Statistics Nelson Lagoon Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nelson Lagoon Airport (PAOU) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	52.5	45	51	41	52	68
February	64.7	54	70	69	68	66
March	55.3	51	45	62	43	68
April	58.4	43	59	59	55	74
May	56.6	35	36	71	64	80
June	49.2	50	41	52	66	36
July	37.6	23	8	47	46	56
August	50.2	77	23	62	58	55
September	54.7		44	62	66	62
October	67.1		59	64	71	64
November	60.5		59	54	77	67
December	61.6		69	53	77	51
Average	54.0	42.8	44.0	58.4	60.9	61.7

2,480th best VFR conditions of United States

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 mi or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	80.8	84	78	68	69	84
February	88.9	78	95	90	91	92
March	80.8	79	73	89	71	85
April	83.5	82	89	89	69	94
May	80.0	77	60	90	74	98
June	74.0	81	58	83	86	56
July	61.1	48	18	67	73	85
August	78.9	100	39	92	90	83
September	87.0		85	90	91	91
October	92.6		84	98	92	89
November	85.2		85	86	96	85
December	83.3		81	76	97	79
Average	79.9	75.7	67.5	85.0	82.1	84.8

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 3⅛ mi or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	0.1	1	-2	1	-3	2
February	2.3	1	2	3	1	5
March	1.9	2	1	3	3	4
April	4.4	2	3	5	6	6
May	7.1	5	6	8	8	9
June	10.4	10	9	11	11	12
July	12.6	11	8	13	15	15
August	13.8	12	12	14	14	17
September	11.7		10	11	12	14
October	6.8		7	6	8	2
November	3.5		5	-1	5	0
December	2.3		3	2	2	2
Average	6.2	4.5	5.4	6.3	6.7	7.3

2,453rd highest temperature of United States

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-4.4	-2	-6	-2	-7	-1
February	-2.3	-3	-2	0	-4	1
March	-3.9	-2	-3	-2	-2	1
April	0.5	-3	0	1	2	2
May	3.5	2	2	5	5	5
June	6.7	5	5	7	8	8
July	9.0	8	5	9	11	11
August	10.5	10	9	10	11	13
September	8.4		7	8	8	10
October	3.9		3	3	5	1
November	0.6		1	-4	1	0
December	-2.7		0	-2	-2	-1
Average	2.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.9	4.1

488th lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	22.5	14	13	32	41	16
February	21.7	37	17	14	18	13
March	22.9	36	34	17	26	17
April	17.6	27	14	10	13	16
May	14.8	27	0	9	8	22
June	14.9	27	0	15	20	22
July	11.6	21	0	5	9	13
August	12.7	0	8	11	8	8
September	19.0		25	20	10	26
October	20.5		28	18	19	22
November	23.2		19	29	19	21
December	23.3		27	25	9	37
Average	18.2	27.2	13.4	15.4	15.4	18.9

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	11.8	14	14	15	14	13
February	12.2	15	13	14	15	16
March	12.3	16	14	15	13	12
April	12.3	14	15	13	10	12
May	11.8	14	10	14	9	11
June	10.2	11	11	12	9	10
July	10.5	13	11	11	9	9
August	12.2	17	12	13	12	9
September	14.2		14	14	15	16
October	13.7		18	20	12	2
November	15.6		15	17	19	13
December	12.9		15	16	14	15
Average	12.3	13.6	13.1	14.0	12.0	11.1

2,453rd highest wind speed of United States

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	305°	031°	020°	058°	116°
February	187°	157°	181°	184°	168°
March	290°	354°	288°	303°	116°
April	311°	121°	102°	190°	119°
May	288°	322°	171°	170°	192°
June	147°	192°	185°	023°	165°
July	236°	252°	275°	320°	247°
August	152°	287°	188°	295°	203°
September		237°	299°	355°	231°
October		276°	282°	224°	286°
November		286°	346°	272°	178°
December		174°	228°	198°	012°

Prevailing wind direction

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