Soldotna Airport

PASX · Alaska, United States

Climate Soldotna Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Soldotna Airport (PASX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.8 87 72 67 80 71
February 65.5 82 48 52 61 83
March 82.2 79 71 80 75 78
April 88.5 80 81 93 91 75
May 93.9 89 97 92 94
June 87.5 76 83 93 92
July 83.3 78 83 87 83
August 82.4 81 75 89 73
September 85.0 76 83 88 88
October 84.4 77 81 86 88
November 71.9 54 81 46 79
December 65.0 53 37 56 82
Average 82.5 81.5 73.6 79.9 82.1 83.2

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 85.2 88 83 78 91 80
February 78.8 91 71 64 77 86
March 88.1 90 79 86 83 83
April 94.3 88 91 98 99 85
May 97.9 97 98 97 97
June 93.5 86 89 98 97
July 92.4 90 96 96 90
August 91.2 90 86 97 84
September 93.9 91 95 95 97
October 91.9 91 88 97 91
November 80.5 62 87 70 87
December 77.1 62 37 83 91
Average 90.1 88.8 84.8 87.4 92.0 90.1

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 -6.4 -7 -2 -5 -2 -13
February -2.6 0 -1 1 -4 -2
March 1.9 3 2 5 0 -1
April 7.9 8 6 8 8 7
May 13.4 12 15 13 15
June 17.4 16 20 17 17
July 19.3 18 19 18 20
August 18.3 18 17 18 18
September 14.3 13 13 13 14
October 8.0 7 7 7 8
November -1.4 2 -1 -6 -1
December -4.3 -6 -8 -6 -2
Average 6.7 0.8 7.0 8.2 6.3 6.7

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 -15.9 -18 -9 -12 -10 -24
February -12.7 -10 -11 -6 -14 -13
March -10.1 -7 -10 -5 -15 -13
April -3.2 -3 -5 -3 -4 -2
May 2.4 3 1 2 3
June 6.4 8 6 6 6
July 9.5 10 10 9 9
August 9.1 10 10 8 10
September 4.8 4 7 3 5
October -1.3 -2 -2 -1 -2
November -8.1 -4 -10 -13 -9
December -11.7 -13 -16 -14 -8
Average -3.1 -10.5 -2.3 -2.9 -4.5 -4.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.5 11 11 31 13 21
February 23.6 19 46 30 30 23
March 13.5 23 16 15 20 19
April 9.0 12 20 6 6 12
May 10.2 15 2 13 6
June 9.2 24 2 7 7
July 15.4 21 17 17 15
August 16.5 16 27 11 23
September 18.3 21 25 13 17
October 15.7 12 20 17 10
November 21.8 27 22 33 19
December 26.7 36 30 34 14
Average 15.1 16.4 20.9 16.7 15.9 14.4

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 3.7 3 3 4 4 3
February 3.9 5 3 5 4 4
March 4.5 5 5 5 4 3
April 4.8 5 4 5 5 4
May 5.9 6 6 5 6
June 5.0 5 5 5 6
July 4.2 4 4 4 4
August 4.5 4 4 5 4
September 4.3 5 4 4 4
October 4.1 3 4 4 4
November 3.2 1 4 3 4
December 3.8 4 3 3 4
Average 4.5 4.7 4.2 4.5 4.4 4.3

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 085° 082° 052° 061° 083°
February 081° 069° 120° 064° 097°
March 034° 059° 050° 013° 106°
April 344° 017° 029° 034° 285°
May 058° 329° 327° 009°
June 327° 271° 282° 257°
July 280° 226° 270° 277°
August 268° 161° 229° 220°
September 051° 145° 026° 049°
October 054° 060° 078° 063°
November 123° 068° 072° 058°
December 084° 067° 082° 080°

Prevailing wind direction

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