St. Peters Seaplane Base

01ME · United States

Climate St. Peters Seaplane Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Presque Isle International Airport (KPQI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 56.0 58 34 67 53 55
February 71.3 73 78 59 71 77
March 64.6 49 60 51 74 74
April 68.6 72 65 66 82
May 78.9 84 73 87 82
June 73.6 43 66 85 86
July 81.3 67 92 78 70
August 77.1 55 76 80 84
September 76.9 64 78 74 87
October 66.9 54 79 67 71
November 68.2 56 64 81 71
December 57.5 52 43 59 50
Average 70.2 58.5 60.2 69.4 74.3 75.8

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 87 74 76 90 81
February 84.8 90 85 77 87 89
March 82.8 71 84 73 86 89
April 86.6 87 86 92 90
May 93.2 99 91 95 93
June 92.0 86 90 95 96
July 92.4 84 95 95 87
August 91.3 83 93 91 94
September 90.6 81 88 91 97
October 88.1 83 89 90 88
November 87.7 87 86 95 89
December 83.5 79 78 77 89
Average 87.8 81.2 84.6 86.0 91.0 90.5

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 -4.2 -3 -2 -7 -3 -3
February -3.9 0 -2 -3 -2 -2
March 2.1 4 3 2 4 3
April 8.9 11 9 12 8
May 17.5 18 20 18 17
June 22.1 21 22 24 24
July 25.7 27 26 23 26
August 24.2 22 25 26 25
September 19.9 21 19 20 20
October 13.4 15 16 14 11
November 4.1 4 6 5 7
December -2.8 2 2 0 1
Average 9.7 0.4 11.7 11.7 11.8 11.3

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 -15.5 -14 -10 -20 -11 -14
February -15.2 -12 -17 -15 -15 -15
March -8.0 -5 -6 -8 -8 -9
April -2.9 0 -1 0 -3
May 4.4 4 5 4 4
June 10.1 11 10 12 10
July 14.0 15 14 12 15
August 12.8 12 14 15 12
September 8.2 10 8 10 6
October 3.2 6 3 4 2
November -5.4 -5 -3 -4 -2
December -11.8 -6 -5 -10 -7
Average -2.8 -11.8 1.3 0.5 0.7 0.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 32.9 28 45 36 25 34
February 22.3 15 20 34 22 20
March 25.1 38 29 32 16 19
April 18.6 12 26 20 15
May 12.3 15 11 11 13
June 10.5 20 12 6 5
July 5.9 6 5 8 6
August 7.8 17 10 6 5
September 10.1 15 9 14 2
October 12.3 17 8 9 16
November 20.2 23 22 15 13
December 27.2 40 40 26 16
Average 17.1 28.2 19.9 18.5 13.5 12.5

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 7.6 8 7 8 7 7
February 7.9 9 7 9 7 8
March 8.8 8 8 8 10 9
April 8.7 8 9 10 10
May 8.5 9 8 8 9
June 7.2 6 7 8 7
July 6.2 5 7 7 6
August 6.0 6 5 5 7
September 6.7 5 6 8 9
October 7.2 7 6 6 8
November 7.9 8 8 7 7
December 8.0 7 11 8 8
Average 7.6 8.1 6.9 7.4 7.4 7.9

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 287° 337° 311° 322° 328°
February 293° 323° 295° 303° 277°
March 306° 338° 292° 276° 320°
April 241° 325° 347° 308°
May 324° 249° 314° 297°
June 047° 235° 243° 227°
July 186° 257° 271° 193°
August 251° 241° 212° 266°
September 324° 296° 240° 232°
October 239° 202° 332° 255°
November 276° 271° 280° 251°
December 311° 340° 284° 248°

Prevailing wind direction

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