Climate Kihnu Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pärnu Airport (EEPU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2020
January	27.5	36	28		26
February	37.6	33	35		33
March	57.0	43	51	78	59
April	76.9		88	79	52
May	86.8		95	83	86
June	86.4		97	86	78
July	85.9		87	90	73
August	83.5		72	91	84
September	70.9		68	87	57
October	53.8		67	58	57
November	33.0		47	20	43
December	28.7		37	31
Average	61.1	38.1	71.5	77.2	59.4

2nd 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	2020
January	52.5	68	55		50
February	63.8	62	64		67
March	76.0	70	71	86	77
April	88.4		94	89	86
May	93.9		99	89	96
June	93.8		99	92	92
July	96.2		97	98	97
August	93.3		88	96	95
September	88.9		84	98	83
October	77.9		88	81	80
November	64.5		73	59	76
December	59.9		72	46
Average	79.7	67.0	86.0	88.4	81.1

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	2020
January	-1.4	-4	1		4
February	0.4	1	1		3
March	3.5	5	3	4	5
April	10.1		12	9	9
May	16.2		17	14	15
June	21.1		23	21	23
July	21.6		21	22	20
August	22.0		22	24	21
September	16.8		19	14	18
October	10.2		9	12	13
November	4.6		3	4	7
December	0.6		-1	-3
Average	9.6	0.7	10.6	12.5	12.4

2nd 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	2020
January	-4.2	-10	-3		3
February	-4.8	-3	-4		1
March	-2.5	-1	-3	-4	2
April	2.5		2	0	6
May	8.3		3	5	10
June	14.0		10	12	18
July	14.8		12	13	16
August	14.9		14	14	15
September	9.8		11	5	12
October	5.3		3	5	8
November	1.9		-1	1	5
December	-3.8		-5	-9
Average	4.2	-5.4	3.0	4.6	8.6

5th lowest temperature of Estonia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2020
January	31.0	39	30		21
February	25.8	29	35		27
March	14.9	14	23	9	19
April	9.5		6	15	21
May	7.4		3	15	6
June	6.4		4	9	6
July	7.9		10	9	5
August	7.7		15	5	9
September	10.3		9	8	8
October	18.9		22	19	5
November	17.8		36	16	14
December	32.9		51	48
Average	15.0	24.7	16.1	12.2	12.4

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	2020
January	8.3	10	9		10
February	8.2	8	8		11
March	8.3	8	9	8	9
April	8.6		8	10	11
May	8.0		7	10	9
June	7.3		6	8	7
July	7.5		9	7	8
August	6.9		7	7	7
September	7.5		8	6	8
October	8.0		9	9	7
November	6.8		6	8	9
December	6.9		6	6
Average	7.8	8.1	7.7	7.8	8.6

2nd 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	2020
January	178°	194°		227°
February	153°	245°		223°
March	159°	218°	238°	214°
April		071°	251°	267°
May		233°	234°	279°
June		283°	219°	062°
July		229°	240°	230°
August		182°	178°	230°
September		210°	047°	232°
October		262°	220°	189°
November		121°	141°	216°
December		167°	144°

Prevailing wind direction

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