St. Paul Island Airport

PASN · United States

Climate St. Paul Island Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of St. Paul Island Airport (PASN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 40.0 33 22 38 50
February 34.4 35 28 17 36
March 41.4 20 30 31 47
April 33.8 28 26 35
May 26.9 23 21 31 31
June 23.9 19 30 14 33
July 10.4 5 15 14 6
August 20.2 18 8 27 33
September 39.9 45 32 57
October 52.0 34 51 62
November 45.6 44 35 72
December 49.2 43 46 29
Average 31.8 28.0 24.8 26.6 34.9 31.2

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 72.2 63 62 67 85
February 60.9 61 50 39 64
March 66.9 39 61 53 73
April 64.7 61 54 61
May 55.5 49 41 48 60
June 44.7 30 49 30 52
July 28.5 14 34 30 33
August 46.8 39 36 64 71
September 71.3 78 62 78
October 81.1 85 76 83
November 76.0 64 64 91
December 70.9 51 67 57
Average 57.8 51.7 49.0 50.6 57.0 57.9

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 -1.4 0 -1 -3 -2
February 0.5 0 0 -1 0
March 0.5 -2 1 -1 1
April 2.8 2 1 4
May 5.8 4 5 6 7
June 9.3 8 9 9 10
July 11.2 11 11 11 13
August 11.6 12 11 12 13
September 10.6 10 10 10
October 6.6 7 6 6
November 3.9 5 4 0
December 1.3 0 4 3
Average 4.8 -1.5 4.9 4.6 7.1 5.1

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 -5.6 -4 -4 -7 -5
February -4.6 -4 -4 -5 -4
March -4.3 -5 -3 -6 -3
April -2.6 -3 -3 0
May 1.3 0 0 2 3
June 4.6 3 4 5 5
July 7.3 8 6 7 9
August 8.0 9 7 9 11
September 6.4 6 6 6
October 2.9 4 2 2
November 0.4 1 1 -3
December -3.5 -4 0 -1
Average 0.8 -5.7 0.9 0.4 3.4 1.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 29.7 27 39 27 17
February 32.0 32 41 27 25
March 28.2 47 34 8 16
April 24.7 42 22 0
May 15.0 20 3 7 0
June 11.6 13 14 12 0
July 16.7 13 15 16 7
August 16.5 15 12 16 17
September 20.0 15 26 16
October 27.0 14 26 27
November 30.5 30 28 23
December 31.0 47 17 16
Average 22.3 37.2 23.8 17.4 16.5 7.2

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 16.5 18 16 18 17
February 16.7 16 17 14 16
March 15.6 16 16 16 13
April 13.4 13 13 14
May 12.7 14 11 13 11
June 10.3 9 11 11 10
July 10.2 10 11 9 9
August 11.7 12 13 11 7
September 13.2 13 15 12
October 15.6 14 16 18
November 15.9 18 17 14
December 16.3 18 19 17
Average 13.6 16.4 13.4 13.9 12.4 12.1

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 044° 067° 052° 076°
February 007° 079° 076° 071°
March 025° 291° 019° 152°
April 053° 084° 118°
May 336° 348° 059° 085°
June 047° 089° 003° 002°
July 223° 258° 208° 188°
August 199° 274° 211° 071°
September 245° 269° 291°
October 085° 295° 286°
November 287° 067° 016°
December 027° 165° 231°

Prevailing wind direction

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