Wales Airport

PAIW · United States

Climate Wales Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Wales Airport (PAIW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 45.2 63 40 38 29 72
February 29.7 29 12 23 26 42
March 26.1 36 0 75 22 29
April 42.0 46 47 53 24
May 27.8 9 40 44 42
June 39.8 27 28 54
July 34.2 24 28 22 22
August 26.8 17 19 31 26
September 39.7 26 31 42 31
October 48.7 35 48 40 47
November 43.8 42 37 31 37
December 35.3 31 25 59
Average 36.0 35.8 28.1 31.4 33.6 36.8

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 56.5 68 57 39 43 75
February 42.6 49 27 27 39 47
March 39.3 43 0 75 39 41
April 58.1 59 54 67 38
May 44.4 32 48 48 46
June 53.1 32 49 65
July 50.4 42 54 39 30
August 59.8 53 47 63 53
September 80.5 83 65 79 83
October 85.7 77 85 85 78
November 75.4 73 68 72 57
December 56.6 53 25 71
Average 58.9 47.2 57.4 49.7 55.2 53.2

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 -14.7 -5 -15 -19 -15 -15
February -16.8 -10 -19 -20 -18 -21
March -9.2 -13 -3 -1 -10 -8
April -5.5 -10 0 -5 -4
May 1.3 -1 2 1 3
June 7.6 7 7 8
July 10.9 13 11 10 10
August 10.0 9 9 10 11
September 7.9 7 9 7 7
October 2.8 2 2 0 4
November -2.0 -2 -1 -6 -1
December -9.9 -11 -10 -8
Average -2.8 -11.7 -3.7 1.1 -2.4 -1.2

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 -19.3 -11 -21 -24 -19 -20
February -21.9 -17 -23 -24 -24 -26
March -15.4 -20 -3 -7 -17 -13
April -11.9 -17 -7 -12 -9
May -3.3 -6 -2 -4 -2
June 3.4 2 3 3
July 7.6 9 7 7 6
August 7.1 7 6 6 7
September 4.7 4 5 3 5
October -1.5 -1 -2 -2 2
November -6.0 -6 -4 -11 -3
December -13.0 -15 -13 -14
Average -6.4 -17.0 -7.5 -3.1 -7.7 -5.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 42.5 37 47 51 61 25
February 55.8 69 65 53 53 53
March 58.7 62 0 25 53 52
April 38.3 38 26 33 56
May 20.8 43 11 12 10
June 14.7 25 23 6
July 20.3 32 21 28 16
August 18.6 31 22 25 8
September 21.7 28 25 27 25
October 22.9 35 16 32 32
November 37.1 42 47 53 63
December 57.3 70 83 41
Average 31.4 62.5 39.2 24.8 31.5 25.0

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 16.5 20 14 17 18 17
February 18.2 15 18 19 18 18
March 18.5 16 7 5 17 20
April 14.3 11 13 13 15
May 13.9 15 19 13 13
June 13.9 18 14 13
July 14.6 13 13 18 14
August 14.4 15 16 15 13
September 12.3 12 13 11 14
October 13.6 14 13 14 14
November 16.9 16 21 13 17
December 18.2 17 23 17
Average 14.9 16.2 13.8 15.9 14.7 14.6

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 117° 061° 043° 030° 038°
February 071° 058° 062° 049° 051°
March 052° 279° 041° 119° 160°
April 045° 058° 050° 078°
May 061° 182° 050° 058°
June 168° 160° 070°
July 178° 086° 182° 172°
August 074° 180° 165° 113°
September 337° 094° 018° 013°
October 113° 264° 030° 047°
November 100° 164° 052° 024°
December 032° 125° 064°

Prevailing wind direction

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