Hooper Bay Airport

PAHP · Alaska, United States

Statistics Hooper Bay Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cape Romanzof LRRS Airport (PACZ) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 40.1 26 48 25 60 29
February 34.1 24 32 53 41 31
March 38.2 30 36 25 41 39
April 50.0 48 46 54 37 52
May 49.1 40 37 71 75 39
June 43.1 42 50 32 47 38
July 23.7 14 24 13 26 34
August 23.5 17 9 21 33 34
September 29.7 21 36 35 36
October 43.8 45 44 42 53
November 39.3 25 41 38 53
December 35.7 47 22 46 42
Average 37.6 29.6 33.2 36.4 43.1 39.9

2,503rd best VFR conditions of United States

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:
  • Visibility: 5 mi or more
  • Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more
Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 52.1 41 54 36 69 34
February 47.4 47 50 68 49 39
March 46.9 35 45 36 44 51
April 64.3 55 64 67 50 76
May 65.5 59 45 82 91 57
June 60.5 64 63 57 62 50
July 40.3 22 42 31 42 53
August 45.9 33 26 49 53 58
September 65.7 53 78 78 73
October 77.4 81 69 73 88
November 68.1 54 73 66 74
December 54.2 67 41 60 63
Average 56.9 43.6 51.3 57.7 61.4 60.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:
  • Visibility: 3⅛ mi or more
  • Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more
Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January -9.6 -9 -10 -10 -12 -4
February -7.7 -9 -8 -7 -9 0
March -5.3 -6 -5 -6 -5 -1
April -1.3 -7 0 0 0 -1
May 6.0 3 5 7 10 6
June 11.4 10 13 10 12 12
July 12.6 11 12 11 12 15
August 11.7 12 10 11 13 13
September 9.0 8 8 9 10
October 4.1 3 1 5 5
November -2.5 -1 -8 1 -2
December -4.0 -1 -4 -5 -5
Average 2.5 0.8 2.2 1.3 2.4 4.3

2,509th highest temperature of United States

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January -14.9 -13 -17 -14 -16 -9
February -12.5 -14 -13 -14 -16 -4
March -10.4 -12 -9 -13 -9 -4
April -6.9 -12 -4 -6 -4 -4
May 1.4 -1 0 2 4 3
June 6.8 6 7 6 7 8
July 8.9 8 8 8 8 11
August 8.7 9 7 8 9 10
September 6.1 6 5 6 7
October 1.2 0 -1 2 1
November -6.7 -5 -12 -3 -6
December -9.8 -5 -9 -10 -10
Average -2.4 -4.4 -2.0 -4.7 -2.1 0.6

125th lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 51.5 62 41 71 41 61
February 56.0 60 56 51 53 52
March 52.3 59 56 58 48 52
April 38.6 49 41 36 47 38
May 26.2 32 29 14 14 36
June 18.9 25 16 30 17 11
July 29.9 36 33 33 19 32
August 29.8 33 36 32 17 29
September 31.1 33 29 22 42
October 32.2 33 37 25 24
November 42.3 48 64 41 35
December 56.0 53 65 60 46
Average 35.2 40.8 36.9 38.6 30.0 34.6

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 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 19.6 22 21 20 19 17
February 19.9 16 20 15 20 25
March 18.1 20 25 17 18 16
April 15.4 16 13 16 17 17
May 11.9 12 14 10 10 13
June 11.1 10 13 10 11 10
July 10.7 10 12 11 10 11
August 12.3 13 14 13 10 11
September 13.7 13 13 16 13
October 14.1 15 14 14 15
November 17.4 19 16 18 21
December 19.6 22 22 17 19
Average 14.2 13.6 15.7 13.8 13.8 14.4

2,509th highest wind speed of United States

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 048° 050° 039° 040° 078°
February 046° 084° 081° 064° 165°
March 152° 037° 153° 145° 124°
April 046° 101° 070° 103° 047°
May 044° 010° 061° 094° 061°
June 177° 122° 181° 346° 031°
July 194° 241° 209° 257° 207°
August 204° 342° 235° 019° 221°
September 206° 016° 016° 151°
October 028° 031° 076° 077°
November 061° 042° 127° 052°
December 141° 164° 059° 048°

Prevailing wind direction

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