King Cove Airport

PAVC · Alaska, United States

Climate King Cove Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of King Cove Airport (PAVC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.0 53 38 40 36 48
February 32.4 40 34 25 21 29
March 35.4 35 30 24 40 3
April 37.4 39 28 44 28
May 39.4 32 59 18 37
June 37.0 24 42 31 41
July 28.8 19 31 31 37
August 33.7 24 28 34 46
September 41.3 33 27 52 53
October 42.5 31 44 42 52
November 41.5 39 23 46 50
December 41.0 30 21 31 59
Average 38.2 41.5 30.0 33.2 35.4 39.2

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 80.1 80 80 86 65 72
February 72.3 77 58 70 74 72
March 61.4 65 53 54 79 9
April 74.4 69 57 86 65
May 82.8 79 86 79 79
June 75.9 69 59 77 86
July 68.1 54 72 63 73
August 77.8 64 72 83 87
September 86.0 91 79 93 90
October 88.5 80 85 88 96
November 76.6 74 58 80 79
December 71.4 48 65 64 92
Average 76.3 72.9 67.5 69.5 78.0 74.9

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 1.7 3 3 2 1 -1
February 2.8 3 3 4 0 3
March 2.6 1 3 3 0 3
April 4.9 4 4 6 6
May 7.7 7 9 8 9
June 11.0 10 12 11 11
July 13.3 13 13 13 14
August 13.9 13 13 13 14
September 11.7 11 11 11 12
October 8.5 9 8 7 9
November 5.5 6 6 1 5
December 3.0 1 5 4 2
Average 6.6 2.4 6.9 7.4 6.2 7.2

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 -4.8 -3 -3 -3 -2 -7
February -2.9 -1 -2 -1 0 -2
March -2.2 -4 -1 -2 0 -2
April 0.4 -2 0 1 1
May 2.9 2 2 4 4
June 6.3 6 6 7 7
July 8.5 9 8 8 9
August 9.4 9 9 10 10
September 7.3 7 7 7 6
October 4.5 5 4 3 4
November 1.4 2 2 -4 1
December -2.7 -3 2 0 -2
Average 2.1 -3.2 2.4 2.8 2.8 2.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 35.0 38 36 30 38 41
February 40.3 50 62 35 13 35
March 37.1 54 60 64 28 6
April 34.4 45 47 26 24
May 35.1 44 18 39 31
June 30.2 43 22 30 31
July 30.6 49 20 34 24
August 30.8 41 36 31 19
September 36.1 34 41 35 33
October 38.1 39 44 45 32
November 48.8 53 59 48 47
December 40.2 60 50 25 21
Average 36.3 48.2 47.0 38.4 33.2 27.8

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 12.2 11 12 13 15 11
February 12.0 14 13 11 15 12
March 12.1 13 14 15 12 13
April 12.4 12 14 13 11
May 11.4 12 14 13 11
June 10.7 10 12 11 10
July 10.6 12 11 11 10
August 10.8 11 11 10 12
September 11.5 12 11 11 12
October 12.7 12 14 18 11
November 12.8 10 14 12 14
December 11.9 13 12 13 12
Average 11.7 12.5 11.8 12.7 12.5 11.3

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 287° 286° 022° 341° 291°
February 261° 259° 135° 058° 211°
March 336° 284° 304° 250° 281°
April 331° 071° 287° 066°
May 329° 273° 072° 085°
June 158° 180° 063° 244°
July 239° 244° 243° 242°
August 193° 245° 252° 241°
September 275° 245° 265° 358°
October 052° 262° 268° 333°
November 264° 264° 293° 324°
December 303° 062° 246° 009°

Prevailing wind direction

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