Hoonah Airport

PAOH · United States

Climate Hoonah Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hoonah Airport (PAOH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 56.7 47 49 55 0 64
February 60.7 50 59 51 64 49
March 69.6 64 75 52 67 76
April 75.0 81 67 48 75 65
May 81.7 93 70 92
June 78.5 80 74 79
July 73.4 86 51 85
August 74.6 77 74 66
September 78.4 81 69 79 82
October 68.7 78 63 65 33
November 60.5 51 63 56 100
December 56.3 49 61 57 0
Average 69.3 62.1 72.3 58.2 67.1 73.5

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 79.6 68 85 73 100 83
February 82.7 72 80 75 86 82
March 88.8 88 94 81 90 94
April 93.9 94 93 90 92 85
May 97.0 97 96 100
June 95.3 96 95 94
July 88.7 96 67 97
August 92.9 96 95 89
September 89.6 88 77 94 97
October 88.1 92 78 95 61
November 81.9 74 82 79 100
December 84.3 85 81 83 33
Average 88.1 81.8 90.5 78.7 88.6 91.2

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 1.4 1 4 1 4 -1
February 2.1 3 2 3 1 3
March 4.6 6 4 6 3 4
April 9.2 11 9 7 9 7
May 13.9 15 11 15
June 16.5 17 18 15
July 19.3 21 19 18
August 18.1 19 18 16
September 14.7 14 13 13 15
October 9.2 10 11 8 8
November 3.8 5 3 3 -1
December 1.8 3 -1 -2 8
Average 8.6 5.2 10.2 5.0 9.3 9.7

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 -3.5 -3 0 -1 4 -5
February -5.8 -3 -4 -2 -4 -1
March -4.9 -3 -5 -1 -2 -4
April -1.9 -1 0 1 -1 0
May 4.3 4 4 4
June 8.2 8 9 8
July 10.5 10 10 11
August 10.3 11 11 11
September 6.0 8 2 8 6
October 2.7 4 1 2 4
November -1.4 1 -2 -1 -2
December -3.4 0 -6 -8 6
Average 1.5 -3.6 2.9 -2.8 2.7 3.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 36.2 44 46 36 100 32
February 26.0 31 37 50 31 1
March 27.5 28 31 47 31 7
April 26.1 16 41 42 25 31
May 21.0 20 31 9
June 20.1 21 20 26
July 14.2 11 7 16
August 19.8 18 18 36
September 25.6 39 29 38 20
October 35.6 41 31 41 50
November 36.4 41 39 39 11
December 37.6 60 34 27 100
Average 26.7 28.7 31.8 38.4 26.4 19.9

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 5.6 6 5 5 7 7
February 4.9 4 4 6 9 5
March 5.5 6 6 5 4 5
April 5.0 4 5 6 5 4
May 4.1 4 4 4
June 3.7 4 3 4
July 3.0 3 3 4
August 3.5 4 3 4
September 3.5 4 3 4 4
October 4.2 5 4 4 6
November 4.3 3 4 4 6
December 4.2 4 4 4 4
Average 4.4 4.9 4.2 4.5 4.1 4.5

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 092° 084° 088° 080° 084°
February 089° 089° 087° 086° 081°
March 089° 085° 086° 091° 090°
April 088° 088° 084° 087° 097°
May 086° 087° 088°
June 090° 095° 098°
July 125° 088° 083°
August 084° 087° 084°
September 085° 090° 087° 086°
October 085° 090° 086° 084°
November 088° 080° 084° 083°
December 087° 087° 090° 078°

Prevailing wind direction

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