Elim Airport

PFEL · United States

Climate Elim Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Elim Airport (PFEL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.3 79 39 80 66 79
February 59.9 55 43 77 83 71
March 53.5 56 43 83 55 55
April 75.1 84 85 76 54
May 74.8 66 88 85 92
June 75.6 71 74 67 82
July 56.2 42 60 53 56
August 58.4 39 47 38 77
September 57.8 51 48 0 70
October 59.4 58 62 0 68
November 56.6 51 46 52
December 64.7 53 51 75 75
Average 64.4 60.9 54.4 65.0 71.1 70.0

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 84.3 87 65 92 82 90
February 75.9 75 68 84 96 82
March 70.8 73 61 92 76 71
April 84.9 90 87 86 63
May 88.3 89 90 91 99
June 90.5 85 94 87 94
July 85.9 73 91 78 87
August 85.3 75 81 100 96
September 90.2 89 87 0 94
October 84.1 75 85 0 84
November 73.8 77 60 67
December 78.6 76 57 88 84
Average 83.6 76.8 78.0 85.0 85.8 85.6

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 -11.4 -8 -10 -12 -9 -15
February -9.6 -4 -11 -11 -13 -14
March -5.2 -6 -5 -4 -8 -6
April -1.8 -5 1 0 0
May 10.0 8 4 12 14
June 15.8 14 16 14 16
July 16.6 16 16 16 15
August 14.4 15 13 10 16
September 10.1 9 10 3 10
October 3.4 2 2 0 4
November -4.9 -3 -4 -3
December -9.2 -12 -5 -14 -9
Average 1.8 -7.8 1.6 2.4 -2.9 2.3

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 -16.7 -14 -14 -17 -14 -19
February -14.3 -8 -17 -16 -20 -22
March -12.5 -13 -13 -11 -16 -12
April -7.3 -14 -5 -7 -6
May 3.3 2 -2 4 6
June 9.3 8 9 8 9
July 11.6 12 10 10 10
August 9.5 11 8 8 10
September 5.6 4 7 3 5
October -1.4 -2 -2 0 0
November -7.1 -6 -8 -7
December -13.4 -15 -9 -15 -13
Average -4.5 -13.9 -4.4 -3.2 -8.8 -4.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 26.3 22 47 26 31 19
February 32.6 41 44 20 15 32
March 37.1 42 53 17 41 26
April 17.1 17 14 17 27
May 14.1 21 20 7 8
June 7.9 12 5 13 11
July 16.1 29 24 18 8
August 19.3 22 28 13 8
September 21.1 17 36 0 18
October 22.2 29 15 0 18
November 27.5 21 43 30
December 35.2 48 45 25 21
Average 22.0 37.1 27.4 22.6 18.4 16.6

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 8.1 8 8 11 8 6
February 8.9 8 7 12 10 7
March 7.8 8 7 11 7 7
April 8.2 7 8 7 7
May 7.3 7 8 8 7
June 7.0 7 8 7 7
July 6.8 6 7 6 6
August 7.1 7 8 5 6
September 7.7 6 9 0 8
October 7.5 7 7 0 8
November 8.3 9 7 7
December 7.7 7 6 7 11
Average 7.6 8.0 6.7 8.4 7.5 7.0

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 013° 010° 010° 005° 009°
February 022° 019° 022° 016° 018°
March 032° 175° 024° 047° 189°
April 039° 039° 031° 053°
May 053° 047° 031° 032°
June 182° 089° 182° 189°
July 195° 171° 215° 205°
August 185° 179° 356° 054°
September 172° 130° 360° 024°
October 011° 003° 360° 036°
November 011° 015° 039°
December 352° 118° 334° 010°

Prevailing wind direction

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