Climate Polotsk Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Vitebsk Vostochny Airport (UMII) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	14.7	26	9	12	11	14
February	31.3	27	22	36	36	38
March	55.9	69	49	77	47	55
April	69.3		75	72	56	74
May	79.3		94	77	75	71
June	80.6		80	82	90	71
July	67.9		74	65	92	78
August	75.1		70	90	68	78
September	61.0		79	49	50	62
October	37.5		29	28	59	36
November	15.3		14	14	22	10
December	11.4		3	23	16	18
Average	52.9	42.7	53.0	58.4	56.2	54.4

3rd 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	2021	2020
January	36.3	43	29	36	29	47
February	54.0	46	43	59	58	65
March	75.8	74	73	96	69	73
April	87.9		82	86	83	91
May	92.1		98	92	90	87
June	94.3		94	93	96	90
July	87.6		89	88	97	95
August	89.9		86	99	87	93
September	80.9		89	75	67	83
October	65.7		61	48	86	64
November	41.3		45	37	52	42
December	31.9		16	44	40	35
Average	71.7	55.7	70.0	76.7	75.0	75.4

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	-4.8	-6	-2	-2	-4	2
February	-2.5	1	-2	0	-6	3
March	4.2	7	4	4	3	6
April	10.9		13	9	10	10
May	17.1		18	15	16	15
June	22.7		22	23	25	24
July	22.5		22	22	28	21
August	22.9		25	26	22	22
September	16.4		20	13	13	19
October	10.2		8	10	10	12
November	2.7		2	2	4	4
December	-2.6		-2	-4	-4	-1
Average	9.2	0.6	10.5	10.4	9.8	11.3

7th 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	2021	2020
January	-6.3	-9	-4	-5	-6	0
February	-6.9	-2	-5	-3	-10	-1
March	-3.9	0	-1	-5	-3	0
April	3.6		6	2	3	3
May	9.6		10	6	9	8
June	15.0		15	13	18	17
July	15.2		16	13	19	15
August	15.1		17	15	15	15
September	9.3		12	6	7	11
October	4.9		5	5	4	8
November	0.2		0	-1	1	2
December	-4.6		-3	-7	-6	-3
Average	3.7	-4.1	5.5	3.4	4.2	6.1

3rd lowest temperature of Belarus

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	54.4	52	60	65	56	46
February	52.0	59	61	59	41	56
March	30.1	18	43	14	42	29
April	32.2		22	36	31	48
May	25.9		9	39	29	35
June	19.6		20	21	7	20
July	29.5		28	26	5	33
August	17.2		14	10	19	22
September	28.7		7	36	36	27
October	36.0		44	34	23	31
November	43.9		62	52	45	40
December	55.7		78	61	59	32
Average	34.3	41.6	35.2	34.0	30.0	34.0

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	8.1	8	9	9	8	9
February	9.0	9	9	10	8	10
March	8.4	7	9	8	8	9
April	9.3		8	10	9	11
May	8.3		7	8	10	10
June	7.5		8	6	7	8
July	7.3		8	6	7	8
August	6.8		7	6	8	7
September	7.6		6	7	8	8
October	8.2		10	7	8	8
November	8.0		8	7	9	8
December	8.1		8	10	8	9
Average	8.0	7.8	7.9	7.5	8.2	8.6

7th 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	2021	2020
January	206°	185°	248°	149°	237°
February	198°	239°	219°	303°	228°
March	166°	230°	318°	252°	253°
April		067°	034°	231°	271°
May		003°	280°	205°	316°
June		016°	299°	042°	091°
July		277°	294°	188°	257°
August		197°	081°	214°	292°
September		216°	318°	310°	232°
October		259°	243°	212°	166°
November		229°	110°	218°	220°
December		216°	146°	234°	161°

Prevailing wind direction

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