Shaktoolik Airport

PFSH · United States

Climate Shaktoolik Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Shaktoolik Airport (PFSH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.7 75 39 71 64 73
February 55.1 50 47 44 65 62
March 59.2 62 56 90 53 56
April 73.9 84 83 62 46
May 78.0 77 56 85 98
June 73.5 70 88 72 71
July 56.5 100 69 44 44
August 54.3 37 47 47 67
September 61.6 51 67 70 50
October 69.8 67 68 70 92
November 67.6 61 64 81 71
December 62.9 55 61 58 81
Average 65.6 60.9 60.8 66.8 63.7 67.7

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 79.4 82 61 83 75 83
February 70.3 66 76 47 73 73
March 75.8 82 70 91 77 75
April 83.4 86 90 68 70
May 88.3 89 70 91 100
June 84.8 80 95 94 88
July 85.7 100 92 81 86
August 81.6 63 85 76 91
September 91.1 85 93 96 100
October 92.6 86 93 99 99
November 84.7 79 83 92 91
December 80.0 71 82 78 93
Average 83.2 76.4 78.0 84.9 84.1 86.8

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 -13.7 -10 -10 -15 -11 -17
February -11.6 -8 -12 -18 -16 -16
March -6.2 -8 -6 -8 -8 -7
April -2.5 -7 0 -3 0
May 9.4 7 7 10 12
June 15.7 14 18 14 15
July 16.7 19 17 15 15
August 12.5 15 13 14 16
September 9.9 9 11 9 13
October 2.6 2 3 1 3
November -6.8 -3 -4 -15 -3
December -9.0 -13 -5 -11 -9
Average 1.4 -9.2 -1.7 1.8 0.1 1.7

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 -18.0 -17 -16 -21 -16 -23
February -17.4 -14 -19 -24 -23 -23
March -14.3 -16 -15 -15 -18 -15
April -10.5 -18 -7 -12 -7
May 1.6 1 0 1 3
June 8.8 7 10 8 9
July 11.5 13 11 11 11
August 7.8 11 9 9 10
September 5.0 4 6 4 9
October -3.7 -3 -2 -3 -3
November -12.9 -9 -10 -21 -9
December -15.1 -18 -11 -18 -15
Average -5.1 -16.4 -7.1 -5.9 -7.6 -5.2

77th 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 25.9 28 38 24 36 27
February 33.0 48 44 40 17 37
March 24.4 34 38 4 43 19
April 16.2 12 10 27 34
May 11.2 21 17 7 4
June 9.2 17 3 16 13
July 11.7 0 17 27 7
August 22.1 40 27 24 7
September 24.8 29 26 20 17
October 11.4 14 5 10 10
November 15.6 23 21 15 14
December 26.8 47 48 33 16
Average 18.4 37.2 27.2 18.1 21.6 14.5

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 13.6 14 13 18 14 11
February 15.0 15 13 19 15 13
March 13.6 14 14 19 12 13
April 12.5 13 11 13 12
May 10.9 10 13 12 10
June 9.5 9 12 9 10
July 10.6 6 11 12 10
August 11.4 14 11 11 9
September 10.8 11 11 10 9
October 10.2 10 11 10 9
November 11.3 12 12 10 11
December 13.0 12 13 15 13
Average 11.8 14.4 11.6 12.6 11.6 10.6

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 070° 021° 013° 024° 028°
February 043° 041° 016° 024° 017°
March 037° 143° 014° 109° 164°
April 021° 029° 035° 019°
May 018° 309° 009° 016°
June 196° 002° 192° 273°
July 208° 195° 201° 220°
August 221° 197° 245° 034°
September 191° 156° 039° 192°
October 022° 123° 055° 085°
November 048° 104° 029° 112°
December 034° 128° 026° 030°

Prevailing wind direction

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