Middleton Island Airport

PAMD · United States

Climate Middleton Island Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Middleton Island Airport (PAMD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 35.5 43 14 22 35 67
February 38.5 38 38 19 51 49
March 43.9 17 52 28 69 63
April 53.3 47 52 58 50
May 41.2 29 39 40 61
June 44.5 21 39 60 59
July 30.0 18 27 25 48
August 37.9 20 27 44 59
September 56.3 61 49 56 58
October 54.8 50 43 47 70
November 43.7 33 40 62 63
December 45.3 41 41 53 50
Average 43.3 29.8 32.9 35.2 49.4 57.7

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 67.2 79 48 49 81 83
February 68.3 64 63 46 85 81
March 74.8 53 79 71 90 91
April 79.8 83 93 77 63
May 66.2 60 63 70 79
June 67.1 47 65 70 84
July 58.0 56 56 55 76
August 60.4 51 50 62 88
September 77.7 83 75 75 73
October 79.3 76 71 81 89
November 73.3 66 69 85 89
December 78.0 78 63 82 81
Average 70.2 63.1 63.1 64.3 74.4 80.8

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 3.2 3 5 3 4 0
February 3.4 3 3 4 3 3
March 4.2 4 4 5 3 4
April 6.3 5 6 7 6
May 8.8 8 9 9 10
June 12.2 11 14 11 12
July 14.2 14 14 13 15
August 15.0 15 15 15 15
September 12.9 12 13 12 13
October 9.2 9 9 8 9
November 5.5 6 5 3 5
December 4.3 4 4 3 5
Average 8.2 3.4 8.1 8.6 7.5 8.1

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 0.7 0 3 0 2 -3
February 0.6 0 0 1 0 0
March 1.0 1 0 2 0 0
April 2.7 2 3 3 3
May 4.8 5 5 4 6
June 8.4 7 10 8 8
July 10.9 11 11 10 11
August 11.3 10 12 11 12
September 9.8 9 10 9 10
October 6.4 7 6 5 6
November 2.8 3 3 0 2
December 1.7 1 1 0 2
Average 5.1 0.5 4.7 5.3 4.3 4.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 35.7 32 37 43 45 29
February 36.3 46 43 49 18 29
March 31.9 61 29 41 16 12
April 22.6 29 14 18 31
May 34.5 48 33 35 24
June 19.7 35 9 23 13
July 21.4 17 25 29 19
August 23.8 28 38 18 13
September 24.7 29 35 29 22
October 31.1 32 36 41 25
November 35.6 43 40 24 22
December 34.8 39 41 26 33
Average 29.4 48.8 33.5 32.0 26.4 21.8

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 14.4 16 13 16 17 13
February 15.0 20 14 15 15 13
March 13.5 13 14 17 11 12
April 11.5 10 10 11 10
May 11.2 12 10 11 11
June 8.9 10 8 10 10
July 8.2 7 9 9 8
August 9.0 10 10 9 9
September 10.3 11 10 13 12
October 10.9 0 14 15 13
November 11.1 0 16 13 14
December 13.7 9 15 13 15
Average 11.3 15.8 9.4 11.7 11.8 11.2

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 109° 095° 096° 109° 070°
February 129° 096° 125° 027° 126°
March 112° 058° 099° 320° 313°
April 112° 097° 074° 083°
May 111° 103° 100° 099°
June 107° 189° 102° 138°
July 156° 122° 116° 106°
August 142° 133° 222° 118°
September 135° 161° 098° 109°
October 141° 103° 115° 096°
November 360° 092° 144° 101°
December 159° 035° 035° 121°

Prevailing wind direction

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