Wilder Runway Airport

PAKX · United States

Climate Wilder Runway Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Iliamna Airport (PAIL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 84.3 92 68 77 90 95
February 66.4 61 62 42 62 75
March 79.1 70 90 85 68 72
April 84.5 86 92 80 76
May 88.6 71 100 96 94
June 79.7 81 75 72 76
July 68.4 67 60 72 70
August 69.1 67 59 69 84
September 82.9 82 72 92 89
October 81.4 97 74 71 85
November 79.1 75 72 85 76
December 68.3 52 67 56 69
Average 77.2 72.5 75.0 73.5 75.0 79.8

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 92.7 99 84 92 94 95
February 81.3 74 82 69 76 86
March 87.8 83 95 88 81 78
April 94.0 93 98 86 93
May 97.6 91 100 99 98
June 91.4 98 87 88 91
July 87.1 91 85 88 84
August 90.5 91 88 89 93
September 95.8 93 94 97 100
October 96.7 100 94 99 99
November 91.1 94 83 92 93
December 81.6 64 80 67 82
Average 90.1 84.0 90.6 89.0 87.4 90.7

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 -5.1 -7 1 -7 0 -14
February -2.5 -1 -2 0 -3 -4
March -1.2 -3 -1 2 -2 -2
April 5.4 1 6 3 6
May 11.7 9 14 11 14
June 16.4 13 19 14 16
July 18.2 17 16 16 20
August 17.2 17 15 16 19
September 13.2 12 12 12 14
October 7.3 7 6 5 7
November 0.1 1 0 -10 0
December -3.8 -6 -4 -4 -1
Average 5.4 -4.1 6.0 7.0 4.3 6.1

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 -12.9 -12 -5 -13 -6 -21
February -9.6 -8 -11 -5 -10 -12
March -9.1 -11 -10 -5 -11 -10
April -3.7 -9 -2 -4 -1
May 3.7 3 3 4 4
June 7.5 7 8 8 7
July 10.7 9 10 11 11
August 10.4 11 10 11 10
September 6.9 5 7 7 8
October 1.7 0 0 0 3
November -6.5 -4 -5 -16 -6
December -9.8 -13 -10 -10 -7
Average -2.4 -11.6 -2.9 0.2 -2.0 -2.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.5 5 24 15 9 6
February 21.3 36 21 30 26 16
March 14.5 22 2 17 18 24
April 11.1 5 4 13 17
May 10.9 18 2 4 8
June 9.7 13 3 12 9
July 17.3 20 20 18 14
August 21.2 21 31 15 9
September 21.8 21 34 5 12
October 15.2 3 23 19 10
November 16.4 16 26 7 10
December 20.7 29 15 25 16
Average 16.1 21.8 15.9 17.7 14.7 12.4

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 8.2 10 6 9 8 7
February 8.4 11 7 9 9 8
March 7.1 7 7 7 8 7
April 7.5 7 9 8 6
May 8.1 8 7 8 7
June 6.9 8 6 8 7
July 6.5 8 7 7 5
August 6.8 6 7 7 6
September 7.6 7 8 8 8
October 9.0 8 9 9 9
November 8.3 8 9 8 9
December 9.0 8 9 8 8
Average 7.8 9.1 7.2 7.7 7.9 7.1

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 044° 035° 017° 014° 344°
February 088° 014° 098° 042° 042°
March 079° 337° 078° 290° 326°
April 005° 086° 358° 105°
May 100° 048° 113° 104°
June 100° 143° 133° 142°
July 107° 170° 127° 233°
August 135° 156° 178° 192°
September 316° 130° 334° 087°
October 027° 023° 007° 050°
November 336° 039° 337° 017°
December 358° 015° 334° 040°

Prevailing wind direction

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