Anaktuvuk Pass Airport

PAKP · United States

Climate Anaktuvuk Pass Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Anaktuvuk Pass Airport (PAKP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.9 54 60 55 70 54
February 63.1 65 72 60 52 57
March 71.6 53 70 76 83 62
April 79.6 62 83 83 73
May 77.6 77 67 76 76
June 0 0 0 0
July 83.9 0 79 86 82
August 68.1 60 59 72 80
September 72.9 68 62 78 73
October 69.4 56 73 73 75
November 58.8 63 57 42 69
December 56.3 47 64 50 71
Average 70.5 57.0 65.5 67.8 74.5 69.9

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 70.3 66 75 71 82 60
February 72.4 77 78 74 63 69
March 79.4 64 81 80 92 75
April 85.0 70 88 87 83
May 85.5 82 81 83 83
June 0 0 0 0
July 92.7 0 90 91 100
August 80.0 76 66 85 87
September 84.5 84 72 86 86
October 82.1 72 85 85 92
November 73.8 76 72 69 83
December 67.6 53 64 75 71
Average 80.4 68.4 76.9 77.7 84.4 81.4

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 -21.7 -21 -18 -23 -18 -25
February -19.1 -15 -20 -22 -26 -24
March -13.3 -14 -11 -14 -15 -15
April -6.1 -11 -6 -7 -5
May 6.4 8 6 1 4
June 14.1 14 15 9 17
July 18.0 17 17 17 13
August 12.2 14 12 11 17
September 6.4 6 8 5 3
October -4.0 -5 -5 -5 -5
November -14.8 -10 -12 -18 -12
December -18.6 -18 -14 -20 -19
Average -5.4 -17.5 -4.1 -3.3 -5.3 -8.4

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 -27.3 -27 -25 -29 -26 -31
February -27.6 -23 -28 -29 -33 -32
March -22.7 -22 -21 -23 -23 -23
April -18.9 -24 -18 -16 -14
May -4.5 -3 -5 -4 -7
June 4.1 4 4 4 6
July 8.3 9 7 8 9
August 4.0 6 4 3 6
September -2.4 -1 0 -4 -2
October -11.3 -11 -12 -10 -11
November -20.6 -16 -18 -24 -18
December -24.2 -25 -21 -26 -26
Average -13.2 -25.9 -13.7 -12.8 -12.3 -16.6

12th 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 38.3 54 50 51 30 40
February 33.2 49 35 35 27 41
March 27.4 40 28 20 26 38
April 21.5 32 17 17 43
May 13.2 20 21 12 1
June 0 0 0 0
July 16.6 0 22 16 15
August 20.2 19 26 10 8
September 22.1 33 18 25 31
October 36.5 54 36 43 35
November 51.5 58 50 53 43
December 57.7 40 82 38 71
Average 27.6 45.1 33.0 26.6 22.7 30.4

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 8.8 10 10 8 7 11
February 9.1 9 8 9 10 10
March 10.0 10 10 9 11 12
April 8.6 9 8 9 10
May 7.2 7 8 7 8
June 0 0 0 0
July 7.6 0 7 9 10
August 7.5 7 8 8 5
September 6.9 6 7 7 7
October 7.5 9 8 7 7
November 8.9 8 9 9 9
December 10.1 8 13 14 7
Average 8.3 10.1 8.1 7.9 8.3 8.8

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 192° 085° 023° 067° 088°
February 094° 191° 069° 063° 184°
March 059° 188° 054° 192° 192°
April 049° 141° 168° 194°
May 164° 055° 043° 054°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 360° 182° 206° 210°
August 089° 095° 103° 050°
September 140° 157° 121° 081°
October 179° 184° 098° 170°
November 129° 198° 049° 175°
December 197° 217° 242° 053°

Prevailing wind direction

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