Merrill Field

PAMR · Alaska, United States

Climate Merrill Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Merrill Field (PAMR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.7 74 80 65 88 70
February 65.2 85 43 57 67 80
March 87.4 86 89 85 79 84
April 89.8 78 96 95 78
May 94.8 91 97 98 93
June 90.6 89 87 100 90
July 83.4 76 86 88 89
August 83.8 83 77 84 90
September 85.7 82 92 82 90
October 85.7 79 91 87 80
November 72.6 57 87 68 76
December 66.8 49 54 68 69
Average 83.3 82.1 77.0 83.7 83.8 84.2

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 79.0 76 86 76 92 82
February 73.2 86 56 65 79 87
March 91.1 92 93 89 85 86
April 94.0 84 99 99 85
May 97.9 94 100 100 98
June 97.2 93 95 100 98
July 93.7 88 93 99 97
August 92.9 94 87 96 95
September 92.9 94 96 89 95
October 91.8 87 94 95 88
November 77.3 67 91 78 78
December 75.1 62 62 78 76
Average 89.4 85.6 85.0 89.8 90.9 90.4

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 -6.4 -7 -2 -5 -3 -13
February -4.9 -2 -3 0 -6 -3
March 0.9 2 1 4 -2 -1
April 8.0 5 8 8 8
May 14.4 13 17 13 17
June 18.3 17 22 13 19
July 20.1 19 21 14 22
August 19.1 20 17 18 20
September 14.3 13 14 13 14
October 7.2 6 7 7 7
November -2.5 0 -1 -7 -3
December -4.5 -5 -6 -6 -2
Average 6.2 -3.4 7.0 8.7 5.1 7.0

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 -13.4 -15 -8 -11 -9 -20
February -11.5 -10 -9 -6 -13 -11
March -8.1 -6 -8 -4 -13 -10
April -2.9 -3 -1 -3 -1
May 5.5 5 6 6 6
June 10.2 9 12 10 9
July 12.6 13 13 12 12
August 11.3 12 11 10 12
September 6.9 6 8 5 7
October 0.5 -1 0 0 0
November -8.6 -5 -7 -12 -10
December -10.2 -12 -14 -13 -9
Average -2.6 -11.7 0.1 1.0 -2.4 -2.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.0 7 7 16 7 6
February 17.7 7 40 26 9 13
March 7.7 9 8 10 15 9
April 7.0 14 1 6 10
May 6.1 9 1 3 4
June 8.7 20 2 15 9
July 13.4 17 20 9 12
August 16.9 18 28 14 16
September 14.0 13 23 8 19
October 12.5 14 11 14 12
November 16.0 32 15 19 12
December 16.2 24 25 8 18
Average 11.2 7.8 17.1 13.5 10.1 11.3

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 3.2 3 3 5 3 2
February 3.5 5 3 4 4 4
March 3.7 3 4 4 3 4
April 4.2 4 4 5 4
May 4.4 4 5 4 4
June 4.2 4 5 3 4
July 4.0 4 5 2 4
August 3.9 4 4 4 4
September 3.8 4 4 4 4
October 3.8 3 5 3 3
November 3.2 3 3 3 3
December 3.2 3 3 3 3
Average 3.8 3.6 3.7 4.2 3.5 3.8

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 043° 031° 358° 020° 045°
February 345° 357° 336° 008° 360°
March 339° 343° 351° 356° 352°
April 329° 307° 331° 317°
May 274° 292° 286° 298°
June 298° 289° 340° 276°
July 303° 277° 304° 297°
August 293° 278° 258° 311°
September 273° 296° 342° 310°
October 011° 356° 341° 010°
November 135° 013° 020° 007°
December 018° 027° 359° 003°

Prevailing wind direction

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