Kaltag Airport

PAKV · United States

Climate Kaltag Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kaltag Airport (PAKV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.2 70 30 53 40 84
February 58.7 45 47 75 63 59
March 68.5 57 57 73 62 78
April 84.0 94 87 84 62
May 78.4 73 84 51 96
June 88.0 84 89 74 86
July 76.7 67 68 66 83
August 65.2 55 61 80
September 61.7 78 52 62 72
October 55.0 60 48 36 70
November 53.5 34 41 76 34
December 44.5 45 47 55 28
Average 68.6 55.6 64.6 68.2 62.8 74.3

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 73.9 79 46 73 58 91
February 71.1 62 62 81 75 66
March 83.3 80 74 84 78 89
April 90.6 96 91 86 76
May 88.5 92 91 52 99
June 95.5 95 97 88 96
July 92.7 90 81 94 96
August 89.8 80 93 94
September 86.7 100 83 87 92
October 76.3 81 79 51 84
November 70.7 61 63 87 43
December 62.3 60 61 77 29
Average 83.6 73.3 80.8 83.8 79.3 84.7

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 -15.1 -17 -9 -15 -6 -23
February -12.9 -10 -12 -11 -17 -17
March -5.1 -6 -6 -2 -8 -7
April 2.6 -3 3 3 2
May 14.1 12 14 15 17
June 19.2 17 18 19 19
July 19.2 19 0 19 16
August 15.5 14 14 15
September 11.5 7 11 11 11
October 2.6 1 1 2 3
November -8.3 -5 -10 -13 -7
December -11.0 -16 -6 -13 -6
Average 1.2 -11.0 -1.8 2.3 3.9 2.2

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 -23.9 -24 -15 -22 -13 -31
February -21.0 -17 -23 -22 -28 -28
March -17.3 -17 -19 -14 -20 -18
April -9.4 -19 -9 -11 -7
May 1.9 2 1 1 4
June 7.2 7 5 8 8
July 9.9 11 0 10 8
August 7.9 7 7 9
September 3.6 1 5 3 3
October -4.2 -6 -5 -4 -4
November -15.0 -12 -17 -23 -12
December -18.1 -25 -13 -21 -9
Average -8.0 -20.5 -10.2 -7.1 -6.3 -7.6

34th 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 15.2 9 23 28 8 9
February 28.4 39 38 18 21 33
March 16.6 28 30 13 12 10
April 14.0 9 9 2 23
May 11.5 22 8 2 4
June 9.1 15 4 12 12
July 12.2 20 14 20 12
August 23.8 31 17 9
September 20.6 0 24 19 17
October 14.5 12 15 14 13
November 20.4 31 28 7 15
December 20.9 40 39 21 4
Average 17.2 27.3 21.7 16.6 12.3 13.4

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 4.0 5 4 5 2 2
February 4.0 4 3 6 4 4
March 4.3 4 4 7 4 4
April 5.7 5 6 5 5
May 4.5 4 5 5 5
June 3.8 3 4 3 4
July 3.4 3 4 3 4
August 3.5 3 4 3
September 3.5 3 3 3 4
October 3.6 3 4 4 3
November 3.3 3 2 3 2
December 2.8 3 1 3 3
Average 4.0 4.2 3.5 4.3 3.7 3.8

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 041° 048° 046° 117° 260°
February 046° 058° 048° 052° 051°
March 046° 038° 049° 054° 063°
April 044° 041° 026° 026°
May 039° 263° 041° 041°
June 250° 243° 236° 240°
July 222° 226° 223° 229°
August 340° 235° 018°
September 051° 053° 046° 038°
October 035° 040° 031° 048°
November 042° 047° 042° 042°
December 038° 041° 209° 038°

Prevailing wind direction

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