Alpine Airstrip Airport

PALP · United States

Climate Alpine Airstrip Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Alpine Airstrip Airport (PALP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.6 46 24 67 75 38
February 55.0 60 61 35 64 54
March 61.8 47 82 51 71 69
April 58.0 65 66 65 46
May 21.9 18 18 13 34
June 0 0 0 0
July 57.4 88 26 68 43
August 26.3 35 32 25 16
September 32.6 35 17 34 20
October 40.1 38 49 17 50
November 49.1 29 70 47 58
December 0 0 0 0
Average 43.6 51.4 47.2 41.2 43.5 40.2

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 59.3 57 24 76 88 59
February 64.3 71 74 43 75 59
March 70.9 54 89 64 76 76
April 69.4 76 75 73 62
May 33.0 30 34 23 37
June 0 0 0 0
July 70.8 88 37 73 98
August 52.9 56 49 67 26
September 48.8 55 29 49 35
October 65.2 60 81 54 69
November 72.3 55 83 73 67
December 0 0 0 0
Average 59.8 60.1 62.7 55.7 62.0 53.7

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 -22.1 -19 -18 -27 -22 -27
February -22.0 -19 -25 -25 -29 -30
March -18.3 -21 -16 -19 -22 -17
April -12.4 -15 -12 -12 -9
May -1.1 1 -1 -2 -2
June 7.8 11 10 8 9
July 13.6 18 11 14 8
August 9.2 13 11 7 10
September 5.0 6 5 4 3
October -3.4 -2 -3 -4 -3
November -11.6 -8 -9 -16 -10
December -18.5 -15 -12 -24 -19
Average -8.6 -20.1 -5.8 -6.4 -9.9 -8.9

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 -28.9 -26 -23 -34 -26 -32
February -30.9 -25 -31 -34 -36 -38
March -25.7 -27 -25 -25 -28 -26
April -20.8 -24 -21 -19 -16
May -6.5 -5 -6 -5 -7
June 1.6 2 2 3 2
July 6.6 9 4 7 3
August 4.4 7 4 4 5
September 0.9 1 1 0 1
October -7.4 -8 -7 -7 -6
November -16.7 -14 -16 -20 -14
December -23.4 -21 -19 -29 -22
Average -14.9 -27.8 -11.1 -13.7 -14.9 -13.4

9th 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 31.3 51 62 9 0 3
February 17.6 21 18 12 4 13
March 21.5 19 8 26 28 20
April 21.8 15 15 11 35
May 21.7 5 21 30 28
June 0 0 0 0
July 15.2 15 3 18 25
August 18.5 14 14 24 16
September 15.3 12 14 24 17
October 22.9 30 17 29 17
November 27.6 46 7 33 16
December 0 0 0 0
Average 22.4 22.4 16.7 15.9 22.0 20.1

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 10.0 11 11 11 8 6
February 10.1 10 8 8 7 17
March 9.9 9 8 10 11 11
April 9.6 6 8 8 10
May 8.6 5 7 10 10
June 0 0 0 0
July 7.5 7 5 10 9
August 8.7 8 9 9 8
September 8.7 9 9 8 9
October 9.6 10 10 7 10
November 11.4 17 6 11 12
December 0 0 0 0
Average 9.6 9.5 8.1 8.5 9.0 10.1

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 233° 064° 233° 047° 228°
February 058° 194° 183° 208° 177°
March 081° 190° 070° 085° 233°
April 228° 068° 234° 234°
May 082° 256° 055° 069°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 019° 073° 155° 249°
August 101° 041° 240° 064°
September 052° 070° 215° 053°
October 246° 116° 078° 127°
November 069° 185° 246° 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.