Akutan Airport

PAUT · Alaska, United States

Climate Akutan Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Akutan Airport (PAUT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 43.4 24 39 35 48 57
February 39.7 30 57 39 15 41
March 42.0 34 41 24 52 37
April 34.0 39 39 24 12
May 30.8 30 19 12
June 17.7 10 23 10
July 14.4 20 13 13
August 31.9 22 35 31
September 42.9 48 40 53
October 58.8 61 57
November 44.3 31 63
December 47.7 36 18 56
Average 35.0 29.3 45.3 30.4 27.4 33.1

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 74.4 37 78 51 77 76
February 66.0 36 67 70 42 75
March 74.3 72 60 65 76 74
April 68.7 85 74 68 27
May 65.1 61 66 29
June 48.7 26 54 37
July 42.9 46 46 38
August 59.9 58 68 61
September 74.5 76 89 83
October 87.7 89 94
November 74.2 55 81
December 78.2 57 45 90
Average 63.4 45.2 68.2 58.5 61.9 59.9

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 1.6 1 3 2 2 1
February 2.9 2 3 2 5 3
March 2.9 1 3 0 4 4
April 4.1 1 1 6 5
May 5.9 1 7 8
June 7.9 1 9 10
July 9.3 0 11 12
August 10.5 0 12 13
September 11.0 10 12 11
October 8.4 7 8
November 6.0 4 6
December 3.5 5 5 3
Average 5.1 1.4 2.7 2.5 7.1 6.8

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 -2.9 -1 0 -1 0 -3
February 0.0 0 0 -1 2 0
March -1.9 -2 0 0 0 0
April 1.4 -1 0 2 2
May 3.0 0 4 4
June 5.2 0 6 7
July 6.8 0 8 9
August 7.5 0 9 9
September 7.7 7 8 7
October 5.1 4 5
November 3.1 2 3
December 0.6 2 3 0
Average 2.3 -1.0 -1.9 0.8 3.9 3.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.9 4 22 25 0 10
February 18.2 15 40 21 16 2
March 14.0 43 31 22 0 1
April 11.7 39 22 0 0
May 9.4 12 0 0
June 8.1 11 0 0
July 6.0 4 0 0
August 7.6 15 0 0
September 11.3 12 0 0
October 16.2 20 0
November 12.4 28 0
December 15.4 41 24 0
Average 14.1 19.5 31.1 17.3 2.2 0.8

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 13.7 18 14 6 17 9
February 15.0 18 17 5 19 14
March 13.6 16 17 7 17 12
April 12.8 19 4 15 14
May 11.0 3 13 13
June 11.7 12 12 13
July 11.0 10 9 11
August 10.7 13 9 10
September 11.6 14 9 11
October 14.5 17 12
November 15.8 14 16
December 15.8 18 13 15
Average 13.6 17.4 16.0 9.7 13.0 12.2

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 020° 125° 064° 270° 298°
February 241° 199° 176° 144° 178°
March 054° 271° 337° 253° 127°
April 317° 162° 063° 129°
May 331° 105° 153°
June 176° 109° 309°
July 302° 203° 176°
August 299° 160° 238°
September 256° 272° 292°
October 275° 242°
November 297° 246°
December 096° 209° 144°

Prevailing wind direction

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