White Mountain Airport

PAWM · United States

Climate White Mountain Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of White Mountain Airport (PAWM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.2 72 48 82 64 76
February 61.6 51 51 83 83 72
March 51.1 56 36 83 53 48
April 72.5 79 78 73 55
May 71.8 62 60 86 90
June 67.3 59 64 50 78
July 45.5 28 64 34 40
August 50.7 20 42 51 73
September 57.4 48 42 68 66
October 58.1 60 59 60 60
November 60.7 59 48 87 50
December 61.6 52 48 51 82
Average 60.0 57.9 49.7 62.2 61.8 65.6

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 83.3 83 67 92 84 86
February 74.3 69 71 85 89 79
March 65.2 68 51 91 70 62
April 82.6 84 87 83 62
May 85.0 81 74 91 97
June 82.8 73 80 80 89
July 69.1 49 85 60 68
August 75.3 46 68 80 89
September 86.7 80 90 84 95
October 81.6 75 80 86 81
November 75.7 79 60 93 65
December 73.6 67 56 59 92
Average 77.8 71.8 68.1 79.4 79.6 80.6

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 -12.6 -10 -11 -14 -11 -16
February -10.8 -7 -12 -11 -13 -15
March -5.2 -6 -6 -4 -8 -5
April -1.9 -6 2 1 0
May 10.1 8 9 12 14
June 16.1 14 17 12 17
July 16.4 15 17 14 15
August 14.2 14 13 13 16
September 10.1 9 10 9 9
October 3.1 2 2 1 4
November -5.6 -3 -3 -13 -3
December -9.1 -12 -3 -10 -9
Average 1.6 -8.3 0.6 2.6 0.4 2.4

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 -17.2 -16 -16 -20 -16 -21
February -16.7 -13 -18 -17 -22 -23
March -12.0 -14 -14 -13 -17 -10
April -7.3 -15 -5 -8 0
May 1.6 0 0 2 4
June 7.6 7 7 6 7
July 9.7 9 9 8 9
August 7.2 8 6 7 8
September 4.0 3 6 2 3
October -2.0 -3 -4 -4 -1
November -10.7 -8 -7 -18 -8
December -15.8 -17 -10 -18 -14
Average -5.2 -15.7 -6.0 -5.8 -7.4 -4.3

73rd 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 23.8 21 41 25 22 21
February 28.4 39 41 10 12 35
March 35.0 36 54 17 33 29
April 16.1 14 11 14 29
May 11.8 19 10 6 8
June 10.7 14 11 20 10
July 18.7 35 23 28 11
August 20.5 37 29 21 7
September 20.7 26 30 16 17
October 18.5 20 11 24 17
November 24.9 25 41 10 28
December 29.3 46 42 28 16
Average 21.0 33.2 28.7 19.4 19.2 16.9

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 8.7 9 7 10 10 8
February 9.7 8 8 11 10 8
March 9.7 10 11 10 10 8
April 8.5 9 7 9 8
May 7.6 8 8 7 7
June 6.8 7 7 7 7
July 6.3 6 7 7 6
August 6.8 7 8 7 6
September 7.5 7 7 7 8
October 7.6 7 6 7 8
November 8.0 7 8 7 9
December 9.0 8 9 11 7
Average 7.9 9.2 7.4 7.9 7.9 7.1

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 060° 006° 356° 355° 356°
February 043° 016° 031° 001° 354°
March 020° 135° 007° 038° 175°
April 348° 072° 358° 002°
May 002° 312° 002° 026°
June 172° 213° 183° 313°
July 166° 172° 189° 222°
August 274° 247° 301° 354°
September 257° 118° 347° 357°
October 015° 350° 019° 074°
November 024° 106° 359° 118°
December 015° 097° 015° 028°

Prevailing wind direction

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