Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

PANC · Alaska, United States

Climate Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (PANC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.0 76 71 71 94 72
February 63.6 81 39 55 69 79
March 85.2 83 85 79 81 79
April 90.9 78 94 94 83
May 95.5 94 98 96 95
June 94.5 93 85 100 94
July 86.1 78 85 88 90
August 86.4 85 80 87 94
September 89.7 85 90 86 93
October 86.7 82 90 87 83
November 73.5 53 88 70 76
December 70.6 58 57 67 76
Average 84.7 80.5 77.4 83.3 86.8 86.3

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 78.7 77 79 78 96 79
February 72.5 82 56 64 79 88
March 89.3 88 92 82 86 83
April 94.1 82 96 99 90
May 98.2 96 99 99 99
June 97.9 96 94 100 99
July 94.1 88 97 98 97
August 93.6 92 89 95 98
September 96.0 97 93 96 97
October 92.6 92 92 94 89
November 79.0 64 91 78 79
December 79.1 68 72 75 82
Average 89.8 82.9 85.3 89.4 93.0 91.6

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 -5.2 -7 -2 -3 -2 -10
February -4.8 -2 -3 1 -6 -3
March 0.5 1 0 4 -3 -1
April 7.3 4 7 7 6
May 13.5 12 15 13 15
June 18.1 16 20 18 17
July 19.8 18 19 19 20
August 18.4 19 16 18 19
September 14.0 13 13 12 14
October 7.3 6 6 6 6
November -1.0 1 -2 -6 -3
December -3.0 -5 -7 -5 -2
Average 6.1 -3.3 6.4 7.9 5.9 6.5

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 -11.6 -13 -7 -9 -7 -17
February -10.9 -9 -9 -5 -12 -10
March -7.5 -4 -7 -3 -11 -9
April -1.3 -3 0 -2 -1
May 5.6 5 6 5 6
June 10.1 9 11 10 9
July 12.5 12 12 12 12
August 11.5 11 11 11 12
September 7.5 6 8 6 8
October 1.6 0 1 1 1
November -6.1 -4 -7 -11 -8
December -9.7 -11 -13 -11 -8
Average -1.6 -9.5 0.3 1.5 -1.2 -1.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.9 9 8 20 10 15
February 23.5 10 47 38 17 16
March 9.2 8 7 17 13 15
April 10.2 19 5 6 16
May 7.9 12 1 8 5
June 10.0 23 2 9 13
July 15.4 20 21 13 15
August 19.5 19 35 16 16
September 17.2 18 26 13 21
October 14.6 14 13 16 11
November 18.7 36 13 24 14
December 21.3 24 35 20 23
Average 13.7 8.6 20.0 17.2 12.9 14.2

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 5.2 4 5 7 5 4
February 5.2 7 5 6 5 6
March 5.3 5 6 5 5 5
April 5.4 5 5 6 5
May 6.4 8 6 6 5
June 5.9 6 5 6 6
July 5.0 5 6 5 6
August 5.4 6 6 5 5
September 5.5 5 6 6 6
October 6.0 4 7 6 5
November 5.2 5 5 5 5
December 5.3 6 3 5 6
Average 5.5 5.1 5.5 5.7 5.4 5.4

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 024° 047° 005° 009° 002°
February 061° 003° 172° 010° 016°
March 348° 348° 013° 013° 002°
April 344° 325° 355° 329°
May 159° 243° 212° 244°
June 153° 252° 189° 203°
July 282° 167° 221° 196°
August 165° 154° 195° 169°
September 349° 141° 004° 102°
October 012° 030° 056° 064°
November 086° 028° 009° 008°
December 007° 040° 012° 042°

Prevailing wind direction

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