Napakiak Airport

PANA · Alaska, United States

Climate Napakiak Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bethel Airport (PABE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.3 77 41 79 64 80
February 54.0 36 41 48 58 66
March 61.9 63 42 77 45 62
April 73.6 75 85 66 64
May 69.9 49 60 85 85
June 67.3 70 77 59 66
July 47.8 37 54 36 42
August 50.5 45 44 56 61
September 56.5 50 47 62 80
October 65.2 75 55 63 65
November 61.1 49 54 84 64
December 61.3 55 70 36 73
Average 61.0 57.2 52.2 61.5 59.5 66.3

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 77.0 83 52 85 77 85
February 67.7 56 58 54 70 79
March 74.2 76 65 79 59 75
April 85.5 86 94 81 78
May 87.9 80 77 97 93
June 86.8 85 93 81 88
July 77.3 72 83 69 74
August 79.3 82 75 89 86
September 84.6 86 84 85 94
October 81.5 88 73 82 80
November 75.6 75 69 91 81
December 74.6 69 82 47 83
Average 79.4 71.4 76.2 79.8 78.9 83.3

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 -10.2 -8 -10 -12 -9 -17
February -7.9 -5 -8 -8 -8 -9
March -4.1 -6 -3 -3 -5 -6
April 3.4 -3 5 1 5
May 12.4 9 13 14 15
June 17.7 16 21 16 17
July 17.8 16 17 16 18
August 16.0 16 15 15 18
September 11.7 10 11 11 12
October 5.4 4 5 3 6
November -4.8 -1 -3 -14 -1
December -7.1 -10 -5 -5 -7
Average 3.3 -7.7 3.0 5.0 3.0 4.1

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 -16.0 -14 -15 -18 -15 -24
February -14.9 -11 -15 -13 -15 -19
March -12.5 -14 -10 -9 -15 -13
April -5.1 -12 -4 -6 -3
May 2.2 1 2 2 4
June 8.1 7 9 8 8
July 10.2 10 10 10 10
August 8.8 9 8 8 9
September 5.0 4 6 4 4
October -1.2 -3 -2 -3 0
November -9.0 -6 -9 -20 -7
December -14.8 -19 -11 -10 -14
Average -4.0 -13.0 -4.1 -3.6 -5.7 -4.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.9 17 30 27 16 9
February 26.5 36 29 35 22 26
March 19.3 28 36 12 27 14
April 13.7 15 5 22 20
May 14.3 29 9 5 8
June 12.4 20 6 17 13
July 19.8 33 27 31 8
August 21.0 24 25 12 13
September 18.9 25 30 14 11
October 15.4 7 20 17 13
November 19.7 19 31 8 19
December 19.5 24 9 46 17
Average 18.6 28.1 24.6 19.1 18.8 13.6

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 11.7 14 11 14 10 10
February 12.6 13 13 13 12 12
March 12.1 12 15 14 13 11
April 9.8 10 9 11 10
May 8.9 11 9 8 8
June 7.7 9 7 8 8
July 8.2 9 9 9 7
August 9.0 9 11 9 7
September 9.5 9 10 9 10
October 9.4 8 9 11 9
November 10.7 10 12 8 12
December 11.8 11 11 16 12
Average 10.1 13.0 10.1 10.2 9.9 9.1

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 050° 015° 014° 010° 350°
February 114° 200° 045° 032° 043°
March 017° 193° 016° 212° 250°
April 350° 066° 355° 140°
May 155° 304° 052° 107°
June 150° 271° 177° 200°
July 174° 206° 193° 242°
August 184° 226° 222° 328°
September 250° 179° 268° 007°
October 004° 183° 356° 094°
November 133° 342° 350° 152°
December 324° 061° 226° 033°

Prevailing wind direction

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