Nuiqsut Airport

PAQT · United States

Climate Nuiqsut Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nuiqsut Airport (PAQT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 42.3 40 15 71 50 42
February 50.6 42 51 47 43 44
March 59.0 53 74 40 75 73
April 50.2 56 47 64 62
May 25.3 15 18 19 51
June 0 0 0 0
July 56.0 87 25 75 39
August 28.7 36 32 29 35
September 39.8 71 21 44 17
October 41.1 37 49 31 38
November 43.5 24 53 42 82
December 0 0 0 0
Average 44.9 47.6 45.3 37.1 47.1 54.6

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 55.0 46 39 79 63 56
February 63.4 52 70 57 75 66
March 70.6 65 85 53 84 79
April 62.3 70 56 66 76
May 41.3 31 38 43 61
June 0 0 0 0
July 73.1 88 48 75 93
August 60.4 62 55 61 40
September 58.8 96 35 54 42
October 61.7 52 75 55 63
November 67.5 45 64 42 91
December 0 0 0 0
Average 61.8 57.9 62.3 53.6 63.0 69.3

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 -23.9 -20 -18 -27 -24 -28
February -23.4 -19 -25 -28 -34 -32
March -18.1 -21 -17 -18 -25 -17
April -13.7 -17 -13 -14 -8
May -2.7 0 -1 -3 -2
June 9.6 13 11 8 11
July 15.5 20 14 14 10
August 9.6 13 12 7 8
September 4.8 4 6 -1 2
October -3.2 -2 -3 -5 -4
November -11.1 -8 -9 -18 -14
December -18.0 -16 -11 -26 -20
Average -8.4 -20.0 -5.1 -6.8 -11.7 -8.2

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 -29.6 -27 -23 -34 -25 -34
February -31.8 -26 -33 -35 -37 -39
March -26.6 -28 -25 -26 -29 -27
April -21.9 -26 -22 -18 -17
May -6.4 -5 -6 -5 -7
June 2.0 3 3 5 2
July 6.7 10 5 9 3
August 4.4 7 4 4 6
September 0.1 -3 1 -1 1
October -8.3 -9 -8 -7 -6
November -17.7 -14 -17 -20 -15
December -24.0 -22 -20 -29 -22
Average -14.0 -27.1 -13.7 -13.4 -14.9 -14.4

3rd 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 21.4 33 54 0 0 0
February 10.8 22 6 5 0 5
March 13.2 30 8 8 2 12
April 20.0 33 14 11 22
May 15.9 25 20 29 7
June 0 0 0 0
July 15.4 5 16 25 15
August 15.4 11 10 22 10
September 10.4 8 12 14 29
October 21.6 47 16 24 4
November 34.8 63 41 33 9
December 0 0 0 0
Average 17.0 27.3 25.1 13.3 14.0 12.4

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 10.1 12 11 12 13 8
February 9.3 11 9 9 8 7
March 10.4 9 9 11 8 11
April 9.8 8 9 10 10
May 9.4 8 8 10 8
June 0 0 0 0
July 7.4 6 8 8 9
August 8.8 9 8 9 10
September 8.7 7 9 10 8
October 9.5 10 9 5 7
November 10.6 16 7 12 10
December 0 0 0 0
Average 9.4 9.9 9.1 8.9 8.8 9.2

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 234° 051° 225° 036° 219°
February 052° 222° 174° 146° 197°
March 072° 207° 067° 094° 227°
April 208° 060° 214° 223°
May 091° 248° 050° 061°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 004° 282° 106° 246°
August 080° 035° 063° 043°
September 211° 067° 109° 286°
October 239° 108° 073° 078°
November 063° 182° 165° 206°
December 360° 360° 360° 360°

Prevailing wind direction

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