Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport

PAKU · United States

Climate Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport (PAKU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 42.2 29 32 25 62 31
February 53.5 49 53 49 51 49
March 58.6 49 78 53 64 61
April 58.2 59 62 72 63
May 25.0 18 26 4 40
June 0 0 0 0
July 55.5 76 17 71 51
August 29.1 35 40 25 27
September 31.5 37 14 32 21
October 42.3 38 46 15 40
November 48.8 23 69 34 63
December 0 0 0 0
Average 43.9 47.2 45.0 41.8 41.2 45.8

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 47.2 32 35 30 65 38
February 64.5 54 71 64 67 61
March 68.0 61 82 58 70 74
April 67.7 70 72 74 71
May 35.8 36 37 19 43
June 0 0 0 0
July 66.4 82 19 79 100
August 51.4 55 53 50 37
September 48.9 57 26 55 37
October 64.5 57 80 45 61
November 71.4 41 82 71 73
December 0 0 0 0
Average 58.3 55.9 60.2 54.8 57.7 58.3

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 -22.6 -19 -19 -26 -22 -27
February -23.6 -20 -25 -26 -31 -31
March -18.3 -22 -17 -19 -22 -17
April -13.6 -18 -13 -12 -9
May -2.1 0 -2 -3 -3
June 7.1 10 9 8 8
July 13.4 17 10 14 9
August 9.0 13 11 7 10
September 4.7 6 4 3 3
October -3.2 -2 -3 -4 -3
November -11.6 -8 -9 -15 -10
December -18.2 -17 -12 -23 -19
Average -8.3 -21.5 -5.1 -7.9 -9.8 -8.6

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 -28.5 -26 -23 -33 -27 -32
February -30.8 -25 -32 -34 -37 -36
March -25.6 -27 -25 -26 -29 -26
April -20.4 -24 -21 -20 -17
May -6.1 -5 -6 -6 -7
June 1.0 2 2 2 1
July 5.8 8 3 7 3
August 4.0 6 4 3 5
September 0.4 1 1 -1 0
October -7.0 -8 -7 -8 -6
November -16.4 -13 -16 -21 -15
December -24.8 -22 -19 -29 -23
Average -14.5 -27.8 -12.9 -13.6 -14.3 -13.2

7th 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 49.0 74 56 83 24 25
February 29.4 38 28 24 15 23
March 32.6 24 15 40 41 20
April 36.5 43 25 25 32
May 29.7 18 21 52 39
June 0 0 0 0
July 13.5 0 27 21 13
August 17.7 10 13 21 10
September 15.6 4 15 22 24
October 23.2 32 13 55 14
November 42.2 70 18 52 41
December 0 0 0 0
Average 28.1 33.5 23.8 22.5 31.7 23.4

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 12.7 13 14 17 11 9
February 10.7 12 10 12 9 8
March 12.0 11 10 13 11 12
April 10.7 9 10 10 11
May 10.7 8 9 13 11
June 0 0 0 0
July 8.1 8 8 9 8
August 9.9 10 10 9 10
September 10.4 10 12 9 11
October 11.4 12 11 8 12
November 13.0 19 9 14 13
December 0 0 0 0
Average 11.0 11.7 10.4 10.9 10.3 10.9

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 246° 070° 272° 063° 249°
February 060° 229° 250° 262° 236°
March 052° 188° 072° 103° 240°
April 255° 076° 232° 232°
May 101° 256° 062° 070°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 347° 306° 181° 245°
August 084° 057° 047° 077°
September 139° 079° 206° 057°
October 249° 130° 041° 085°
November 074° 206° 303° 212°
December 360° 360° 360° 360°

Prevailing wind direction

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