Ralph M Calhoun Memorial Airport

PATA · United States

Climate Ralph M Calhoun Memorial Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ralph M Calhoun Memorial Airport (PATA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.2 77 66 67 87 89
February 71.1 74 61 77 79 76
March 78.5 78 80 88 70 64
April 89.2 88 96 93 71
May 92.8 92 84 98 99
June 92.3 88 83 95 92
July 81.3 85 64 86 79
August 70.2 51 68 62 92
September 77.7 69 75 87 85
October 69.7 60 65 72 73
November 61.8 48 59 73 69
December 67.5 70 54 61 75
Average 79.5 76.6 73.4 74.9 82.4 81.8

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 84.8 81 74 77 91 96
February 81.5 86 75 82 80 86
March 88.5 88 89 95 83 84
April 93.9 92 99 96 84
May 97.8 98 94 99 100
June 95.9 96 85 99 98
July 90.8 96 78 96 93
August 88.0 75 85 92 95
September 89.9 85 85 96 95
October 87.0 79 88 89 86
November 77.9 67 77 90 80
December 80.6 81 68 69 82
Average 89.3 85.4 85.7 85.9 92.1 91.3

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 -19.7 -22 -15 -19 -13 -24
February -14.0 -13 -14 -16 -19 -18
March -7.9 -6 -7 -6 -9 -8
April 3.3 -2 4 3 4
May 15.6 15 15 15 17
June 21.6 19 22 21 21
July 22.7 23 22 21 20
August 18.1 19 18 16 21
September 12.0 11 12 11 12
October 1.5 0 1 1 1
November -10.4 -6 -9 -14 -11
December -15.9 -18 -14 -13 -14
Average 0.8 -14.2 2.2 3.1 1.9 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 -27.5 -30 -23 -26 -21 -33
February -24.4 -22 -23 -25 -29 -29
March -18.0 -17 -19 -17 -21 -18
April -10.9 -16 -9 -12 -6
May 2.6 2 1 2 4
June 8.7 11 8 9 9
July 10.7 11 9 11 10
August 8.1 10 8 9 7
September 2.7 2 4 0 3
October -6.9 -8 -6 -5 -6
November -17.8 -12 -16 -21 -19
December -23.9 -27 -22 -24 -21
Average -10.9 -24.9 -8.3 -8.9 -9.5 -9.7

37th 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 14.1 16 27 25 13 9
February 18.8 10 29 20 24 18
March 13.3 15 18 6 20 16
April 8.6 10 4 5 21
May 5.2 3 10 5 1
June 5.6 13 1 5 8
July 7.9 13 11 10 9
August 16.5 17 18 23 5
September 12.2 13 13 3 10
October 13.9 22 16 10 13
November 18.6 29 29 12 9
December 18.2 21 29 28 12
Average 11.7 13.5 15.9 12.7 11.5 10.0

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 4.1 4 4 4 5 3
February 4.3 5 3 5 4 4
March 4.6 4 5 6 5 5
April 5.6 5 6 5 5
May 4.8 5 4 5 6
June 4.2 5 4 4 4
July 3.5 3 4 4 4
August 3.7 4 3 4 4
September 4.0 4 4 4 4
October 4.4 3 4 4 5
November 3.9 4 3 3 3
December 4.0 3 3 4 4
Average 4.3 4.0 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.2

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 078° 076° 081° 070° 038°
February 082° 079° 084° 088° 083°
March 098° 110° 094° 091° 125°
April 029° 095° 069° 109°
May 152° 197° 102° 094°
June 163° 118° 133° 143°
July 220° 193° 162° 222°
August 150° 124° 146° 110°
September 142° 117° 084° 122°
October 093° 092° 065° 078°
November 085° 064° 012° 082°
December 059° 087° 048° 075°

Prevailing wind direction

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