Climate Gorki 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Balbasovo Air Base (UMIO) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	16.7	23	12	16
February	29.4	23	23	44
March	63.7	66	51	77
April	66.3		71	62
May	88.3		96	82
June	85.5		84	87
July	77.7		82	73
August	84.8		79	91
September	68.5		83	55
October	28.5		28	29
November	15.9		17	15
December	8.3		2	19
Average	52.1	38.4	57.7	60.1

2nd best VFR conditions of Belarus

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
January	43.2	47	32	51
February	59.9	46	62	73
March	82.2	78	74	95
April	82.3		81	84
May	95.1		99	92
June	94.5		95	94
July	91.2		92	91
August	95.1		91	99
September	83.8		91	77
October	61.0		66	55
November	45.8		55	37
December	31.5		24	45
Average	70.8	58.0	75.8	78.7

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
January	-3.6	-4	-1	-2
February	0.3	1	-1	1
March	5.0	8	4	4
April	10.8		13	9
May	16.7		18	15
June	23.1		23	24
July	22.5		23	22
August	25.5		25	26
September	17.0		21	14
October	9.9		9	11
November	2.6		3	3
December	-3.9		-1	-4
Average	7.8	1.4	11.3	10.6

6th highest temperature of Belarus

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	-8.9	-10	-5	-6
February	-5.9	-2	-6	-4
March	-3.1	-2	-3	-4
April	2.6		4	2
May	5.1		5	5
June	11.3		10	12
July	12.7		13	13
August	14.4		15	14
September	7.5		9	6
October	3.7		3	5
November	-2.5		-2	-1
December	-6.4		-4	-8
Average	0.5	-5.2	3.3	3.1

2nd lowest temperature of Belarus

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	46.7	43	50	47
February	36.9	36	43	31
March	15.1	7	32	4
April	20.0		14	27
May	6.4		2	11
June	7.1		6	8
July	9.7		10	10
August	4.0		7	2
September	7.1		3	11
October	19.3		21	18
November	42.4		46	39
December	57.9		68	41
Average	22.3	27.6	21.5	17.8

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
January	9.3	9	9	10
February	9.6	9	10	11
March	8.3	8	9	8
April	8.6		8	10
May	7.3		6	8
June	6.6		7	6
July	6.5		7	6
August	6.8		7	7
September	6.8		6	8
October	9.1		11	7
November	8.7		10	8
December	9.3		9	10
Average	8.1	8.4	7.8	8.1

6th highest wind speed of Belarus

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022
January	211°	205°	277°
February	208°	267°	237°
March	170°	261°	337°
April		079°	067°
May		025°	305°
June		041°	324°
July		293°	314°
August		206°	098°
September		210°	329°
October		271°	270°
November		241°	140°
December		228°	163°

Prevailing wind direction

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