Point Hope Airport

PAPO · United States

Climate Point Hope Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Point Hope Airport (PAPO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 59.4 50 26 77 43 90
February 55.3 49 75 66 70
March 51.2 37 41 69 59 48
April 66.0 67 71 72 33
May 50.7 30 37 63 76
June 0 0 0 0
July 40.5 29 79 9 47
August 37.1 38 31 39 40
September 48.4 33 49 53 41
October 54.1 45 53 45 74
November 50.5 54 31 44 61
December 42.8 20 0 75 75
Average 50.0 38.4 41.9 54.4 51.9 52.1

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 73.7 83 51 82 60 95
February 66.1 62 80 76 73
March 61.8 38 57 74 69 65
April 78.3 79 76 78 55
May 64.8 55 45 72 79
June 0 0 0 0
July 57.2 51 96 30 64
August 75.8 73 74 79 65
September 83.0 80 74 91 94
October 83.4 65 83 89 88
November 75.5 82 56 66 93
December 62.8 60 13 75 100
Average 69.2 43.9 66.8 69.5 73.3 73.4

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 -14.3 -6 -14 -18 -14 -18
February -15.3 -16 -16 -19 -23
March -11.9 -6 -10 -10 -13 -13
April -5.3 -11 -3 -6 -5
May 1.5 0 1 1 3
June 6.3 4 5 6 7
July 10.9 13 8 9 10
August 9.9 11 9 9 11
September 7.8 7 9 5 7
October 1.9 1 1 0 3
November -5.9 -3 -3 -9 -2
December -11.5 -10 -7 -16 -10
Average -3.6 -6.0 -2.0 -3.3 -4.3 -3.3

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 -19.1 -10 -19 -22 -18 -21
February -21.3 -22 -23 -25 -29
March -18.5 -13 -19 -18 -20 -19
April -13.7 -19 -12 -14 -11
May -4.7 -5 -5 -4 -4
June 2.6 1 1 1 3
July 7.6 9 6 6 7
August 6.8 8 6 5 7
September 4.4 4 5 2 4
October -2.2 -2 -3 -4 -1
November -8.0 -7 -8 -13 -6
December -15.1 -15 -11 -21 -15
Average -8.8 -12.4 -7.1 -8.2 -9.4 -8.8

21st 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 34.1 33 61 22 55 11
February 38.7 39 31 27 18
March 42.2 56 47 34 41 32
April 26.4 28 18 21 57
May 16.9 27 30 12 9
June 0 0 0 0
July 14.4 6 15 42 12
August 10.9 10 14 15 4
September 12.9 22 16 17 3
October 18.0 29 20 19 10
November 30.5 30 48 43 23
December 42.8 80 50 25 75
Average 26.6 52.7 27.6 25.9 25.5 18.5

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 14.5 16 18 14 17 13
February 14.8 13 15 15 11
March 13.3 15 13 11 16 13
April 11.6 11 10 10 12
May 10.8 11 13 9 10
June 0 0 0 0
July 12.7 11 9 14 15
August 13.4 13 15 14 13
September 12.7 11 14 12 14
October 15.8 15 15 15 16
November 17.9 20 17 15 19
December 19.3 17 20 30 18
Average 13.5 15.0 12.9 13.0 13.2 13.0

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 138° 056° 024° 023° 041°
February 067° 036° 025° 017°
March 359° 143° 014° 102° 165°
April 024° 028° 004° 017°
May 121° 037° 359° 028°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 179° 033° 168° 010°
August 027° 063° 022° 058°
September 068° 087° 360° 028°
October 175° 204° 070° 072°
November 079° 143° 048° 120°
December 149° 179° 148° 335°

Prevailing wind direction

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