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August Weather at Buckland Airport Alaska, United States

Daily high temperatures decrease by 8°F, from 63°F to 55°F, rarely falling below 47°F or exceeding 72°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 7°F, from 46°F to 39°F, rarely falling below 31°F or exceeding 53°F.

For reference, on July 8, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Buckland Airport typically range from 47°F to 65°F, while on January 19, the coldest day of the year, they range from -11°F to 3°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in August at Buckland Airport

Average High and Low Temperature in August at Buckland AirportAug112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313115°F15°F20°F20°F25°F25°F30°F30°F35°F35°F40°F40°F45°F45°F50°F50°F55°F55°F60°F60°F65°F65°F70°F70°F75°F75°FJulSepAug 163°FAug 163°F46°F46°FAug 3155°FAug 3155°F39°F39°FAug 1160°FAug 1160°F44°F44°FAug 2158°FAug 2158°F42°F42°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on August. 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.

Average Hourly Temperature in August at Buckland Airport

Average Hourly Temperature in August at Buckland AirportAug112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMJulSepvery coldcoldcoolfreezingcool
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Kogalym, Russia (3,144 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Buckland Airport (view comparison).

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The month of August at Buckland Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 62% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is August 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 39% of the time.

For reference, on December 16, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 70%, while on October 11, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 42%.

Cloud Cover Categories in August at Buckland Airport

Cloud Cover Categories in August at Buckland AirportAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JulSepAug 136%Aug 136%Aug 3139%Aug 3139%Aug 1137%Aug 1137%Aug 2138%Aug 2138%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Buckland Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of August is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 30% and ending it at 27%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 32% on August 10, and its lowest chance is 7% on March 18.

Probability of Precipitation in August at Buckland Airport

The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

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 August at Buckland Airport is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 2.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.8 inches or falls below 0.8 inches, and ending the month at 1.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.2 inches or falls below 0.7 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 2.3 inches on August 11.

Average Monthly Rainfall in August at Buckland Airport

Average Monthly Rainfall in August at Buckland AirportAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0 in0.0 in0.5 in0.5 in1.0 in1.0 in1.5 in1.5 in2.0 in2.0 in2.5 in2.5 in3.0 in3.0 in3.5 in3.5 in4.0 in4.0 inJulSepAug 102.3 inAug 102.3 inAug 12.2 inAug 12.2 inAug 311.9 inAug 311.9 inAug 212.1 inAug 212.1 in
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Due to its extreme latitude, Buckland Airport experiences polar day (also known as the midnight Sun) during the summer. 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.

Neither polar day nor polar night occur during the month of August.

Over the course of August at Buckland Airport, the length of the day is very rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 3 hours, 43 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 7 minutes, 26 seconds, and weekly decrease of 52 minutes, 1 second.

The shortest day of the month is August 31, with 14 hours, 48 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1, with 18 hours, 31 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in August at Buckland Airport

The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The earliest sunrise of the month at Buckland Airport is 5:33 AM on August 1 and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 46 minutes later at 7:19 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 12:04 AM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 1 hour, 57 minutes earlier at 10:07 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Buckland Airport during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during August, so the entire month is in standard time.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in August at Buckland Airport

The solar day over the course of August. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

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.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in August at Buckland Airport

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in August at Buckland AirportAug112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMJulSep00101020202030400010102020303040
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of August 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for August 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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in August at Buckland Airport

