Selawik Airport

PASK · United States

Climate Selawik Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Selawik Airport (PASK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.6 62 36 59 77 81
February 66.2 48 57 83 75 67
March 65.2 54 53 74 61 67
April 77.4 73 80 74 56
May 75.9 67 63 89 94
June 77.3 50 100 81 56
July 68.3 65 69 63 55
August 66.4 59 64 58 73
September 69.3 68 68 74 66
October 68.3 67 62 76 63
November 67.2 55 55 73 75
December 57.6 44 55 29 73
Average 68.2 53.7 61.7 68.3 70.4 70.1

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 80.7 65 53 66 92 90
February 75.4 65 68 87 76 75
March 74.6 70 58 79 70 83
April 83.6 82 83 77 74
May 83.6 81 74 94 95
June 85.3 86 100 96 56
July 91.5 90 91 95 87
August 89.6 85 84 91 90
September 89.3 86 90 94 87
October 84.2 86 81 89 78
November 82.0 72 72 86 86
December 68.4 49 58 38 88
Average 82.1 67.2 78.3 81.3 85.9 85.1

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 -17.6 -14 -12 -17 -14 -21
February -15.4 -11 -15 -19 -17 -22
March -10.2 -11 -10 -10 -12 -10
April -3.0 -10 -3 -7 1
May 8.0 6 7 8 10
June 16.7 15 17 17 16
July 18.6 19 18 17 17
August 15.3 17 14 14 17
September 10.2 10 11 9 9
October 0.9 0 0 0 1
November -10.8 -6 -7 -19 -9
December -11.9 -6 -10 -6 -13
Average -1.1 -12.0 1.2 0.4 -1.3 -1.8

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 -24.8 -19 -20 -26 -21 -28
February -23.5 -18 -25 -27 -25 -31
March -20.6 -21 -21 -20 -22 -19
April -13.2 -23 -13 -17 -6
May -1.0 -3 -3 -2 0
June 7.7 6 7 8 8
July 12.1 13 10 12 11
August 9.1 12 8 8 10
September 4.6 5 6 3 4
October -5.9 -5 -5 -6 -4
November -16.2 -13 -15 -26 -16
December -16.0 -9 -16 -9 -21
Average -9.7 -20.4 -7.6 -8.6 -8.2 -8.4

26th 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 23.2 22 60 30 22 21
February 30.8 49 40 15 9 33
March 32.0 35 48 28 35 25
April 14.5 22 10 19 29
May 11.3 14 17 4 7
June 8.0 31 0 13 5
July 15.1 25 23 24 6
August 15.5 24 20 21 4
September 18.4 30 15 19 15
October 22.4 22 27 27 21
November 27.1 38 42 14 20
December 29.5 25 47 20 28
Average 21.3 36.4 28.0 21.2 18.9 15.7

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 8.3 8 14 6 7 8
February 10.8 12 11 10 8 10
March 10.3 10 12 10 13 10
April 9.3 8 11 11 9
May 7.8 8 9 7 7
June 8.5 7 8 6 8
July 6.9 6 8 8 7
August 7.1 7 6 7 7
September 8.1 7 9 8 7
October 8.6 7 8 7 10
November 8.7 9 9 3 10
December 8.0 5 9 5 9
Average 8.6 10.4 8.2 8.6 7.8 8.2

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 075° 065° 056° 073° 059°
February 062° 078° 068° 061° 059°
March 081° 091° 068° 070° 190°
April 256° 063° 050° 251°
May 257° 254° 311° 054°
June 254° 246° 313° 262°
July 185° 221° 206° 250°
August 154° 171° 253° 299°
September 166° 089° 068° 027°
October 052° 082° 059° 065°
November 056° 080° 277° 075°
December 055° 079° 079° 065°

Prevailing wind direction

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