Noatak Airport

PAWN · United States

Climate Noatak Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Noatak Airport (PAWN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.6 63 56 71 71 91
February 65.8 54 70 65 93 72
March 63.1 57 55 79 67 60
April 81.1 88 89 83 60
May 79.6 73 79 88 94
June 0 0 0 0
July 61.0 57 73 31 72
August 63.8 61 59 54 70
September 60.0 51 65 60 58
October 65.8 62 56 74 66
November 64.5 57 43 78 67
December 66.4 65 45 61 77
Average 67.5 56.8 64.0 69.7 69.0 70.4

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 81.1 75 79 75 90 98
February 81.8 77 87 74 96 81
March 78.6 79 68 84 80 71
April 92.0 95 91 94 80
May 89.9 89 85 97 97
June 0 0 0 0
July 85.4 84 90 77 85
August 85.8 83 85 81 88
September 88.6 87 98 83 90
October 87.3 80 79 96 89
November 79.3 74 67 88 86
December 84.4 73 55 93 100
Average 85.1 77.5 83.8 84.1 88.0 86.3

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 -16.5 -15 -12 -18 -13 -19
February -14.3 -10 -16 -15 -18 -20
March -8.2 -7 -8 -5 -10 -9
April -2.5 -9 0 -3 -1
May 9.3 6 7 10 12
June 17.4 15 17 16 18
July 17.7 19 16 15 18
August 15.5 16 15 14 17
September 9.9 9 11 8 9
October 1.0 1 -1 0 2
November -8.5 -5 -7 -15 -6
December -13.9 -14 -10 -15 -12
Average -2.5 -11.4 0.5 -1.8 -1.2 1.3

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 -23.0 -22 -18 -28 -20 -26
February -23.5 -19 -25 -24 -29 -32
March -19.7 -17 -19 -17 -22 -20
April -12.1 -20 -13 -14 -10
May -1.3 -2 -2 -1 1
June 6.2 6 4 7 6
July 8.6 11 6 9 8
August 6.0 7 4 6 6
September 2.1 2 4 0 2
October -6.5 -5 -7 -8 -5
November -15.9 -11 -14 -24 -13
December -20.2 -23 -17 -23 -19
Average -11.7 -20.7 -8.3 -10.4 -10.1 -8.0

18th 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 18.2 12 32 16 25 10
February 28.4 41 27 23 7 27
March 30.3 38 35 21 31 28
April 12.2 12 8 12 23
May 11.0 14 10 8 6
June 0 0 0 0
July 18.3 11 26 28 14
August 12.9 14 17 13 4
September 17.3 26 19 21 10
October 21.0 29 30 12 15
November 27.7 35 45 9 21
December 29.3 39 31 32 31
Average 20.6 34.2 20.9 19.9 16.5 15.0

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 6.0 6 7 6 6 6
February 6.3 6 5 7 5 4
March 7.7 9 8 6 8 8
April 7.0 6 6 7 7
May 6.4 6 7 7 7
June 0 0 0 0
July 5.7 5 6 7 5
August 5.6 5 7 6 4
September 6.2 5 7 6 6
October 6.4 6 5 7 7
November 7.4 8 8 4 8
December 7.6 4 9 9 5
Average 6.5 7.1 6.0 6.7 6.4 6.1

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 090° 022° 015° 025° 009°
February 042° 146° 087° 014° 020°
March 036° 150° 016° 081° 151°
April 011° 030° 351° 025°
May 348° 359° 008° 021°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 135° 114° 171° 018°
August 028° 042° 348° 021°
September 069° 081° 019° 016°
October 061° 104° 044° 067°
November 056° 116° 007° 135°
December 097° 119° 095° 009°

Prevailing wind direction

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