Hooper Bay Airport

PAHP · Alaska, United States

Climate Hooper Bay Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chevak Airport (PAVA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.3 19 56 33 64
February 41.0 23 29 42 44
March 45.7 27 32 43 23 47
April 59.5 44 90 46
May 58.5 42 71 74 79
June 49.7 51 63 45 41
July 27.2 27 0 37 22 0
August 33.4 15 22 33 42
September 46.1 33 56 62
October 51.7 46 58 55
November 51.4 40 70 59
December 46.6 45 39 48
Average 43.1 35.1 24.8 48.4 43.2 47.4

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 60.6 39 68 61 72
February 53.0 32 42 60 53
March 56.7 38 48 49 33 55
April 73.7 58 91 58
May 80.9 71 75 96 90
June 77.3 80 90 75 51
July 57.6 51 100 73 63 0
August 65.6 55 57 71 66
September 78.2 69 86 88
October 77.0 67 82 81
November 71.7 59 87 75
December 64.0 57 57 57
Average 65.7 61.0 39.8 67.7 72.2 60.5

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 -10.0 -9 -13 -9 -15
February -8.2 -9 -9 -10 -12
March -4.0 -4 -4 -4 -7 -5
April 1.3 0 2 1
May 8.8 4 9 14 12
June 14.6 14 16 13 15
July 14.7 14 12 14 13 14
August 13.6 11 12 13 16
September 10.7 10 10 10
October 4.8 3 3 6
November -3.7 -3 -8 0
December -6.2 -4 -5 -7
Average 2.6 7.3 -8.9 2.6 2.6 2.8

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 -16.4 -15 -18 -15 -20
February -14.5 -13 -14 -17 -20
March -11.4 -11 -10 -10 -14 -11
April -5.1 -7 -5 -4
May 1.3 -1 0 4 3
June 7.2 6 7 7 7
July 9.1 8 12 9 9 8
August 8.6 8 8 8 9
September 5.9 6 5 5
October 0.1 -1 -2 1
November -7.1 -7 -14 -4
December -12.9 -8 -10 -13
Average -4.9 1.3 -13.7 -3.0 -3.0 -4.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 37.5 52 34 52 20
February 45.4 66 56 44 50
March 36.6 66 46 42 59 26
April 22.2 35 17 21
May 13.5 26 5 3 13
June 10.3 21 5 18 6
July 13.9 21 0 18 20 7
August 16.4 25 12 22 8
September 16.6 26 17 17
October 20.4 27 23 15
November 27.4 37 40 17
December 34.4 30 29 40
Average 25.2 28.2 54.3 23.6 25.1 17.1

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 14.5 16 17 15 13
February 17.1 15 19 16 17
March 15.1 17 17 19 21 14
April 12.5 14 12 12
May 10.7 12 11 11 9
June 10.3 11 10 10 10
July 10.0 10 12 10 10 9
August 11.3 14 13 12 8
September 11.3 10 10 12
October 11.8 11 12 11
November 13.5 15 9 13
December 15.4 17 17 15
Average 12.5 12.6 15.7 13.3 11.8 11.3

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 023° 027° 036° 033°
February 056° 059° 054° 045°
March 050° 162° 018° 121° 191°
April 117° 088° 088°
May 037° 314° 063° 083°
June 076° 343° 180° 300°
July 239° 136° 258° 213° 252°
August 199° 287° 225° 007°
September 121° 340° 357°
October 040° 016° 080°
November 023° 017° 120°
December 135° 200° 059°

Prevailing wind direction

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