Statistics St. Paul Island Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of St. Paul Island Airport (PASN) between 2019 and 2023.

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VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	41.2	22	38		50	46
February	34.3	28	17		36	57
March	45.7	30	31		47	61
April	33.8	28	26		35	44
May	26.9	23	21	31	31	27
June	23.9	19	30	14	33	20
July	10.4	5	15	14	6	23
August	20.2	18	8	27	33	17
September	38.7		32	57		49
October	55.7		51	62		51
November	45.9		35	72		43
December	50.5		46	29		64
Average	31.7	20.1	26.6	34.9	31.2	38.7

2,512th best VFR conditions of United States

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

Visibility: 5 mi or more
Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	73.6	62	67		85	80
February	61.0	50	39		64	82
March	72.7	61	53		73	83
April	64.7	61	54		61	78
May	55.5	49	41	48	60	67
June	44.7	30	49	30	52	58
July	28.5	14	34	30	33	53
August	46.8	39	36	64	71	46
September	69.8		62	78		81
October	80.3		76	83		75
November	78.1		64	91		75
December	74.7		67	57		81
Average	57.7	42.3	50.6	57.0	57.9	69.2

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

Visibility: 3⅛ mi or more
Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-1.3	-1	-3		-2	1
February	0.5	0	-1		0	3
March	0.9	1	-1		1	2
April	2.8	2	1		4	3
May	5.8	4	5	6	7	7
June	9.3	8	9	9	10	10
July	11.2	11	11	11	13	12
August	11.6	12	11	12	13	12
September	10.6		10	10		12
October	6.6		6	6		6
November	3.7		4	0		5
December	1.7		4	3		2
Average	5.5	4.7	4.6	7.1	5.1	6.3

2,467th highest temperature of United States

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-5.5	-4	-7		-5	-3
February	-4.7	-4	-5		-4	0
March	-4.6	-3	-6		-3	-2
April	-2.6	-3	-3		0	-1
May	1.3	0	0	2	3	2
June	4.6	3	4	5	5	6
July	7.3	8	6	7	9	8
August	8.0	9	7	9	11	7
September	6.6		6	6		8
October	2.8		2	2		2
November	0.3		1	-3		1
December	-3.9		0	-1		-3
Average	1.5	0.6	0.4	3.4	1.0	2.1

319th lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	30.2	39	27		17	27
February	32.0	41	27		25	34
March	24.4	34	8		16	34
April	24.7	42	22		0	26
May	15.0	20	3	7	0	22
June	11.6	13	14	12	0	20
July	16.7	13	15	16	7	28
August	16.5	15	12	16	17	28
September	21.3		26	16		16
October	29.8		26	27		23
November	30.6		28	23		24
December	28.1		17	16		24
Average	20.2	24.2	17.4	16.5	7.2	25.0

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	16.3	16	18		17	17
February	16.9	17	14		16	20
March	15.6	16	16		13	16
April	13.4	13	13		14	14
May	12.7	14	11	13	11	13
June	10.3	9	11	11	10	9
July	10.2	10	11	9	9	10
August	11.7	12	13	11	7	10
September	13.3		15	12		14
October	16.0		16	18		14
November	15.6		17	14		15
December	16.0		19	17		15
Average	13.1	12.9	13.9	12.4	12.1	13.3

2,467th highest wind speed of United States

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	067°	052°		076°	084°
February	079°	076°		071°	183°
March	291°	019°		152°	169°
April	053°	084°		118°	051°
May	336°	348°	059°	085°	011°
June	047°	089°	003°	002°	037°
July	223°	258°	208°	188°	212°
August	199°	274°	211°	071°	165°
September		269°	291°		234°
October		295°	286°		238°
November		067°	016°		010°
December		165°	231°		347°

Prevailing wind direction

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