18 Meadows Aerodrome Airport

18AA · United States

Climate 18 Meadows Aerodrome Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Haines Airport (PAHN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.6 48 49 52 61
February 62.7 56 44 68 41
March 62.9 59 69 43 67
April 71.8 51 71 70
May 63.8 0 63 87
June 57.5 1 69 68
July 68.9 76 78 65
August 58.9 55 55 46
September 61.4 50 35 58 72
October 56.1 48 50 64 56
November 58.5 43 56 65 59
December 43.0 16 63 46
Average 59.8 54.6 41.4 51.0 62.8 63.0

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 79.2 66 80 83 69
February 80.1 76 77 83 72
March 82.5 81 91 65 86
April 89.6 67 91 91
May 80.6 0 97 99
June 73.7 1 87 93
July 90.4 92 98 95
August 87.4 82 84 85
September 89.4 86 84 87 95
October 86.3 78 71 94 93
November 80.0 72 78 84 80
December 75.0 55 87 74
Average 82.3 74.8 63.0 78.2 87.3 87.4

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 -1.2 -2 3 1 -5
February 0.0 2 1 -3 1
March 3.3 6 2 2 3
April 9.7 9 9 9
May 15.4 16 13 18
June 17.6 18 18 17
July 19.4 21 19 19
August 18.0 19 18 17
September 14.7 14 14 14 15
October 8.8 9 11 7 8
November 2.3 6 1 4 0
December 1.0 3 -2 2
Average 7.9 1.8 10.0 5.6 9.6 8.7

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 -6.7 -7 -1 -3 -9
February -7.9 -4 -4 -9 -4
March -4.8 -1 -4 -3 -4
April 1.9 2 1 2
May 7.1 7 7 8
June 10.2 10 10 11
July 12.5 13 12 13
August 11.6 12 12 12
September 8.6 10 10 9 9
October 4.0 5 6 3 3
November -2.2 1 -3 -1 -5
December -3.1 -1 -7 -2
Average 2.1 -5.8 4.1 1.4 3.6 2.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 34.6 47 41 38 36
February 26.6 32 36 24 43
March 20.5 22 19 23 15
April 14.8 22 12 15
May 11.9 11 13 5
June 10.2 8 11 16
July 9.1 9 5 14
August 17.8 17 26 26
September 24.5 41 41 36 16
October 33.4 57 34 34 23
November 31.7 52 33 32 28
December 42.9 69 28 43
Average 23.6 32.4 28.8 33.9 21.0 21.2

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 10.5 12 10 10 11
February 10.1 10 9 11 10
March 9.8 9 9 10 11
April 9.2 9 11 9
May 8.6 8 8 8
June 6.7 7 6 7
July 6.3 5 6 7
August 6.9 6 8 7
September 7.7 8 8 8 8
October 8.8 7 9 10 8
November 9.4 9 9 11 10
December 10.1 12 10 10
Average 8.7 10.0 7.9 9.1 8.6 8.6

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 303° 341° 321° 306°
February 295° 320° 301° 355°
March 305° 303° 301° 295°
April 329° 299° 091°
May 106° 103° 134°
June 112° 114° 113°
July 124° 115° 103°
August 106° 097° 094°
September 083° 091° 074° 033°
October 028° 078° 037° 347°
November 336° 324° 309° 308°
December 358° 002° 323°

Prevailing wind direction

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