Hoktember Highway Strip

AM-0003 · Armavir, Armenia

Climate Hoktember Highway Strip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Iğdır Airport (LTCT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.9 64 63 67 36 88
February 82.8 93 81 93 89 78
March 88.2 91 86 81 87 89
April 97.4 95 98 98 96
May 98.7 99 97 100 99
June 99.5 100 99 100 100
July 99.8 99 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 97.8 96 100 94 97
November 84.4 96 93 68 88
December 55.7 78 15 69 38
Average 89.4 82.9 92.3 91.3 87.7 90.1

38th best VFR conditions of Türkiye

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km 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 77.8 84 91 78 44 95
February 89.9 96 94 99 98 89
March 96.5 100 97 93 96 100
April 99.6 99 100 100 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.9 100 100 100 100
October 99.2 98 100 97 100
November 92.8 98 96 80 96
December 74.2 89 52 81 66
Average 94.7 93.5 97.4 95.6 92.0 95.8

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km 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 1.9 5 4 2 -1 4
February 6.8 9 6 9 9 5
March 12.6 13 16 8 11 15
April 18.8 19 21 22 16
May 24.0 23 22 27 24
June 30.2 29 31 33 30
July 33.4 32 34 33 33
August 32.9 35 34 33 30
September 28.5 28 30 28 30
October 20.5 21 21 18 22
November 12.3 15 14 12 12
December 6.3 9 5 6 5
Average 17.8 8.9 19.7 19.7 19.3 18.7

36th highest temperature of Türkiye

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 -4.1 -2 -5 -6 -7 -2
February -1.4 -1 -4 1 1 0
March 4.8 3 6 0 3 8
April 8.6 8 8 13 10
May 13.7 12 10 19 17
June 18.7 16 17 24 20
July 22.1 20 21 24 24
August 21.9 22 21 24 21
September 16.9 16 16 18 19
October 10.1 9 10 9 11
November 5.3 5 3 5 6
December 0.3 0 1 -3 -1
Average 8.7 0.1 8.7 8.9 10.8 11.1

29th lowest temperature of Türkiye

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.9 10 5 6 7 2
February 4.8 1 5 5 4 7
March 8.1 9 6 15 9 8
April 4.1 7 2 1 11
May 4.8 5 7 2 9
June 1.1 2 2 0 0
July 0.4 1 0 1 1
August 0.3 0 0 1 1
September 0.4 1 0 2 0
October 3.7 4 6 6 2
November 3.9 2 4 4 2
December 4.0 2 2 1 7
Average 3.9 7.0 3.3 3.8 2.8 4.1

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 3.6 4 3 4 3 4
February 5.7 6 8 5 5 6
March 6.9 6 7 9 7 5
April 6.8 6 8 8 6
May 7.0 7 8 8 7
June 7.0 6 7 8 7
July 7.5 7 8 7 7
August 6.3 6 6 7 6
September 6.0 5 7 7 6
October 4.6 5 5 5 3
November 3.4 5 3 4 3
December 3.5 5 2 4 3
Average 5.8 5.3 5.9 6.3 6.1 5.4

36th highest wind speed of Türkiye

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 293° 258° 314° 264° 309°
February 253° 287° 313° 284° 295°
March 270° 283° 295° 285° 341°
April 300° 285° 282° 036°
May 312° 311° 046° 007°
June 342° 340° 055° 026°
July 353° 024° 049° 021°
August 041° 058° 051° 359°
September 023° 359° 015° 013°
October 296° 346° 358° 010°
November 315° 170° 012° 332°
December 262° 077° 299° 311°

Prevailing wind direction

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