Trapper T Heliport

03AA · Alaska, United States

Climate Trapper T Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport (PAAQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.2 82 84 77 81 78
February 74.3 92 57 67 79 76
March 86.7 79 87 89 83 80
April 91.1 86 95 94 88
May 95.5 91 98 96 97
June 90.7 92 90 98 89
July 84.9 82 83 89 86
August 86.7 82 92 80 93
September 90.1 89 85 88 96
October 81.4 64 82 82 83
November 79.2 63 83 77 81
December 74.1 61 54 79 79
Average 85.7 83.6 80.0 85.4 86.8 86.7

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 85.2 86 91 82 85 87
February 83.1 94 69 79 89 86
March 90.9 83 94 94 87 85
April 94.7 91 95 96 92
May 99.1 96 100 100 99
June 98.3 97 97 100 99
July 94.9 91 92 99 95
August 95.8 94 97 93 98
September 94.9 97 91 91 98
October 87.4 71 89 88 87
November 84.5 74 89 81 88
December 82.2 73 59 86 87
Average 91.8 86.9 88.2 91.2 92.7 92.9

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 -6.8 -7 -1 -3 -2 -13
February -4.9 -2 -2 1 -6 -3
March 1.0 2 2 5 -3 -1
April 8.8 7 10 9 8
May 15.4 15 17 16 17
June 19.6 18 23 20 19
July 21.1 21 21 20 21
August 18.8 21 17 18 20
September 13.9 13 14 13 14
October 7.1 7 7 6 6
November -2.7 2 -2 -9 -2
December -4.8 -4 -8 -6 -2
Average 6.6 -3.9 8.1 9.2 6.4 7.0

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 -12.3 -13 -7 -9 -7 -20
February -11.7 -9 -10 -5 -13 -11
March -8.7 -5 -7 -3 -13 -10
April -1.1 -2 -1 -3 -1
May 5.0 6 5 5 5
June 9.4 9 11 9 9
July 11.4 12 11 11 11
August 10.2 13 11 9 10
September 6.2 6 7 4 6
October 0.5 0 0 0 -1
November -8.4 -4 -7 -14 -9
December -10.2 -12 -14 -13 -8
Average -2.6 -10.9 0.4 1.0 -2.0 -2.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.2 16 6 20 10 9
February 19.0 10 33 27 19 21
March 8.5 6 10 6 13 14
April 5.9 11 5 8 5
May 4.5 6 2 5 5
June 5.7 8 1 3 10
July 9.0 11 17 7 10
August 15.9 16 30 19 9
September 13.4 17 26 8 11
October 13.5 17 7 21 12
November 11.2 28 11 9 11
December 18.4 24 34 17 17
Average 10.5 10.1 14.2 13.8 10.7 10.4

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 5.4 6 5 7 6 3
February 5.2 10 4 5 5 5
March 6.0 5 5 8 4 6
April 6.1 5 5 6 5
May 7.1 8 6 6 7
June 5.0 6 4 5 5
July 4.4 4 5 4 5
August 4.6 5 5 4 5
September 4.9 4 5 4 6
October 5.3 3 5 5 5
November 5.7 6 6 2 8
December 5.1 4 2 5 7
Average 5.5 6.7 5.0 5.2 4.8 5.4

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 360° 002° 057° 003° 022°
February 037° 355° 025° 357° 058°
March 065° 053° 030° 323° 023°
April 163° 108° 156° 326°
May 135° 138° 138° 134°
June 134° 171° 148° 138°
July 143° 127° 151° 143°
August 123° 070° 114° 116°
September 063° 085° 087° 090°
October 348° 090° 049° 058°
November 003° 006° 040° 011°
December 002° 358° 007° 018°

Prevailing wind direction

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