Koynare Airstrip

BG-0050 · Pleven, Bulgaria

Climate Koynare Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dolna Mitropoliya Air Base (LBPL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.3 72 42 84 70 72
February 73.6 80 81 86 62 84
March 72.4 58 78 78 74 73
April 87.3 82 88 78 95
May 92.5 82 94 92 93
June 93.5 92 94 98 95
July 97.1 100 100 100 98
August 98.7 100 100 99 99
September 97.1 97 92 98 99
October 85.9 100 100 65 85
November 53.0 86 56 45 46
December 53.0 60 33 60 25
Average 81.1 69.3 85.0 87.2 81.3 83.4

6th 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 76.4 77 71 90 74 85
February 82.1 90 92 91 71 92
March 82.3 70 86 86 86 84
April 94.9 92 97 88 99
May 97.3 89 98 98 99
June 98.2 99 98 99 99
July 99.3 100 100 100 100
August 99.4 100 100 99 100
September 99.3 99 98 100 100
October 92.1 100 100 81 90
November 65.9 86 68 60 66
December 64.2 73 51 68 41
Average 87.7 78.5 91.7 92.4 87.5 90.1

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 6.6 6 9 7 7 8
February 10.4 15 10 12 9 12
March 12.9 15 15 10 11 14
April 19.2 17 21 16 19
May 24.0 19 26 24 23
June 28.2 28 29 28 27
July 31.4 34 33 33 31
August 32.7 33 32 34 33
September 27.3 29 25 26 29
October 21.5 26 21 16 21
November 12.2 13 14 12 10
December 7.0 10 6 7 6
Average 17.1 11.6 20.0 20.1 18.4 19.4

3rd 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 -2.2 -4 1 -2 -1 -3
February -1.8 3 -1 -1 -1 1
March 1.2 4 2 -1 0 2
April 5.0 4 5 3 4
May 9.3 6 9 9 10
June 11.7 10 13 10 13
July 15.7 16 16 18 16
August 16.1 17 16 16 17
September 11.8 12 11 10 13
October 6.9 9 7 5 8
November 2.8 3 3 3 2
December -1.7 0 0 0 1
Average 5.0 1.0 6.5 6.5 5.8 6.9

3rd 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 10.4 12 11 6 14 3
February 8.4 4 4 6 5 9
March 12.1 11 8 9 22 13
April 6.2 4 9 7 5
May 3.9 8 2 6 5
June 3.6 3 4 4 4
July 1.3 0 1 0 2
August 0.5 1 2 0 0
September 2.0 2 5 2 2
October 6.1 0 2 20 6
November 11.4 11 13 9 7
December 10.3 7 9 13 15
Average 6.3 9.1 4.4 5.0 7.8 5.5

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 6.0 6 5 9 6 5
February 6.8 6 9 7 6 8
March 6.2 5 7 6 7 7
April 5.8 6 6 7 6
May 6.0 5 6 7 7
June 4.6 4 5 5 6
July 5.2 5 6 5 5
August 4.6 5 5 5 5
September 5.3 3 6 6 5
October 4.5 5 5 5 5
November 4.2 7 4 5 3
December 5.3 6 3 7 4
Average 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.4

3rd 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 252° 213° 248° 250° 249°
February 254° 267° 268° 282° 257°
March 294° 268° 301° 268° 253°
April 262° 265° 277° 302°
May 085° 276° 271° 268°
June 213° 254° 240° 259°
July 246° 269° 288° 267°
August 221° 260° 266° 308°
September 315° 257° 271° 342°
October 249° 257° 066° 262°
November 259° 272° 264° 067°
December 247° 126° 246° 353°

Prevailing wind direction

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