Hooper Bay Airport

PAHP · Alaska, United States

Climate Hooper Bay Airport 2020-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chevak Airport (PAVA) between 2020 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.3 19 56 33 64
February 41.0 23 29 42 44
March 47.8 32 43 23 47
April 63.1 90 46
May 62.0 71 74 79
June 49.5 63 45 41
July 27.4 0 37 22 0
August 37.0 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 44.2 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 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.6 39 68 61 72
February 53.0 32 42 60 53
March 58.8 48 49 33 55
April 77.4 91 58
May 83.1 75 96 90
June 76.8 90 75 51
July 59.2 100 73 63 0
August 67.8 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 66.4 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 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -10.0 -9 -13 -9 -15
February -8.2 -9 -9 -10 -12
March -4.0 -4 -4 -7 -5
April 1.6 2 1
May 9.6 9 14 12
June 14.7 16 13 15
July 14.8 12 14 13 14
August 14.0 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 2.0 -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 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -16.4 -15 -18 -15 -20
February -14.5 -13 -14 -17 -20
March -11.4 -10 -10 -14 -11
April -5.4 -5 -4
May 1.9 0 4 3
June 7.4 7 7 7
July 9.4 12 9 9 8
August 8.7 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 -4.3 -13.7 -3.0 -3.0 -4.6

100th 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
January 37.5 52 34 52 20
February 45.4 66 56 44 50
March 33.4 46 42 59 26
April 19.2 17 21
May 10.8 5 3 13
June 8.0 5 18 6
July 12.3 0 18 20 7
August 14.6 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 24.7 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 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.5 16 17 15 13
February 17.1 15 19 16 17
March 14.9 17 19 21 14
April 12.1 12 12
May 10.5 11 11 9
June 10.0 10 10 10
July 9.9 12 10 10 9
August 10.7 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 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 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 023° 027° 036° 033°
February 056° 059° 054° 045°
March 162° 018° 121° 191°
April 088° 088°
May 314° 063° 083°
June 343° 180° 300°
July 136° 258° 213° 252°
August 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.