Tangguantun Air Base

CN-0018 · Tianjin, China

Climate Tangguantun Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tianjin Binhai International Airport (ZBTJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.8 63 73 62 68 44
February 65.7 77 70 83 64 46
March 63.5 70 63 64 43 82
April 76.7 81 81 76 76 87
May 81.5 88 81 92 84 74
June 76.8 82 93 70 59 81
July 64.1 68 70 73 63 61
August 70.5 68 77 78 71 61
September 73.9 80 64 89 60 72
October 65.0 57 67 70 72 62
November 63.2 75 46 63 74
December 71.1 67 90 77 70
Average 69.9 73.5 73.7 74.2 66.6 68.1

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 74.8 77 84 78 76 57
February 76.0 87 81 90 81 56
March 79.6 87 79 81 67 91
April 91.5 94 96 93 95 99
May 94.2 96 93 98 95 90
June 90.9 93 97 91 80 93
July 87.8 90 88 93 88 86
August 90.6 88 94 94 91 81
September 89.7 94 88 98 84 87
October 77.7 69 78 89 80 76
November 76.7 84 65 73 83
December 82.7 77 97 86 86
Average 85.1 87.7 87.0 89.1 83.3 82.5

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 2.9 3 4 3 2 4
February 6.2 6 7 5 9 6
March 14.4 15 17 13 14 15
April 20.8 22 20 22 19 21
May 27.3 28 27 28 26 26
June 31.6 33 34 31 30 32
July 32.0 33 33 32 31 31
August 30.6 32 31 30 30 31
September 27.6 26 28 29 26 27
October 19.7 20 23 19 18 20
November 11.1 10 12 11 12
December 3.4 1 3 6 3
Average 19.4 21.7 19.6 19.3 18.5 18.8

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 -7.0 -7 -7 -7 -9 -6
February -5.9 -4 -3 -6 -3 -3
March 3.7 4 5 3 5 4
April 10.5 12 10 11 10 10
May 16.8 18 17 17 16 16
June 21.7 23 23 22 21 22
July 24.4 25 25 24 24 24
August 23.2 25 24 23 22 23
September 18.6 19 20 18 19 18
October 9.7 10 12 10 9 9
November 1.7 0 3 2 3
December -6.0 -7 -7 -4 -7
Average 9.9 12.4 9.8 9.7 9.3 9.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.8 3 2 4 1 0
February 4.0 3 3 4 4 11
March 2.1 1 1 5 2 3
April 3.2 2 5 1 6 0
May 3.6 4 5 4 3 6
June 4.0 5 3 3 4 0
July 8.3 10 13 9 10 6
August 8.5 12 6 6 5 10
September 4.8 7 6 0 13 9
October 5.4 5 1 7 12 2
November 3.6 3 6 6 5
December 1.6 8 0 1 0
Average 4.4 5.3 4.6 4.0 5.6 4.3

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 6.8 7 7 6 7 5
February 7.3 6 7 8 7 7
March 8.4 8 8 8 8 10
April 9.2 9 9 9 9 10
May 8.8 8 8 8 10 8
June 7.7 7 8 8 8 8
July 7.1 7 8 7 7 6
August 6.5 6 6 7 6 6
September 6.8 6 6 7 7 7
October 6.6 6 6 8 6 7
November 7.1 8 6 7 7
December 7.7 8 8 7 8
Average 7.5 7.2 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.4

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 331° 317° 326° 333° 333°
February 019° 240° 323° 300° 041°
March 221° 263° 012° 253° 283°
April 126° 265° 223° 185° 293°
May 255° 151° 246° 273° 150°
June 167° 214° 111° 094° 156°
July 169° 124° 128° 122° 152°
August 108° 148° 308° 124° 123°
September 057° 196° 222° 043° 355°
October 294° 291° 304° 340° 299°
November 327° 321° 314° 331°
December 337° 317° 313° 322°

Prevailing wind direction

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