.9 11 10 9 12
September 6.7 6 8 5 10
October 2.6 2 3 2 3
November -3.1 -1 -3 -9 -3
December -5.5 -7 -7 -7 -3
Average 0.9 -5.4 1.6 2.2 0.5 1.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.4 18 11 14 18 9
February 15.1 16 30 14 24 12
March 12.1 15 18 12 9 15
April 9.5 10 14 5 9
May 8.4 13 2 5 7
June 5.0 9 3 4 1
July 8.6 11 10 10 8
August 13.2 16 24 9 18
September 13.0 15 17 14 6
October 13.5 12 11 21 7
November 16.9 23 16 15 15
December 23.8 29 23 24 19
Average 12.0 15.7 15.2 12.2 11.4 9.6

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 5.3 6 4 6 6 5
February 6.4 8 7 6 6 6
March 6.1 6 7 5 6 6
April 5.8 5 6 6 6
May 6.2 6 7 5 6
June 5.8 5 6 7 6
July 5.3 5 5 5 6
August 5.5 5 5 6 5
September 5.2 5 5 6 7
October 5.5 4 6 6 5
November 5.5 7 5 6 6
December 6.0 6 5 6 6
Average 5.8 6.5 5.5 5.7 5.8 5.8

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 057° 061° 061° 053° 045°
February 077° 353° 245° 028° 091°
March 089° 064° 076° 357° 203°
April 220° 120° 187° 239°
May 148° 240° 223° 221°
June 189° 241° 226° 230°
July 227° 234° 228° 228°
August 230° 226° 240° 209°
September 224° 157° 065° 173°
October 070° 056° 147° 064°
November 276° 040° 045° 047°
December 071° 013° 017° 075°

Prevailing wind direction

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