Platinum Airport

PAPM · United States

Climate Platinum Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Platinum Airport (PAPM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 53.0 59 28 54 40 61
February 41.9 29 39 34 63 57
March 50.9 37 43 53 36 57
April 58.2 47 60 63 56
May 47.4 32 58 62 53
June 33.2 36 62 43 6
July 22.9 19 35 24 36
August 36.5 29 30 54 58
September 51.2 50 35 59 72
October 57.3 62 57 51 65
November 54.6 52 40 74 63
December 47.1 41 63 28 50
Average 44.5 39.7 37.7 47.6 48.5 49.7

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 70.2 76 46 71 53 76
February 64.2 49 62 65 81 77
March 70.1 58 67 83 61 68
April 85.2 73 91 67 85
May 77.5 70 74 90 77
June 57.7 75 85 80 17
July 52.5 58 65 58 64
August 70.6 78 63 90 88
September 85.4 90 91 93 90
October 88.0 87 91 90 95
November 81.2 82 70 81 86
December 65.4 60 77 36 76
Average 70.4 59.2 71.0 77.3 76.1 72.0

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 -6.5 -4 -4 -7 -5 -13
February -2.0 -2 -4 -1 -2 -4
March -2.3 -5 -1 0 -3 -2
April 2.5 -2 3 0 4
May 8.6 7 9 10 11
June 11.4 11 8 11 11
July 13.7 13 13 13 14
August 14.0 13 13 14 15
September 11.2 10 11 9 11
October 5.6 6 6 1 7
November 0.4 2 1 -11 1
December -3.3 -5 1 -3 -3
Average 3.7 -4.7 4.2 4.9 3.1 4.5

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 -12.3 -9 -11 -15 -10 -18
February -8.4 -7 -11 -6 -7 -12
March -8.2 -11 -7 -6 -10 -9
April -3.2 -9 -2 -6 -1
May 3.0 2 3 3 4
June 6.9 6 5 7 7
July 9.7 9 10 10 10
August 9.9 10 10 10 10
September 6.8 6 7 5 6
October 1.8 1 2 -1 2
November -4.0 -2 -2 -16 -3
December -8.3 -12 -5 -8 -7
Average -2.6 -9.0 -1.1 0.2 -2.3 -1.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 30.6 28 53 33 51 17
February 32.5 51 42 41 21 32
March 27.5 39 50 25 41 27
April 23.0 43 23 17 20
May 18.0 38 5 13 16
June 10.1 20 6 15 4
July 14.9 25 20 19 5
August 16.5 16 26 8 14
September 16.9 23 26 9 18
October 20.8 12 24 16 22
November 27.1 35 36 14 17
December 29.6 22 24 43 34
Average 22.3 40.2 29.6 22.2 19.3 16.5

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 14.6 18 11 16 16 14
February 15.8 17 16 16 16 16
March 13.8 16 19 15 16 14
April 12.7 14 14 15 12
May 11.7 13 13 12 10
June 10.1 11 9 11 9
July 9.5 10 10 11 8
August 11.7 10 13 11 11
September 12.8 12 13 12 13
October 13.8 13 14 15 11
November 13.4 13 15 13 16
December 15.0 16 15 17 14
Average 12.9 16.7 12.5 13.0 12.8 11.6

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 079° 025° 015° 026° 013°
February 081° 075° 098° 094° 083°
March 044° 111° 037° 007° 032°
April 017° 092° 350° 103°
May 054° 330° 086° 106°
June 116° 234° 132° 201°
July 144° 227° 211° 268°
August 175° 259° 196° 333°
September 280° 211° 345° 011°
October 041° 353° 347° 104°
November 053° 033° 004° 120°
December 026° 106° 262° 073°

Prevailing wind direction

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