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in August at Buckland AirportAug112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMJulSepJul 52:58 PMJul 52:58 PMAug 43:14 AMAug 43:14 AMAug 1910:26 AMAug 1910:26 AMSep 25:56 PMSep 25:56 PMSep 176:35 PMSep 176:35 PM12:00 AM12:00 AM12:00 AM12:00 AM5:06 AM5:06 AM12:29 AM12:29 AM11:39 PM11:39 PM5:53 AM5:53 AM6:33 AM6:33 AM10:13 PM10:13 PM9:02 PM9:02 PM9:28 AM9:28 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Aug 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
7%12:42 PMS241,229 mi
2
3%1:36 PMS243,432 mi
3
0%2:26 PMS245,548 mi
4
0%-12:58 AMNNW5:06 AMNNE3:12 PMS247,511 mi
5
2%-12:29 AMNW7:10 AMNE3:55 PMS249,235 mi
6
6%-12:10 AMWNW8:57 AMENE11:56 PMWNW4:36 PMS250,611 mi
7
12%10:35 AME11:42 PMW-5:14 PMS251,518 mi
8
19%12:09 PME11:29 PMW-5:53 PMS251,839 mi
9
27%1:44 PMESE11:15 PMWSW-6:32 PMS251,471 mi
10
36%3:25 PMSE10:59 PMSW-7:13 PMS250,341 mi
11
46%5:17 PMSE10:36 PMSW-7:57 PMS248,428 mi
12
50%7:48 PMSSE9:43 PMSSW-8:45 PMS245,769 mi
13
66%9:39 PMS242,476 mi
14
76%10:38 PMS238,742 mi
15
85%11:40 PMS234,837 mi
16
88%--
17
92%12:44 AMS231,094 mi
18
97%12:26 AMSSE3:07 AMSSW11:39 PMSE1:46 AMS227,863 mi
19
100%-5:53 AMSW11:15 PMESE2:45 AMS225,456 mi
20
99%-8:09 AMWSW10:58 PMESE3:40 AMS224,093 mi
21
96%-10:14 AMW10:42 PME4:32 AMS223,864 mi
22
89%-12:17 PMWNW10:26 PMENE5:21 AMS224,724 mi
23
80%-2:23 PMWNW10:07 PMNE6:10 AMS226,514 mi
24
70%-4:41 PMNW9:40 PMNNE7:00 AMS228,994 mi
25
58%7:52 AMS231,900 mi
26
50%8:46 AMS234,983 mi
27
36%9:42 AMS238,037 mi
28
25%10:38 AMS240,915 mi
29
17%11:32 AMS243,531 mi
30
10%-11:30 PMNNW-12:22 PMS245,841 mi
31
5%2:27 AMNNE10:50 PMNW-1:09 PMS247,830 mi

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 Buckland Airport is essentially constant during August, remaining around 0% throughout.

Humidity Comfort Levels in August at Buckland Airport

Humidity Comfort Levels in August at Buckland AirportAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%JulSepAug 160%Aug 160%Aug 10%Aug 10%Aug 310%Aug 310%drydrycomfortablecomfortable
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

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 Buckland Airport is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 8.6 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on February 12, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.9 miles per hour, while on June 29, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.6 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in August at Buckland Airport

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction at Buckland Airport throughout August is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 37% on August 1.

Wind Direction in August at Buckland Airport

Wind Direction in August at Buckland AirportWSEAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%JulSepwestsoutheastnorth
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Buckland 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 Buckland Airport is gradually increasing during August, rising by 3°F, from 47°F to 49°F, over the course of the month.

The highest average surface water temperature during August is 50°F on August 20.

Average Water Temperature in August at Buckland Airport

The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Buckland Airport typically lasts for 2.6 months (80 days), from around June 9 to around August 29, rarely starting before May 23 or after June 29, and rarely ending before August 6 or after September 19.

During August at Buckland Airport, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is rapidly decreasing falling from 93% to 43% over the course of the month.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in August at Buckland Airport

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in August at Buckland Airportgrowing seasonAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JulSep93%Aug 193%Aug 1Aug 3143%Aug 3143%85%Aug 1185%Aug 1167%Aug 2167%Aug 21Sep 1910%Sep 1910%Jul 1295%Jul 1295%freezingvery coldcoldcool
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

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 Buckland Airport are gradually increasing during August, increasing by 104°F, from 341°F to 445°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in August at Buckland Airport

Growing Degree Days in August at Buckland AirportAug1122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930303131250°F250°F300°F300°F350°F350°F400°F400°F450°F450°F500°F500°F550°F550°F600°F600°FJulSepAug 1341°FAug 1341°FAug 31445°FAug 31445°FAug 11389°FAug 11389°FAug 21424°FAug 21424°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of August, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Buckland Airport is decreasing during August, falling by 1.2 kWh, from 4.2 kWh to 2.9 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in August at Buckland Airport

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in August at Buckland AirportAug11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWhJulSepAug 14.2 kWhAug 14.2 kWhAug 312.9 kWhAug 312.9 kWhAug 113.8 kWhAug 113.8 kWhAug 213.3 kWhAug 213.3 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Buckland Airport are 65.980 deg latitude, -161.139 deg longitude, and 36 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Buckland Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 154 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 57 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,578 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,258 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Buckland Airport is covered by shrubs (49%) and herbaceous vegetation (38%), within 10 miles by shrubs (87%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (66%) and water (22%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Buckland Airport, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

Buckland Airport has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required.

In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations.

The stations on which we may fall back are Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport, Koyuk Airport, Bob Baker Memorial Airport, Selawik Airport, Deering Airport, Ralph Wien Memorial Airport, and Golovin Airport.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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