Climate Kaavi Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kuressaare Airport (EEKE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	33.9	34	28	39	35	40
February	44.4	39	43	42	60	46
March	60.1	47	53	84	56	68
April	79.1	60	86	84	74	86
May	86.6		95	78	79	87
June	88.4		96	88	91	89
July	86.3		87	92	93	82
August	83.5		69	88	75	92
September	78.9		74	96	81	70
October	60.3		54	55	69	67
November	40.8		59	25	56	41
December	33.0		36	20	56	25
Average	68.8	47.2	71.6	74.7	73.4	72.7

3rd best VFR conditions of Estonia

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	63.8	66	56	66	66	76
February	71.0	60	75	79	84	74
March	77.8	68	77	89	76	85
April	90.8	81	92	93	93	97
May	93.2		99	89	90	93
June	94.5		99	93	95	97
July	94.7		95	98	98	93
August	94.2		88	95	91	98
September	93.2		90	99	92	92
October	84.4		87	80	86	89
November	77.5		85	79	81	81
December	69.5		78	62	75	66
Average	85.2	70.1	88.0	88.7	88.1	89.5

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	1.1	-2	2	2	0	6
February	1.2	1	2	3	-1	5
March	3.6	4	4	5	3	5
April	9.0	8	11	8	9	9
May	14.5		15	13	13	13
June	20.3		21	20	23	22
July	21.3		20	21	25	20
August	20.7		21	23	19	21
September	16.1		19	15	14	17
October	11.0		10	12	11	13
November	6.1		4	6	6	9
December	2.3		1	0	0	4
Average	9.8	2.9	10.7	11.0	10.1	11.8

3rd highest temperature of Estonia

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	-3.0	-8	-2	-2	-4	3
February	-4.5	-2	-3	-1	-9	0
March	-2.0	0	-1	-3	-2	-1
April	1.4	2	2	0	1	2
May	5.1		3	5	5	5
June	11.1		10	12	12	12
July	13.2		13	13	15	13
August	13.3		14	15	13	12
September	9.6		12	6	8	11
October	5.7		5	7	7	8
November	2.3		0	2	1	5
December	-2.6		-2	-5	-6	1
Average	3.6	-2.0	4.3	4.4	3.5	5.8

4th lowest temperature of Estonia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	29.2	46	27	32	36	13
February	22.4	22	18	30	21	21
March	16.2	16	19	7	19	15
April	11.4	17	6	8	15	13
May	7.9		4	15	11	8
June	5.9		5	6	2	6
July	7.5		8	10	4	7
August	8.4		12	5	15	6
September	9.8		6	6	2	9
October	17.3		20	11	12	15
November	17.6		22	17	19	16
December	26.6		28	40	34	11
Average	13.7	22.4	11.9	12.2	13.0	10.6

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	9.0	10	10	10	8	10
February	8.9	8	8	10	8	11
March	8.7	8	8	7	9	10
April	8.9	8	9	9	10	9
May	8.0		7	8	8	9
June	7.6		7	7	6	8
July	7.7		8	7	8	9
August	7.8		8	8	9	7
September	8.5		8	8	9	9
October	9.1		9	9	10	10
November	8.5		7	8	8	10
December	9.0		7	7	8	12
Average	8.3	8.3	8.0	8.1	8.4	9.0

3rd highest wind speed of Estonia

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	150°	186°	292°	126°	240°
February	137°	289°	227°	337°	229°
March	135°	228°	284°	255°	236°
April	305°	052°	315°	287°	306°
May		215°	259°	198°	311°
June		336°	215°	237°	078°
July		229°	249°	187°	228°
August		175°	149°	206°	208°
September		215°	060°	006°	231°
October		322°	234°	202°	170°
November		124°	140°	230°	216°
December		152°	030°	356°	170°

Prevailing wind direction

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