Kwethluk Airport

PFKW · United States

Climate Kwethluk Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kwethluk Airport (PFKW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.9 87 57 75 67 79
February 60.7 41 47 44 64 76
March 67.7 96 51 75 43 72
April 80.7 90 84 71 79
May 72.9 54 72 82 84
June 69.2 77 71 40 69
July 48.8 30 47 37 40
August 50.8 58 40 52 61
September 53.1 40 48 66 80
October 66.8 75 59 61 65
November 61.1 48 45 85 71
December 66.3 53 68 58 80
Average 62.9 56.0 56.3 59.2 60.2 68.7

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 81.6 94 70 80 78 88
February 74.7 62 65 53 82 82
March 80.2 96 72 77 64 84
April 89.8 96 93 85 88
May 88.2 79 83 93 92
June 86.4 88 90 75 89
July 78.6 84 75 74 70
August 75.4 77 66 85 75
September 79.1 69 78 87 91
October 82.7 81 75 88 83
November 75.6 70 61 90 86
December 80.0 68 82 73 93
Average 80.3 72.3 75.8 76.5 82.0 83.9

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 -10.2 -8 -9 -12 -10 -16
February -6.7 -4 -7 -6 -7 -8
March -3.7 0 -3 -2 -4 -4
April 5.1 1 5 3 7
May 12.4 9 14 14 14
June 17.2 14 20 12 17
July 17.7 17 17 17 17
August 15.6 17 15 15 18
September 11.3 10 11 9 10
October 5.4 4 5 1 6
November -3.0 0 -2 -13 -2
December -7.0 -8 -4 -6 -8
Average 2.9 -6.3 2.2 5.2 2.3 3.8

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 -16.2 -14 -14 -18 -13 -24
February -13.3 -10 -14 -13 -15 -20
March -11.8 0 -9 -8 -15 -13
April -4.5 -8 -3 -5 -1
May 3.2 2 3 3 6
June 8.5 7 9 7 9
July 10.6 12 10 10 10
August 8.9 11 9 9 9
September 5.2 4 6 4 2
October -1.4 -3 -1 -4 0
November -10.8 -6 -9 -22 -9
December -14.3 -17 -10 -12 -15
Average -5.9 -11.3 -5.4 -2.1 -5.1 -5.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.9 15 40 15 11 11
February 33.2 55 40 48 25 27
March 19.8 4 28 9 38 18
April 13.9 13 7 19 16
May 15.3 30 6 9 11
June 12.2 24 4 25 13
July 13.7 20 22 15 8
August 20.7 18 27 15 12
September 18.6 22 31 14 3
October 16.9 17 19 12 15
November 29.3 37 51 19 18
December 27.8 43 26 23 28
Average 21.6 41.2 27.6 20.9 18.6 14.2

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 8.6 12 8 9 7 8
February 10.2 11 12 10 10 9
March 9.0 9 9 10 11 8
April 8.0 9 8 10 7
May 8.0 9 8 8 7
June 6.9 9 5 8 8
July 6.9 5 8 8 6
August 7.9 7 9 8 5
September 8.4 8 9 7 9
October 8.2 7 9 9 7
November 8.5 9 10 6 8
December 8.6 8 9 9 9
Average 8.5 10.9 8.2 8.4 8.4 7.3

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 057° 032° 023° 025° 006°
February 131° 212° 048° 047° 042°
March 346° 234° 029° 219° 058°
April 033° 081° 053° 035°
May 135° 311° 065° 128°
June 157° 178° 215° 195°
July 182° 217° 216° 238°
August 160° 228° 210° 336°
September 242° 192° 256° 015°
October 019° 183° 015° 099°
November 186° 337° 011° 065°
December 341° 077° 316° 036°

Prevailing wind direction

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