Kalskag Airport

PALG · United States

Climate Kalskag Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kalskag Airport (PALG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.8 69 63 75 100
February 57.6 68 43 41 64 75
March 64.6 66 53 55 70
April 80.0 76 79 84
May 78.9 65 93 84
June 71.1 74 59 65
July 51.1 45 46 42
August 40.5 40 41 42
September 45.0 50 54 60
October 60.0 72 56 57
November 52.5 35 46 82
December 48.0 39 49 44
Average 62.7 67.0 55.4 57.9 61.6 73.2

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 81.7 77 77 86 100
February 71.3 77 70 64 71 85
March 81.5 87 77 76 83
April 91.1 88 89 95
May 91.7 86 94 95
June 85.2 88 64 88
July 75.3 66 75 76
August 64.7 70 69 74
September 63.1 72 78 78
October 71.9 80 72 80
November 68.5 63 57 93
December 61.9 63 52 53
Average 78.3 82.1 75.9 73.5 81.4 84.3

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 -9.4 -3 -8 -11 -24
February -6.1 -3 -7 -13 -7 -8
March -3.7 -2 -1 -6 -5
April 5.5 0 9 7
May 12.3 10 12 15
June 17.1 16 12 16
July 17.3 10 17 17
August 15.8 16 15 15
September 11.7 10 12 11
October 4.9 4 4 2
November -4.1 -1 -2 -14
December -8.7 -10 -5 -6
Average 2.9 -3.2 3.3 5.5 5.1 -9.9

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 -17.6 -9 -15 -18 -29
February -14.6 -8 -15 -19 -16 -19
March -13.9 -12 -12 -17 -16
April -5.9 -13 0 -2
May 2.7 2 1 3
June 7.5 8 4 8
July 9.7 5 10 10
August 8.8 9 8 8
September 4.8 3 6 3
October -2.9 -3 -2 -3
November -11.7 -6 -9 -24
December -14.3 -17 -13 -13
Average -6.9 -10.2 -5.6 -2.1 -4.7 -19.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 18.4 31 28 20 33
February 28.2 33 54 55 21 36
March 23.6 30 40 31 22
April 12.0 21 6 11
May 10.4 32 8 7
June 8.6 21 3 21
July 17.8 33 26 33
August 14.4 24 24 18
September 18.5 24 33 19
October 15.0 14 16 17
November 29.4 46 48 17
December 37.7 54 39 37
Average 19.7 31.1 30.7 22.3 20.1 29.2

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 4.9 7 4 5 2
February 5.4 7 6 3 0 7
March 4.9 6 6 0 5
April 4.9 5 6 3
May 5.2 5 5 6
June 3.9 5 2 4
July 3.7 3 3 4
August 4.1 4 4 4
September 4.4 4 5 4
October 5.1 4 5 5
November 4.9 5 5 2
December 4.8 4 6 5
Average 4.9 6.5 4.6 4.3 3.7 5.7

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 092° 076° 055° 221°
February 085° 156° 064° 360° 082°
March 088° 123° 360° 109°
April 055° 098° 073°
May 105° 226° 090°
June 108° 069° 106°
July 111° 146° 162°
August 127° 194° 183°
September 226° 114° 079°
October 086° 085° 071°
November 092° 069° 023°
December 090° 089° 125°

Prevailing wind direction

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