McKinley National Park Airport

PAIN · Alaska, United States

Climate McKinley National Park Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of McKinley National Park Airport (PAIN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.7 52 76 68 80 77
February 78.3 88 76 56 64 90
March 79.1 14 82 93 86 83
April 85.2 35 98 89 92
May 92.8 92 78 95 99
June 95.3 89 91 99 94
July 90.6 85 86 94 94
August 89.0 97 79 86 93
September 82.9 78 98 83 69
October 78.0 75 74 75 76
November 72.5 54 70 65 91
December 77.4 63 80 58 90
Average 80.8 47.5 76.1 81.7 84.4 88.4

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 79.4 59 85 70 86 82
February 83.9 94 80 63 67 94
March 82.3 14 88 96 91 88
April 88.8 40 100 94 96
May 97.1 100 86 98 100
June 98.0 98 93 100 99
July 96.4 88 94 99 100
August 97.3 100 93 99 96
September 93.3 94 98 93 78
October 89.0 84 89 91 87
November 84.4 63 82 90 95
December 82.9 67 87 61 97
Average 86.7 51.2 83.0 88.1 91.9 93.6

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 -12.7 -11 -8 -8 -5 -24
February -6.3 -5 -7 -6 -5 -9
March -2.1 -1 -3 -1 -4 -4
April 4.9 1 4 6 5
May 12.8 12 11 13 15
June 18.7 15 20 19 17
July 20.2 19 20 20 18
August 16.6 19 16 16 18
September 11.0 10 9 10 10
October 3.2 2 2 2 3
November -7.6 -3 -6 -15 -7
December -9.3 -9 -12 -11 -9
Average 3.0 -6.3 3.3 3.6 3.9 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 -21.8 -19 -19 -17 -12 -31
February -18.4 -15 -20 -17 -16 -23
March -15.0 -4 -17 -16 -20 -18
April -8.8 -4 -11 -10 -7
May 1.2 3 0 0 1
June 6.4 5 6 7 6
July 9.0 9 8 9 9
August 7.2 9 6 7 6
September 1.6 0 1 -1 2
October -6.6 -7 -7 -5 -7
November -16.9 -9 -14 -24 -17
December -18.1 -19 -20 -19 -19
Average -8.8 -13.5 -7.5 -8.5 -7.0 -9.9

30th 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 18.3 18 26 18 13 31
February 26.2 23 42 59 19 19
March 15.9 0 27 22 24 24
April 10.3 14 7 14 14
May 6.6 12 10 8 2
June 9.4 12 2 6 17
July 10.2 6 14 12 13
August 23.0 15 33 30 11
September 18.8 28 0 18 18
October 25.2 29 36 26 29
November 32.2 23 38 49 17
December 33.0 32 41 43 28
Average 16.6 11.9 20.6 20.5 19.4 16.8

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 2.5 2 2 2 3 2
February 3.5 5 4 4 3 4
March 3.7 0 5 5 4 3
April 4.3 3 4 5 4
May 4.1 5 3 4 4
June 3.0 5 4 4 3
July 2.8 3 3 4 3
August 2.8 3 3 3 3
September 3.5 3 5 4 3
October 3.5 3 3 4 4
November 2.8 3 3 3 3
December 3.1 3 3 3 3
Average 3.2 2.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.4

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 353° 354° 202° 348° 356°
February 184° 010° 006° 015° 023°
March 001° 014° 023° 022° 012°
April 057° 055° 024° 078°
May 170° 021° 071° 082°
June 154° 018° 028° 032°
July 129° 084° 112° 013°
August 156° 034° 009° 013°
September 353° 179° 009° 081°
October 358° 008° 039° 042°
November 343° 325° 360° 240°
December 354° 352° 011° 275°

Prevailing wind direction

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