Juneau International Airport

PAJN · Alaska, United States

Climate Juneau International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Juneau International Airport (PAJN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.8 58 57 66 81 74
February 71.7 64 70 59 72 57
March 80.4 80 77 74 65 85
April 84.2 71 82 81 80
May 89.7 86 94 83 95
June 86.1 82 85 74 83
July 80.7 83 64 82 76
August 79.8 75 75 74 71
September 87.3 85 88 89 86
October 78.7 78 69 84 86
November 75.6 68 70 73 71
December 73.7 63 75 77 65
Average 79.5 68.2 75.8 76.0 78.0 78.5

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 80.0 67 71 82 90 84
February 82.0 79 78 77 81 76
March 89.2 97 87 86 79 92
April 93.2 89 91 89 88
May 96.9 94 100 96 100
June 96.4 94 98 90 95
July 93.4 96 80 97 95
August 92.5 92 94 89 88
September 93.4 95 92 95 92
October 90.4 92 81 95 96
November 86.7 88 83 85 83
December 86.3 89 82 84 76
Average 89.9 81.8 89.4 88.1 89.8 89.8

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 1.1 0 3 1 3 -1
February 1.4 2 1 4 -1 3
March 4.2 6 3 5 3 4
April 9.4 9 8 10 9
May 14.9 15 16 12 17
June 17.7 17 21 19 15
July 19.3 21 18 19 18
August 17.9 19 18 18 15
September 14.4 13 14 13 14
October 8.9 9 11 8 8
November 3.6 6 3 4 2
December 2.0 4 -1 -3 4
Average 8.8 2.8 10.0 10.0 8.8 9.0

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 -3.1 -4 0 -3 0 -5
February -5.8 -4 -3 -1 -6 0
March -3.7 -2 -4 0 -2 -3
April 1.2 2 0 1 1
May 5.8 6 4 6 6
June 9.2 9 9 10 9
July 11.4 11 12 12 11
August 11.0 11 12 11 11
September 7.7 9 9 9 7
October 4.1 4 6 3 3
November -1.5 2 -1 -1 -2
December -2.1 1 -6 -8 1
Average 2.5 -4.8 4.0 3.7 2.9 3.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 40.0 48 49 46 47 38
February 37.9 37 46 56 39 62
March 32.3 25 25 47 49 32
April 31.3 40 20 42 39
May 28.9 28 21 47 13
June 28.1 27 21 34 42
July 25.7 12 42 23 32
August 31.8 23 38 36 49
September 34.6 51 37 54 26
October 38.2 42 48 41 29
November 40.6 51 41 48 36
December 41.9 58 40 29 44
Average 33.6 35.8 35.4 36.6 40.2 35.8

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 7.1 6 7 8 8 8
February 6.8 5 6 8 9 9
March 8.1 9 9 9 8 8
April 8.0 8 9 7 8
May 7.6 8 8 7 7
June 6.5 7 7 7 6
July 6.1 6 7 6 7
August 6.7 7 7 7 7
September 7.1 8 8 8 7
October 7.8 8 8 9 7
November 6.8 8 8 6 7
December 7.8 10 7 4 10
Average 7.1 6.9 7.3 7.7 7.2 7.4

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 104° 111° 099° 107° 108°
February 108° 100° 108° 108° 108°
March 124° 107° 114° 109° 109°
April 131° 119° 128° 123°
May 145° 155° 117° 174°
June 146° 165° 155° 133°
July 229° 108° 150° 109°
August 120° 111° 107° 099°
September 105° 105° 108° 109°
October 109° 112° 116° 105°
November 102° 104° 105° 106°
December 107° 107° 103° 106°

Prevailing wind direction

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