Minchumina Airport

PAMH · United States

Climate Minchumina Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Minchumina Airport (PAMH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.5 68 72 75 84 79
February 66.0 76 48 77 72
March 71.3 76 0 83 72 70
April 77.0 0 92 92 80
May 91.7 87 86 97 100
June 78.8 86 61 96 84
July 81.8 92 43 94 87
August 71.3 73 72 55 84
September 73.0 65 73 82 75
October 60.0 62 44 43 72
November 58.9 53 63 39 76
December 69.1 64 62 64 82
Average 74.9 73.5 64.1 66.9 80.5 79.7

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 88.3 78 84 91 97 90
February 79.4 85 67 85 83
March 81.1 89 0 89 87 87
April 82.3 0 95 97 95
May 95.3 88 97 98 100
June 84.0 94 66 98 91
July 88.7 99 55 99 95
August 87.5 92 85 82 88
September 88.1 82 84 90 92
October 80.8 85 62 74 88
November 77.1 76 79 50 83
December 82.1 78 71 79 90
Average 85.6 84.2 74.9 77.8 90.9 90.1

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 -17.8 -18 -15 -15 -12 -21
February -11.2 -11 -12 -16 -14
March -4.3 -7 -4 -3 -3 -6
April 4.0 0 4 4 4
May 14.0 14 14 15 16
June 19.9 19 23 21 18
July 21.6 23 21 19 20
August 17.7 20 18 15 20
September 11.9 10 12 11 12
October 2.0 0 1 1 3
November -9.9 -6 -9 -14 -11
December -14.5 -18 -11 -12 -14
Average 1.5 -13.8 4.4 4.1 4.6 0.5

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 -24.5 -26 -21 -21 -20 -28
February -20.3 -20 -19 -24 -24
March -15.5 -15 -16 -13 -15 -16
April -7.3 -13 -9 -8 -4
May 3.3 3 3 5 3
June 9.4 9 11 10 10
July 12.2 13 11 12 11
August 9.5 11 9 8 10
September 3.7 3 4 2 4
October -5.6 -8 -5 -5 -5
November -15.6 -13 -15 -17 -19
December -21.8 -24 -18 -20 -20
Average -8.9 -21.7 -5.5 -5.4 -5.8 -8.0

64th 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 17.3 19 23 24 8 22
February 26.0 21 44 41 30
March 13.2 22 0 16 27 21
April 5.5 0 6 7 15
May 4.2 4 6 3 0
June 8.6 8 1 12 27
July 8.9 9 13 9 12
August 17.1 8 19 27 10
September 11.3 11 15 7 13
October 17.3 17 26 26 17
November 27.4 23 24 46 22
December 28.9 33 39 36 28
Average 14.2 20.8 10.5 16.0 15.4 17.1

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 1.2 2 1 2 1 1
February 1.9 2 2 2 2
March 2.3 2 2 3 3 4
April 2.9 3 3 3 4
May 2.8 3 3 3 2
June 1.9 2 2 1 3
July 2.0 2 2 2 1
August 2.6 3 2 4 2
September 2.0 2 2 1 2
October 1.8 2 2 1 2
November 1.1 1 1 0 1
December 1.0 1 1 2 2
Average 2.1 1.8 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1

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 083° 075° 062° 197° 360°
February 123° 077° 064° 143°
March 178° 204° 072° 205° 220°
April 136° 084° 158° 215°
May 199° 203° 175° 099°
June 212° 200° 201° 216°
July 208° 212° 212° 212°
August 215° 212° 214° 206°
September 211° 209° 201° 214°
October 215° 204° 191° 107°
November 217° 190° 360° 220°
December 176° 243° 225° 083°

Prevailing wind direction

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