Nelson Lagoon Airport

PAOU · United States

Climate Nelson Lagoon Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nelson Lagoon Airport (PAOU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 51.8 47 45 51 41 52
February 62.3 48 54 70 69 68
March 52.9 36 51 45 62 43
April 56.5 44 43 59 59 55
May 54.2 39 35 36 71 64
June 49.2 49 50 41 52 66
July 34.2 20 23 8 47 46
August 48.5 40 77 23 62 58
September 54.4 53 44 62 66
October 64.9 54 59 64 71
November 61.6 68 59 54 77
December 58.9 45 69 53 77
Average 52.5 38.6 46.6 44.0 58.4 60.9

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 80.3 77 84 78 68 69
February 85.8 67 78 95 90 91
March 80.9 81 79 73 89 71
April 81.3 68 82 89 89 69
May 79.5 77 77 60 90 74
June 74.2 76 81 58 83 86
July 57.2 41 48 18 67 73
August 79.2 81 100 39 92 90
September 86.9 87 85 90 91
October 91.5 86 84 98 92
November 85.4 87 85 86 96
December 81.2 71 81 76 97
Average 78.7 68.4 78.1 67.5 85.0 82.1

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 -1.9 -1 1 -2 1 -3
February 2.1 1 1 2 3 1
March 1.6 -1 2 1 3 3
April 4.2 3 2 3 5 6
May 6.9 6 5 6 8 8
June 10.2 9 10 9 11 11
July 12.4 11 11 8 13 15
August 13.7 13 12 12 14 14
September 11.5 10 10 11 12
October 6.9 8 7 6 8
November 3.6 5 5 -1 5
December 1.8 -1 3 2 2
Average 6.1 5.1 4.9 5.4 6.3 6.7

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 -4.3 -5 -2 -6 -2 -7
February -2.1 -3 -3 -2 0 -4
March -3.6 -4 -2 -3 -2 -2
April 0.3 -1 -3 0 1 2
May 3.2 1 2 2 5 5
June 6.5 5 5 5 7 8
July 8.8 7 8 5 9 11
August 10.2 9 10 9 10 11
September 8.2 7 7 8 8
October 4.0 5 3 3 5
November 0.7 1 1 -4 1
December -2.3 -4 0 -2 -2
Average 2.6 1.2 1.3 2.0 2.7 2.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 25.1 43 14 13 32 41
February 25.0 45 37 17 14 18
March 25.2 42 36 34 17 26
April 18.6 25 27 14 10 13
May 15.7 21 27 0 9 8
June 15.2 17 27 0 15 20
July 12.8 18 21 0 5 9
August 13.6 18 0 8 11 8
September 19.3 21 25 20 10
October 20.3 20 28 18 19
November 23.2 23 19 29 19
December 27.4 48 27 25 9
Average 19.1 25.4 26.8 13.4 15.4 15.4

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 12.3 16 14 14 15 14
February 12.6 15 15 13 14 15
March 12.7 15 16 14 15 13
April 12.5 14 14 15 13 10
May 12.1 14 14 10 14 9
June 10.3 11 11 11 12 9
July 10.2 9 13 11 11 9
August 12.4 14 17 12 13 12
September 14.2 14 14 14 15
October 13.7 14 18 20 12
November 15.4 14 15 17 19
December 13.6 17 15 16 14
Average 12.4 12.8 13.9 13.1 14.0 12.0

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 097° 305° 031° 020° 058°
February 243° 187° 157° 181° 184°
March 009° 290° 354° 288° 303°
April 303° 311° 121° 102° 190°
May 269° 288° 322° 171° 170°
June 105° 147° 192° 185° 023°
July 267° 236° 252° 275° 320°
August 206° 152° 287° 188° 295°
September 244° 237° 299° 355°
October 004° 276° 282° 224°
November 205° 286° 346° 272°
December 291° 174° 228° 198°

Prevailing wind direction

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