Shishmaref Airport

PASH · United States

Climate Shishmaref Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Shishmaref Airport (PASH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.3 75 54 77 80
February 68.5 59 59 87 84 0
March 60.1 55 61 61
April 65.1 61 66
May 47.5 54 70
June 48.7 0 33 72
July 48.9 47 43 40
August 40.7 36 37 38
September 58.9 35 56 50
October 63.1 61 72 66
November 56.5 46 52 65
December 50.2 71 59 47
Average 58.6 61.1 49.3 55.0 56.3 80.0

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 86.6 84 83 89 100
February 80.9 88 77 92 100 0
March 70.8 63 67 72
April 76.7 69 72
May 62.2 72 77
June 51.9 0 33 85
July 76.1 74 72 75
August 76.2 66 75 76
September 87.1 91 86 84
October 91.2 87 94 93
November 85.2 76 81 94
December 81.9 89 82 84
Average 79.7 75.3 77.3 75.1 79.4 100.0

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 -13.0 -13 -13 -16 -16
February -13.4 -15 -17 -17 -20 -17
March -10.2 -14 -10 -10
April -3.6 -4 -5
May 2.1 2 2
June 8.0 8 8 7
July 13.5 15 12 12
August 11.5 14 11 11
September 8.8 6 9 7
October 2.1 2 2 1
November -4.0 -3 -2 -10
December -10.4 -15 -5 -12
Average -4.2 -14.1 -1.3 -1.3 -1.6 -16.1

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 -20.7 -17 -19 -23 -20
February -20.4 -20 -23 -24 -26 -22
March -19.4 -21 -19 -20
April -11.3 -13 -15
May -3.1 -5 -5
June 4.1 4 3 2
July 9.5 11 8 8
August 8.1 10 7 7
September 5.2 4 6 3
October -2.6 -2 -2 -3
November -9.1 -6 -7 -16
December -16.7 -21 -11 -19
Average -9.1 -20.4 -6.6 -7.6 -7.8 -20.0

38th 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 17.0 22 23 24 20
February 26.3 52 46 17 5 0
March 25.2 43 33 31
April 14.2 16 20
May 11.5 14 8
June 11.3 0 5 25
July 14.3 17 21 19
August 14.1 11 18 14
September 11.3 4 15 21
October 17.9 38 16 15
November 33.2 47 44 28
December 41.9 49 32 41
Average 20.9 40.2 26.1 19.7 19.2 20.0

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 11.2 17 11 10 9
February 11.6 10 10 11 11 0
March 11.5 14 12 14
April 8.9 9 10
May 8.1 10 7
June 7.5 0 7 9
July 10.3 8 11 12
August 11.5 10 13 12
September 11.3 7 11 11
October 11.6 11 11 12
November 12.8 14 15 9
December 13.4 9 15 16
Average 10.7 13.3 9.9 10.9 10.9 8.7

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° 360° 341° 119°
February 357° 021° 038° 334° 360°
March 342° 014° 029°
April 049° 346°
May 285° 345°
June 360° 295° 360°
July 172° 322° 210°
August 214° 320° 309°
September 250° 076° 335°
October 231° 171° 030°
November 046° 057° 024°
December 051° 148° 030°

Prevailing wind direction

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