Deadhorse Airport

PASC · Alaska, United States

Climate Deadhorse Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Deadhorse Airport (PASC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.2 47 20 25 47 72
February 56.3 47 55 58 63 52
March 62.9 62 79 51 71 68
April 52.9 56 53 68 65
May 25.9 17 26 14 44
June 0 0 0 0
July 51.8 80 5 87 48
August 29.0 38 39 31 27
September 31.9 36 17 30 19
October 41.0 36 48 19 44
November 41.8 25 54 28 44
December 0 0 0 0
Average 44.2 54.8 44.6 39.6 43.5 45.4

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 57.0 49 37 27 51 84
February 68.5 55 78 65 78 72
March 71.8 73 87 55 74 72
April 64.9 67 60 72 73
May 42.2 38 53 36 55
June 0 0 0 0
July 68.1 81 39 89 87
August 57.3 59 60 72 41
September 51.2 58 32 54 39
October 64.1 61 77 45 66
November 62.3 35 76 52 56
December 0 0 0 0
Average 60.9 63.7 62.1 55.7 62.8 59.9

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 -21.7 -19 -17 -26 -22 -22
February -21.2 -19 -22 -27 -27 -27
March -17.1 -22 -17 -18 -20 -16
April -12.4 -17 -13 -12 -8
May -2.9 0 -1 -2 -1
June 8.0 10 9 10 8
July 14.5 18 10 16 10
August 10.1 13 12 9 11
September 5.6 6 5 4 4
October -3.6 -2 -3 -4 -3
November -10.6 -7 -9 -15 -9
December -18.9 -17 -10 -22 -19
Average -7.2 -21.9 -5.7 -6.3 -7.1 -7.9

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 -28.2 -27 -22 -34 -27 -33
February -30.1 -26 -33 -35 -37 -38
March -25.1 -28 -26 -26 -30 -27
April -20.2 -25 -22 -20 -18
May -6.8 -5 -6 -5 -7
June 1.3 2 2 2 1
July 5.9 8 4 7 3
August 4.1 6 4 3 5
September 0.2 1 0 -1 0
October -9.8 -9 -8 -10 -8
November -17.7 -14 -17 -22 -15
December -24.4 -23 -20 -29 -24
Average -14.2 -27.1 -12.5 -13.3 -15.9 -14.8

5th 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 39.2 51 67 64 36 14
February 23.4 34 27 21 11 9
March 31.8 29 20 44 29 25
April 26.7 34 23 12 25
May 18.6 17 9 41 10
June 0 0 0 0
July 13.7 2 28 13 16
August 17.2 10 14 21 10
September 12.4 7 8 17 19
October 21.9 39 19 25 16
November 35.4 65 12 46 30
December 0 0 0 0
Average 23.5 32.8 23.8 20.5 22.6 17.2

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 12.5 14 13 15 13 10
February 10.8 13 10 11 10 9
March 11.9 11 10 14 11 13
April 11.1 10 10 11 10
May 11.5 8 9 14 12
June 0 0 0 0
July 7.8 6 9 8 10
August 9.6 9 10 9 10
September 9.9 10 12 9 10
October 10.8 12 11 9 11
November 12.7 18 8 14 14
December 0 0 0 0
Average 10.9 11.9 10.1 10.8 10.3 10.8

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 242° 070° 238° 076° 236°
February 067° 223° 215° 213° 236°
March 103° 196° 087° 088° 237°
April 227° 075° 225° 230°
May 092° 247° 063° 070°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 006° 285° 140° 243°
August 067° 058° 265° 067°
September 090° 076° 082° 050°
October 232° 124° 088° 103°
November 080° 204° 214° 220°
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.