Ralph Wien Memorial Airport

PAOT · Alaska, United States

Climate Ralph Wien Memorial Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ralph Wien Memorial Airport (PAOT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.0 76 51 84 68 97
February 70.4 58 53 92 96 77
March 66.1 52 52 84 67 68
April 81.3 85 87 77 60
May 72.5 59 66 85 91
June 72.9 56 100 100 92
July 65.5 65 64 65 65
August 65.9 59 60 52 82
September 69.0 53 70 68 63
October 67.9 56 61 78 71
November 70.4 66 52 91 80
December 69.3 64 60 49 89
Average 69.4 58.8 60.5 70.7 72.7 74.9

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 87.1 84 74 90 84 98
February 80.1 75 71 95 99 87
March 75.9 63 60 90 71 78
April 89.7 91 90 84 77
May 80.8 72 73 92 93
June 81.1 88 100 100 92
July 85.6 90 80 96 80
August 93.5 92 90 93 96
September 92.8 85 95 96 95
October 83.9 79 70 93 88
November 81.4 78 72 91 90
December 82.2 81 71 71 94
Average 84.0 71.0 80.0 83.7 89.3 87.9

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 -16.9 -15 -13 -20 -13 -18
February -15.6 -11 -16 -18 -21 -22
March -10.3 -11 -11 -9 -13 -11
April -4.6 -11 -3 -6 -3
May 5.3 2 3 5 9
June 12.7 11 11 12 11
July 16.1 17 14 14 14
August 13.8 15 12 12 15
September 9.2 7 10 7 8
October 0.7 -1 -1 -1 1
November -8.3 -6 -8 -16 -6
December -13.9 -15 -8 -15 -13
Average -2.2 -13.6 -2.3 -2.7 -3.3 -2.8

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 -22.7 -20 -19 -29 -20 -24
February -21.0 -18 -23 -25 -29 -28
March -18.1 -19 -19 -18 -22 -18
April -12.7 -21 -12 -13 -9
May -2.8 -4 -4 -2 0
June 6.9 4 5 6 6
July 11.4 12 9 10 10
August 9.2 10 7 8 10
September 4.7 4 5 3 4
October -4.8 -4 -4 -5 -2
November -13.0 -10 -13 -23 -12
December -18.1 -22 -15 -21 -18
Average -8.3 -19.1 -8.4 -8.5 -9.0 -7.3

25th 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 15.4 17 26 12 26 9
February 22.3 29 19 4 3 22
March 24.7 34 39 15 31 25
April 9.8 10 5 22 17
May 7.7 6 14 4 4
June 6.5 22 0 0 0
July 13.3 17 18 18 11
August 12.7 10 17 19 3
September 13.7 20 10 19 13
October 17.8 22 25 8 13
November 18.2 22 28 7 11
December 21.3 21 35 29 12
Average 16.1 28.9 17.4 14.9 16.0 11.8

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 10.5 16 11 5 7 12
February 12.3 12 11 11 7 10
March 11.6 11 14 9 14 13
April 9.5 7 10 11 10
May 7.7 8 8 6 8
June 7.8 10 6 8 5
July 9.4 8 11 10 9
August 8.9 8 9 9 7
September 10.1 8 12 9 9
October 11.9 10 12 10 12
November 10.8 11 11 5 13
December 11.8 9 14 16 11
Average 10.2 12.4 9.2 9.9 9.3 9.8

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 098° 066° 070° 077° 072°
February 089° 103° 095° 068° 088°
March 086° 124° 069° 106° 139°
April 057° 093° 069° 126°
May 294° 253° 340° 078°
June 262° 244° 318° 275°
July 167° 242° 198° 267°
August 109° 143° 272° 299°
September 125° 113° 077° 025°
October 100° 115° 079° 097°
November 086° 100° 056° 111°
December 072° 114° 092° 075°

Prevailing wind direction

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