Rustic Wilderness Airport

02AK · Alaska, United States

Climate Rustic Wilderness Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Wasilla Airport (PAWS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 86.7 76 90 90 91 81
February 69.8 87 45 58 80 70
March 87.6 86 89 87 82 76
April 88.4 75 95 93 85
May 93.9 89 98 96 95
June 88.6 87 88 95 85
July 79.4 73 81 85 82
August 82.2 81 82 77 86
September 86.1 84 81 84 93
October 81.3 74 87 79 85
November 71.9 23 88 82 83
December 61.4 0 54 68 78
Average 83.4 83.4 71.6 84.2 85.4 84.1

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 91.1 83 97 90 94 93
February 81.1 92 59 73 94 84
March 92.4 93 96 90 88 85
April 93.3 82 97 99 92
May 98.0 96 100 100 98
June 97.7 96 94 99 99
July 94.3 89 96 98 95
August 92.9 93 89 92 94
September 93.0 93 90 89 97
October 87.7 79 92 88 91
November 76.3 26 93 89 88
December 67.1 0 62 77 87
Average 90.9 89.4 80.2 90.7 93.4 92.8

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 -5.4 -6 -1 -3 -1 -11
February -3.7 -2 -3 1 -5 -2
March 1.7 3 2 4 -1 0
April 8.5 6 9 9 8
May 14.8 13 16 15 17
June 19.1 17 22 20 19
July 20.7 19 20 20 22
August 18.7 19 17 18 20
September 13.8 13 13 12 14
October 6.8 6 6 6 6
November -2.9 1 -2 -7 -2
December -4.4 -6 -8 -7 -1
Average 6.8 -2.2 7.2 8.4 6.7 7.4

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 -13.2 -15 -8 -10 -8 -21
February -12.9 -10 -11 -6 -14 -11
March -8.1 -5 -8 -3 -14 -11
April -2.6 -3 -1 -4 -1
May 4.2 4 3 4 5
June 8.7 9 9 8 8
July 11.2 11 11 11 11
August 10.2 11 10 9 10
September 5.8 5 7 3 6
October -1.9 -3 -1 -1 -2
November -9.9 -6 -10 -16 -10
December -11.1 -15 -16 -15 -8
Average -2.1 -11.5 -2.9 -1.9 -3.0 -2.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.1 13 6 12 7 15
February 25.3 16 53 37 18 32
March 9.5 10 5 10 18 22
April 9.1 22 3 5 13
May 8.4 16 1 9 5
June 9.6 22 4 7 12
July 13.4 16 22 10 12
August 18.0 18 26 20 12
September 18.6 15 31 10 19
October 15.7 20 13 16 11
November 12.6 17 12 10 11
December 17.1 0 41 23 18
Average 13.0 12.3 18.0 16.0 12.0 14.1

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 4.9 6 3 8 6 4
February 3.5 5 3 3 4 5
March 5.6 5 6 7 3 5
April 4.6 3 5 5 4
May 3.5 4 4 3 3
June 2.4 3 3 2 2
July 1.9 2 3 1 2
August 2.7 3 3 2 3
September 3.2 3 4 2 4
October 4.2 3 5 5 5
November 3.9 4 4 3 6
December 3.6 3 2 3 5
Average 3.7 5.1 3.3 4.0 2.9 3.6

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 056° 063° 054° 063° 046°
February 070° 063° 068° 052° 066°
March 070° 060° 061° 067° 045°
April 105° 080° 071° 075°
May 086° 099° 085° 077°
June 079° 161° 050° 071°
July 129° 086° 073° 068°
August 080° 074° 069° 077°
September 075° 073° 071° 068°
October 045° 045° 068° 072°
November 058° 057° 056° 061°
December 057° 067° 053° 065°

Prevailing wind direction

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