Brevig Mission Airport

PFKT · United States

Climate Brevig Mission Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Brevig Mission Airport (PFKT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.4 72 44 55 45 70
February 55.9 55 45 56 72 61
March 52.9 71 43 66 58 42
April 77.0 81 88 63 84
May 70.3 84 43 82 100
June 64.9 54 46 55 94
July 47.6 50 57 29 81
August 45.9 38 43 45 53
September 55.2 42 53 66 51
October 68.5 69 59 71 71
November 63.9 57 49 73 52
December 49.4 0 59 41 73
Average 59.7 64.4 54.1 54.9 58.1 73.4

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 74.8 90 65 63 62 87
February 68.9 71 60 69 75 67
March 71.5 77 63 73 78 69
April 86.8 88 92 74 87
May 85.2 87 62 90 100
June 79.6 60 70 83 94
July 73.4 82 81 62 88
August 80.8 66 80 83 90
September 91.6 96 90 96 95
October 93.4 87 87 96 97
November 86.7 79 76 95 88
December 65.0 0 78 66 91
Average 80.3 76.2 73.5 76.6 80.5 88.9

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 -13.2 -17 -12 -15 -13 -14
February -12.8 -10 -14 -12 -16 -19
March -8.8 -11 -8 -7 -10 -6
April -2.5 0 -1 -4 -1
May 6.9 4 5 9 10
June 13.2 10 12 11 14
July 14.1 15 14 12 13
August 12.6 13 12 11 13
September 9.1 8 10 8 8
October 2.9 1 2 1 4
November -4.1 -3 -3 -11 0
December -8.3 -10 -5 -10 -8
Average 0.1 -12.4 0.4 1.3 -2.8 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 -19.7 -22 -17 -22 -17 -20
February -17.2 -16 -20 -17 -22 -25
March -14.2 -17 -16 -15 -18 -13
April -9.1 -15 -7 -10 -8
May -1.5 -3 -2 -1 2
June 5.8 4 4 5 6
July 9.1 11 8 8 8
August 7.7 9 6 6 8
September 4.6 4 6 3 4
October -2.7 -3 -3 -3 0
November -9.2 -7 -7 -17 -5
December -14.8 -15 -10 -18 -13
Average -6.4 -18.3 -6.0 -5.3 -8.9 -5.4

66th 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 29.9 22 36 39 44 17
February 35.0 49 45 26 20 38
March 31.9 31 54 17 30 35
April 20.6 23 10 25 24
May 14.1 24 16 7 7
June 10.7 13 9 15 7
July 12.8 16 16 22 5
August 13.6 20 18 18 5
September 14.9 20 24 16 8
October 14.6 28 27 14 4
November 26.2 27 44 24 33
December 30.0 0 33 33 26
Average 20.3 37.5 25.0 19.4 19.7 13.3

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 13.4 9 15 17 16 10
February 16.7 14 17 20 18 14
March 14.2 15 14 13 14 14
April 12.2 11 12 12 10
May 10.1 12 10 10 10
June 8.9 7 11 8 8
July 10.0 8 10 13 9
August 10.3 11 11 11 9
September 10.6 9 11 9 11
October 11.1 9 10 11 11
November 12.1 12 13 9 16
December 15.1 15 15 16 14
Average 11.6 13.8 11.0 11.7 11.7 10.4

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 051° 033° 040° 023° 077°
February 051° 054° 056° 048° 062°
March 035° 125° 045° 083° 155°
April 038° 072° 060° 064°
May 028° 270° 048° 040°
June 274° 211° 250° 341°
July 201° 313° 205° 232°
August 235° 315° 245° 351°
September 339° 097° 034° 358°
October 037° 121° 046° 061°
November 076° 085° 070° 161°
December 035° 133° 092° 066°

Prevailing wind direction

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