Prison Runway Helipad

CN-0343 · Xinjiang, China

Climate Prison Runway Helipad 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kashgar Airport (ZWSH) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 47.5 64 77 38 42 38
February 58.0 62 35 64 65 75
March 62.5 68 67 63 64
April 66.8 69 52 69 77
May 81.8 88 82 91 71
June 95.3 99 98 99 96
July 90.7 99 94 67 97
August 91.4 96 90 94 89
September 90.2 94 94 83 93
October 82.2 100 99 70 73
November 78.2 98 90 88 28
December 32.5 38 42 3 35
Average 74.1 63.0 82.1 77.9 73.8 72.8

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 79.0 75 97 74 91 72
February 80.8 84 55 99 72 85
March 77.7 94 83 80 76
April 80.5 83 75 82 91
May 90.8 95 91 100 83
June 97.6 100 99 100 99
July 95.1 100 99 81 100
August 98.4 100 96 100 95
September 95.3 99 98 92 97
October 91.5 100 100 88 79
November 91.2 100 100 90 68
December 73.9 83 63 32 95
Average 87.6 79.3 92.9 90.5 86.7 87.7

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 0.1 1.7 2.1 -2.3 2.3 0.4
February 6.2 5.7 4.7 6.4 5.5 10.1
March 16.0 15.0 18.8 16.8 15.0
April 22.1 22.1 20.6 24.6 19.8
May 26.9 29.3 25.8 26.6 27.1
June 30.3 30.6 31.8 30.8 30.3
July 32.6 32.7 32.7 34.1 32.7
August 30.0 30.8 30.6 27.1 30.3
September 27.1 26.6 27.8 28.3 29.3
October 19.4 20.8 22.0 19.3 17.8
November 10.5 12.0 13.0 12.3 7.5
December 0.9 -2.7 4.0 -1.9 3.0
Average 16.9 3.6 18.8 19.4 19.6 18.6

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -9.6 -7.0 -6.2 -11.0 -7.2 -9.5
February -3.7 -3.2 -4.9 -1.0 -4.7 1.1
March 6.6 6.0 8.5 7.5 6.0
April 12.3 13.0 10.6 14.8 10.3
May 16.4 18.3 15.5 16.6 17.3
June 19.7 20.6 20.6 20.8 20.0
July 22.2 22.0 23.6 24.1 22.5
August 20.6 21.5 21.6 19.0 20.3
September 17.6 17.6 18.8 18.8 19.1
October 10.2 11.5 12.8 10.5 8.4
November 1.7 4.9 3.9 2.6 -2.7
December -7.4 -8.9 -5.4 -8.7 -7.7
Average 7.7 -5.0 10.0 10.0 10.3 9.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 5.3 0 5 7 0 13
February 3.6 2 9 1 3 2
March 1.3 1 0 5 0
April 2.5 4 3 0 5
May 1.7 0 1 3 1
June 2.0 3 1 3 4
July 1.4 2 1 0 2
August 2.7 2 2 8 3
September 1.5 2 0 2 0
October 0.6 1 1 2 0
November 1.7 4 1 0 0
December 6.0 11 0 0 0
Average 2.3 1.0 3.1 1.4 2.3 2.3

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 3.8 4 4 4 4 4
February 4.8 5 5 4 5 5
March 6.1 7 6 6 6
April 7.2 8 7 7 7
May 8.4 8 8 9 8
June 8.6 8 9 9 9
July 7.6 7 8 7 8
August 7.0 7 8 7 7
September 7.1 7 7 7 7
October 6.1 6 6 6 7
November 5.0 5 5 6 5
December 3.8 4 4 4 4
Average 6.3 4.4 6.5 6.7 6.6 6.5

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 050° 048° 022° 093° 021°
February 059° 067° 130° 078° 063°
March 023° 126° 104° 028°
April 321° 143° 151° 054°
May 074° 203° 311° 115°
June 285° 226° 312° 280°
July 114° 112° 125° 241°
August 109° 158° 131° 115°
September 082° 100° 136° 104°
October 239° 098° 119° 060°
November 052° 008° 052° 066°
December 070° 077° 144° 212°

Prevailing wind direction

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