Valdez Pioneer Field

PAVD · Alaska, United States

Climate Valdez Pioneer Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Valdez Pioneer Field (PAVD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.0 79 67 64 77 84
February 73.7 70 61 41 87 70
March 81.4 76 92 70 81 86
April 84.1 80 89 83 82
May 79.9 69 86 82 85
June 72.1 55 67 71 85
July 62.5 46 53 65 71
August 69.3 47 58 72 86
September 86.1 85 77 85 88
October 87.9 91 89 84 89
November 79.8 66 73 88 79
December 71.6 65 71 87 71
Average 76.7 74.6 66.8 70.1 78.8 81.7

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 82.8 86 77 72 85 88
February 77.7 76 68 48 90 75
March 87.6 82 96 79 84 90
April 93.9 91 95 88 97
May 92.4 83 93 98 98
June 88.0 72 82 85 99
July 82.1 71 68 91 88
August 81.5 66 72 86 95
September 93.6 91 91 96 95
October 94.8 98 93 96 96
November 85.8 76 82 92 82
December 78.9 72 75 91 81
Average 86.6 81.2 79.5 80.0 90.1 91.4

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 -3.6 -3 0 -3 0 -7
February -1.7 -1 0 1 -1 -1
March 2.3 2 3 3 1 3
April 6.9 6 6 7 6
May 11.6 10 13 11 14
June 15.8 14 19 16 15
July 17.4 17 17 16 18
August 16.4 16 15 16 17
September 12.7 12 11 12 13
October 7.1 8 6 7 6
November 1.0 2 1 -4 1
December -2.5 -2 0 -4 -2
Average 6.3 -1.6 7.1 7.6 6.4 7.0

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 -8.3 -9 -3 -9 -6 -13
February -8.5 -8 -7 -4 -11 -7
March -5.4 -4 -5 -3 -7 -5
April -1.4 -1 -1 -2 -1
May 4.2 4 3 4 5
June 7.6 7 8 8 7
July 9.2 9 10 9 9
August 8.5 9 9 8 9
September 5.7 5 6 5 5
October 1.9 1 3 1 2
November -4.6 -2 -1 -9 -5
December -7.9 -8 0 -10 -6
Average -1.6 -7.0 1.0 1.6 -1.2 0.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 26.6 33 37 39 32 30
February 27.2 33 48 61 19 37
March 19.2 29 8 36 26 20
April 17.9 22 14 20 22
May 22.6 33 10 26 23
June 20.1 44 8 26 20
July 17.2 26 23 28 16
August 29.1 39 54 29 22
September 35.9 46 58 24 39
October 28.2 33 35 28 28
November 29.5 53 39 26 24
December 32.5 42 25 23 47
Average 25.0 31.5 34.9 31.2 25.4 25.8

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 3.2 4 1 4 2 5
February 3.0 3 3 1 3 3
March 4.5 2 6 2 5 6
April 3.3 3 3 4 3
May 3.6 3 4 4 4
June 3.2 3 4 3 4
July 2.8 3 3 3 3
August 2.5 2 2 3 3
September 2.4 2 2 4 2
October 3.1 3 4 2 3
November 3.8 2 5 3 5
December 2.4 3 4 3 2
Average 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.9 3.4 3.5

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 080° 099° 048° 089° 065°
February 064° 071° 088° 074° 085°
March 062° 065° 116° 079° 067°
April 128° 320° 061° 088°
May 246° 235° 245° 233°
June 245° 235° 239° 242°
July 235° 234° 236° 199°
August 225° 209° 198° 193°
September 219° 224° 084° 162°
October 093° 083° 092° 081°
November 085° 060° 085° 074°
December 056° 062° 069° 073°

Prevailing wind direction

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