Climate Suvorovo Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Varna Airport (LBWN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	73.2	80	66	84	75	84
February	76.6	74	88	87	71	92
March	77.8	77	73	87	83	85
April	83.4		79	89	84	97
May	91.7		92	93	94	93
June	91.0		93	95	83	91
July	96.7		99	99	99	96
August	96.1		96	97	95	97
September	95.2		99	96	97	93
October	83.9		94	93	82	82
November	68.1		80	70	72	75
December	66.9		76	57	62	46
Average	84.1	77.0	87.5	89.6	84.6	87.4

3rd best VFR conditions of Bulgaria

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	92.2	95	95	95	92	92
February	91.3	92	99	94	83	97
March	94.3	97	88	100	98	99
April	93.3		97	95	96	99
May	97.5		98	96	99	98
June	97.4		97	100	95	96
July	98.9		100	100	100	98
August	98.6		99	100	97	99
September	98.5		100	99	99	97
October	94.3		97	95	96	94
November	92.2		95	88	94	93
December	92.5		98	91	92	93
Average	95.4	94.6	97.0	96.5	95.5	96.5

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	7.2	8	11	7	8	9
February	10.0	13	9	11	10	12
March	12.2	14	12	9	10	14
April	16.0		16	17	15	17
May	21.7		21	22	22	22
June	26.5		27	26	25	26
July	29.2		30	30	30	29
August	30.2		31	31	30	30
September	25.6		27	25	24	27
October	20.2		24	21	17	22
November	13.9		15	15	14	12
December	9.7		12	10	9	10
Average	17.7	11.5	19.5	18.9	17.8	19.0

7th highest temperature of Bulgaria

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	-1.3	-1	4	-1	1	-1
February	0.7	4	0	1	0	1
March	2.3	4	3	-1	1	4
April	5.3		6	6	4	4
May	10.9		11	9	11	11
June	15.6		15	15	15	15
July	17.2		18	17	18	17
August	18.2		20	19	17	18
September	14.2		17	13	13	16
October	9.5		11	9	8	12
November	5.9		5	6	6	4
December	2.0		2	3	2	5
Average	7.7	2.4	9.2	8.1	8.0	8.7

6th lowest temperature of Bulgaria

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.6	17	14	12	22	1
February	11.4	5	10	11	4	11
March	11.2	15	12	7	14	9
April	9.1		16	12	9	2
May	6.0		9	5	4	8
June	5.5		3	7	12	6
July	2.8		3	1	2	2
August	0.9		1	1	0	0
September	3.0		5	2	2	2
October	5.5		1	2	9	7
November	11.1		16	13	9	8
December	14.3		12	6	20	20
Average	7.8	12.3	7.9	6.2	8.1	5.7

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	8.7	9	8	10	8	9
February	9.4	9	11	9	8	11
March	9.0	8	9	10	9	10
April	9.0		9	9	8	10
May	8.2		8	7	9	9
June	7.5		8	7	7	7
July	8.2		9	8	8	8
August	9.3		11	9	8	10
September	9.4		10	9	9	10
October	7.8		8	8	8	7
November	7.4		9	7	6	7
December	7.5		8	7	8	7
Average	8.5	8.6	8.9	8.5	8.2	8.7

7th highest wind speed of Bulgaria

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	302°	206°	296°	281°	312°
February	252°	307°	341°	290°	293°
March	095°	077°	007°	357°	056°
April		343°	320°	144°	094°
May		087°	115°	178°	351°
June		105°	058°	310°	153°
July		099°	104°	072°	107°
August		092°	060°	109°	103°
September		082°	260°	074°	096°
October		174°	056°	042°	165°
November		278°	006°	279°	330°
December		286°	281°	285°	271°

Prevailing wind direction

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