June Weather at Point Lay LRRS Airport Alaska, United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 12°F, from 41°F to 52°F, rarely falling below 31°F or exceeding 63°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 10°F, from 30°F to 40°F, rarely falling below 24°F or exceeding 47°F.

For reference, on July 15, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Point Lay LRRS Airport typically range from 42°F to 54°F, while on March 3, the coldest day of the year, they range from -18°F to -6°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on June. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Tosontsengel, Mongolia (3,311 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Point Lay LRRS Airport (view comparison).

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The month of June at Point Lay LRRS Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 64% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is June 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 36% of the time.

For reference, on January 18, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 89%, while on May 29, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 37%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Point Lay LRRS Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of June is rapidly increasing, starting the month at 11% and ending it at 18%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 29% on August 7, and its lowest chance is 2% on March 17.

Over the course of June at Point Lay LRRS Airport, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 8% to 18%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 1% throughout.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during June at Point Lay LRRS Airport is increasing, starting the month at 0.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.0 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the month at 1.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.2 inches or falls below 0.5 inches.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during June at Point Lay LRRS Airport is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 1.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.8 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the month at 0.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.3 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

Due to its extreme latitude, Point Lay LRRS Airport experiences polar day (also known as the midnight Sun) during the summer and polar night during the winter. These are periods of time in which the sun is continuously above or below the horizon for more than one day. The precise start and end dates of polar day and night vary from year to year and depend on the precise location and elevation of the observer, and the local topography.

In the summer at Point Lay LRRS Airport during 2024, the Sun is continuously above the horizon for 2.3 months, rising at 3:17 AM on May 16, and not setting again until 2:29 AM on July 26. As such, the sun is continuously above the horizon for the entire month of June.

Daylight saving time is observed at Point Lay LRRS Airport during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during June, so the entire month is in standard time.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for June 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at Point Lay LRRS Airport is essentially constant during June, remaining around 0% throughout.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Point Lay LRRS Airport is decreasing during June, decreasing from 10.9 miles per hour to 9.8 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on December 17, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 15.3 miles per hour, while on June 29, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.8 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during June is 9.8 miles per hour on June 29.

The hourly average wind direction at Point Lay LRRS Airport throughout June is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 43% on June 1.

Point Lay LRRS Airport is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature at Point Lay LRRS Airport is increasing during June, rising by 4°F, from 32°F to 37°F, over the course of the month.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season at Point Lay LRRS Airport typically lasts for 2.2 months (69 days), from around June 20 to around August 27, rarely starting before June 1 or after July 12, and rarely ending before August 3 or after September 17.

During June at Point Lay LRRS Airport, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly increasing rising from 9% to 74% over the course of the month.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at Point Lay LRRS Airport are essentially constant during June, remaining within 10°F of 11°F throughout.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Point Lay LRRS Airport is essentially constant during June, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 5.4 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during June is 5.5 kWh on June 17.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Point Lay LRRS Airport are 69.733 deg latitude, -163.016 deg longitude, and 7 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Point Lay LRRS Airport is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 23 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 4 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (118 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,913 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Point Lay LRRS Airport is covered by water (61%), grassland (18%), and herbaceous vegetation (11%), within 10 miles by water (58%) and grassland (28%), and within 50 miles by water (57%) and shrubs (18%).