Joe Clouds Seaplane Base

03AK · Alaska, United States

Climate Joe Clouds Seaplane Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kenai Municipal Airport (PAEN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.4 85 80 73 96 75
February 63.7 83 33 50 62 82
March 82.5 73 82 80 78 80
April 90.5 83 97 96 72
May 93.6 88 94 92 93
June 87.3 75 78 94 94
July 82.4 74 80 89 82
August 84.1 78 76 92 82
September 86.3 84 84 91 91
October 86.0 85 86 89 90
November 76.6 67 76 70 74
December 72.0 68 70 64 82
Average 83.2 79.3 75.8 80.1 86.4 83.9

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 86.5 86 85 78 96 86
February 77.0 87 62 61 76 89
March 89.3 84 91 84 88 89
April 93.1 89 98 98 77
May 96.6 96 94 96 95
June 91.2 83 85 96 96
July 88.5 80 90 94 89
August 91.1 89 83 96 92
September 95.6 96 95 98 98
October 93.7 95 91 98 97
November 84.3 81 82 83 82
December 82.5 79 75 79 91
Average 89.5 85.2 85.9 86.2 92.7 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 -5.0 -7 -2 -5 -2 -11
February -3.1 -2 -3 0 -5 -3
March 0.5 1 0 3 -2 -1
April 6.8 4 6 6 6
May 12.8 12 14 12 15
June 16.0 14 18 16 16
July 17.8 15 18 17 19
August 17.5 17 16 17 19
September 13.7 12 13 12 14
October 7.8 6 6 7 8
November -1.3 0 -2 -6 -1
December -4.7 -6 -9 -6 -1
Average 5.6 -3.0 5.9 7.0 5.5 6.6

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 -13.1 -16 -7 -11 -8 -23
February -12.8 -9 -11 -6 -14 -12
March -10.4 -7 -11 -4 -15 -13
April -3.5 -5 -3 -4 -2
May 3.5 3 3 3 4
June 7.5 8 8 7 7
July 9.9 10 10 10 10
August 9.2 9 10 8 10
September 5.4 4 7 3 6
October 0.2 -1 -1 0 -1
November -8.7 -6 -10 -13 -8
December -10.1 -13 -17 -15 -8
Average -3.4 -11.2 -2.4 -1.2 -4.9 -3.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.3 10 9 21 6 8
February 15.4 8 35 24 10 11
March 10.6 21 9 14 14 10
April 5.8 13 3 2 7
May 8.0 10 1 7 5
June 7.1 16 1 6 4
July 13.3 17 15 13 12
August 14.0 14 29 8 11
September 14.2 14 17 10 11
October 12.1 7 14 11 7
November 15.3 17 14 21 9
December 17.4 23 20 17 11
Average 11.7 14.2 14.9 13.3 9.8 8.5

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 7.5 6 8 9 10 5
February 7.3 9 7 9 7 9
March 7.7 8 9 10 6 6
April 7.4 6 6 8 7
May 8.4 8 8 8 9
June 7.3 7 7 7 8
July 6.5 7 7 7 6
August 7.3 6 8 7 6
September 7.4 8 7 8 8
October 7.3 7 7 7 7
November 7.1 7 7 5 8
December 7.8 9 5 6 9
Average 7.5 7.9 7.4 7.6 7.2 7.2

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 034° 028° 023° 024° 039°
February 025° 030° 053° 032° 038°
March 018° 020° 024° 005° 020°
April 005° 011° 012° 353°
May 005° 325° 279° 002°
June 244° 218° 224° 211°
July 234° 207° 217° 221°
August 223° 183° 211° 221°
September 006° 171° 016° 037°
October 027° 028° 035° 033°
November 044° 022° 034° 028°
December 034° 026° 022° 042°

Prevailing wind direction

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