Nort's Resort Airport

01PS · Pennsylvania, United States

Climate Nort's Resort Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (KAVP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.8 44 50 73 58 77
February 71.3 75 73 67 54 72
March 71.9 61 65 72 83 74
April 77.7 81 74 83 75
May 78.4 91 79 80 90
June 81.4 65 83 83 92
July 82.4 71 90 75 90
August 83.1 76 84 80 89
September 75.9 66 72 78 85
October 69.3 70 71 62 75
November 76.6 83 72 82 81
December 65.5 59 54 71 64
Average 74.0 59.5 71.3 75.7 75.0 81.3

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 85.7 71 90 86 89 92
February 86.7 93 90 82 77 90
March 89.6 87 91 82 94 97
April 94.2 93 91 97 93
May 95.6 100 94 97 100
June 94.3 82 96 96 97
July 94.1 87 96 95 98
August 94.7 93 92 96 97
September 93.2 92 85 90 99
October 90.1 85 80 89 93
November 92.9 97 85 95 97
December 87.5 80 79 92 87
Average 91.2 83.5 89.8 88.1 92.7 95.4

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 2.7 3 6 0 2 5
February 5.7 7 8 5 1 6
March 9.3 12 9 11 12 12
April 16.1 19 15 17 14
May 22.0 22 24 22 21
June 26.1 25 26 28 27
July 29.1 29 31 28 31
August 27.7 26 30 28 29
September 23.7 23 23 24 24
October 18.1 18 17 20 18
November 10.0 10 12 10 14
December 5.3 7 5 8 5
Average 15.2 7.1 16.9 16.9 16.4 17.1

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 -5.9 -3 0 -9 -3 -2
February -3.1 -2 -3 -5 -5 -2
March -1.9 2 0 0 1 3
April 5.4 7 5 5 4
May 10.7 8 12 10 10
June 14.9 14 15 16 15
July 18.4 19 18 18 20
August 17.7 17 18 19 18
September 14.1 14 14 15 13
October 8.8 9 5 11 9
November 1.4 1 3 1 4
December -2.8 2 -1 1 -2
Average 6.0 -1.2 7.2 6.5 7.3 7.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.4 26 17 13 12 11
February 14.5 9 14 17 23 14
March 14.8 21 18 15 10 9
April 14.0 13 22 11 17
May 10.6 5 10 11 8
June 5.9 6 4 6 3
July 5.6 6 4 6 4
August 5.5 4 4 8 5
September 9.2 10 18 10 3
October 10.8 19 11 9 9
November 10.1 5 14 8 10
December 15.0 18 29 7 13
Average 11.4 19.0 10.5 12.4 9.7 8.1

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 6.7 6 6 6 7 7
February 6.7 7 7 7 6 7
March 7.6 7 8 8 8 7
April 7.5 7 7 8 8
May 5.9 6 6 6 7
June 5.5 5 5 5 6
July 5.0 5 6 5 5
August 4.8 5 5 4 5
September 4.7 5 5 5 5
October 5.4 5 5 5 6
November 6.4 6 6 6 7
December 6.1 5 5 6 7
Average 6.1 6.5 5.7 6.0 5.8 6.3

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 278° 286° 303° 312° 285°
February 303° 283° 268° 303° 274°
March 304° 300° 285° 301° 282°
April 264° 295° 294° 308°
May 303° 290° 310° 280°
June 334° 301° 248° 262°
July 257° 251° 272° 259°
August 286° 260° 257° 261°
September 008° 290° 285° 294°
October 280° 271° 259° 262°
November 281° 261° 281° 274°
December 276° 284° 263° 271°

Prevailing wind direction

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