Napaimute Pioneer Airfield

4AK8 · United States

Climate Napaimute Pioneer Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aniak Airport (PANI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.3 75 60 57 67 75
February 59.0 58 39 39 60 71
March 66.4 67 59 77 44 67
April 76.5 77 79 75 72
May 80.7 66 79 87 92
June 77.9 73 80 76 72
July 57.9 57 50 59 54
August 54.3 56 41 52 69
September 60.8 50 57 65 69
October 68.2 74 46 63 72
November 57.2 42 48 82 54
December 62.7 56 49 46 69
Average 66.8 65.8 60.2 61.4 65.6 70.2

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 80.8 89 72 67 76 89
February 73.9 75 67 57 70 82
March 83.0 85 79 87 77 81
April 89.7 88 93 89 86
May 93.9 88 88 97 97
June 92.1 90 93 93 89
July 83.2 76 79 87 87
August 82.2 84 75 84 91
September 84.8 79 82 89 87
October 84.1 84 77 82 87
November 77.1 65 65 93 74
December 78.1 77 53 66 90
Average 84.6 82.3 80.1 79.7 85.4 87.2

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 -11.7 -9 -9 -7 -9 -19
February -7.9 -3 -8 -8 -9 -8
March -3.5 -3 -2 -1 -4 -4
April 4.5 -1 5 5 6
May 13.0 10 14 15 16
June 18.3 16 21 17 17
July 18.7 17 18 17 18
August 16.5 17 15 16 19
September 11.7 10 12 11 12
October 5.0 4 4 2 6
November -4.0 -1 -3 -15 -2
December -8.1 -12 -7 -6 -7
Average 3.5 -6.7 3.3 5.6 3.3 4.3

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 -18.2 -17 -17 -14 -16 -27
February -15.6 -11 -16 -14 -17 -20
March -12.2 -13 -12 -9 -15 -14
April -5.2 -13 -3 -6 -2
May 3.4 3 2 4 5
June 8.4 8 8 9 8
July 11.0 11 10 11 11
August 9.2 11 9 8 9
September 4.8 4 6 3 4
October -1.1 -3 -2 -3 0
November -11.1 -7 -11 -26 -9
December -16.9 -21 -16 -13 -14
Average -5.5 -14.4 -5.6 -3.6 -6.9 -5.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 18.9 17 29 26 27 16
February 35.5 40 55 55 33 39
March 27.3 28 35 21 47 27
April 20.1 22 14 20 25
May 13.0 31 9 10 8
June 10.3 18 3 13 14
July 20.8 32 24 31 21
August 21.2 22 27 19 8
September 21.7 23 30 22 12
October 20.8 17 21 22 17
November 36.0 52 45 28 39
December 32.0 45 36 45 25
Average 21.9 29.2 30.4 22.5 24.5 19.0

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 4.5 6 3 4 4 5
February 6.3 8 7 6 5 6
March 6.9 8 9 7 8 7
April 6.5 6 8 7 7
May 6.3 8 6 6 6
June 5.4 7 5 7 5
July 5.2 7 5 6 4
August 5.3 6 6 6 4
September 5.8 6 7 5 6
October 6.3 5 6 6 6
November 5.4 6 6 3 7
December 5.7 5 6 8 5
Average 5.9 7.2 6.3 5.9 6.1 5.5

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 127° 105° 355° 146° 019°
February 156° 199° 136° 140° 055°
March 147° 170° 087° 189° 046°
April 049° 138° 173° 125°
May 157° 244° 150° 114°
June 161° 194° 163° 174°
July 170° 204° 194° 225°
August 184° 218° 204° 118°
September 214° 162° 186° 063°
October 149° 165° 144° 122°
November 165° 130° 292° 162°
December 182° 143° 197° 120°

Prevailing wind direction

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