Pahala Airstrip Airport

HI28 · Hawaii, United States

Climate Pahala Airstrip Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bradshaw Army Airfield (PHSF) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 93.0 88 82 90 93 94
February 94.9 100 96 90 94 99
March 95.4 99 98 95 94 95
April 87.9 98 83 87 68
May 92.0 92 89 89 96
June 95.2 96 94 93 98
July 94.3 94 96 97 96
August 95.8 94 93 96 95
September 93.3 97 92 89 95
October 92.8 90 98 93 98
November 95.4 93 90 95 99
December 93.5 99 99 81 88
Average 93.9 95.5 94.0 92.0 91.9 93.1

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 96.7 94 93 96 93 99
February 98.2 100 98 94 100 100
March 98.4 100 100 100 98 99
April 93.3 99 90 98 74
May 96.8 97 96 95 100
June 98.2 98 99 100 100
July 97.7 99 100 99 99
August 99.2 100 98 100 100
September 97.9 100 99 98 100
October 97.6 99 100 100 100
November 98.0 100 92 99 100
December 97.0 100 99 92 96
Average 97.4 97.9 98.4 96.8 97.7 96.8

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 19.8 20.6 22.0 20.3 18.6 18.6
February 19.0 21.0 19.8 18.1 20.0 18.5
March 19.8 20.8 20.6 19.8 20.3 18.6
April 20.5 22.1 19.6 20.8 19.3
May 21.4 22.5 20.3 21.8 21.8
June 22.9 24.5 21.3 22.5 22.6
July 24.1 24.3 24.1 23.6 24.3
August 24.1 25.1 23.6 23.3 23.6
September 22.8 23.0 23.3 22.6 22.1
October 22.3 22.6 23.6 22.3 21.8
November 21.2 20.8 22.1 20.1 22.3
December 20.1 22.5 21.0 18.3 18.6
Average 21.4 20.7 22.5 21.4 21.3 21.0

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 5.8 5.9 7.7 6.9 4.4 6.4
February 5.3 4.2 3.7 7.5 4.5 5.7
March 6.3 5.2 7.7 7.7 6.2 6.2
April 7.6 8.5 7.2 7.2 4.7
May 7.6 9.4 7.4 7.9 6.9
June 8.2 9.1 6.7 8.0 7.7
July 9.2 9.3 9.9 9.6 9.8
August 9.2 11.0 8.0 8.6 9.0
September 8.7 9.3 8.1 8.6 8.0
October 8.8 9.0 7.9 9.3 8.4
November 7.5 7.7 7.5 7.5 8.0
December 6.8 7.0 7.2 6.7 8.0
Average 7.3 5.1 8.3 7.7 7.4 7.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 3.1 8 5 4 0 3
February 3.1 0 0 12 1 1
March 1.9 0 0 2 1 5
April 3.1 2 8 1 1
May 1.7 4 1 5 0
June 0.3 1 0 0 0
July 0.6 1 1 1 0
August 1.6 2 4 0 1
September 0.8 1 0 0 0
October 2.1 3 0 2 1
November 2.7 2 10 0 1
December 3.8 0 0 13 11
Average 2.1 2.6 1.7 3.5 1.7 1.9

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 8.4 8 9 9 6 11
February 9.0 7 9 14 8 11
March 8.5 11 11 9 8 8
April 8.2 11 8 9 8
May 7.6 7 8 8 9
June 9.0 11 9 11 9
July 9.6 10 11 12 11
August 9.0 12 10 10 9
September 7.9 9 9 9 9
October 8.0 9 8 8 10
November 8.7 10 10 9 9
December 9.1 10 8 11 10
Average 8.5 8.7 9.7 9.5 9.2 9.3

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 194° 258° 151° 226° 145°
February 226° 155° 122° 179° 135°
March 143° 138° 209° 225° 144°
April 152° 218° 211° 226°
May 225° 188° 223° 170°
June 163° 186° 160° 196°
July 149° 137° 147° 137°
August 153° 176° 200° 203°
September 195° 189° 202° 187°
October 155° 249° 209° 150°
November 139° 146° 143° 156°
December 130° 157° 146° 127°

Prevailing wind direction

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