Climate Câmpia Turzii Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Câmpia Turzii Air Base (LRCT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	48.0	75		61	54	29
February	70.4	85		91	58	79
March	84.3	86		93	78	78
April	93.2			92	88	98
May	88.2			98	92	79
June	91.6			98	98	77
July	93.0			97	95	85
August	94.1			96	91	95
September	88.7			77	90	89
October	77.2			68	87	63
November	49.3			38	56	24
December	44.7		35	63	48	36
Average	75.2	82.6	34.6	85.2	81.8	73.3

16th best VFR conditions of Romania

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	62.9	90		83	65	47
February	81.8	91		95	68	90
March	90.6	97		95	84	86
April	96.6			95	94	99
May	95.0			99	95	92
June	96.8			99	99	91
July	96.4			98	98	90
August	97.6			98	96	99
September	94.1			86	96	92
October	83.4			73	90	71
November	60.6			58	62	40
December	59.2		39	63	67	54
Average	82.0	93.0	38.4	90.4	87.6	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	1.2	4		2	2	0
February	6.6	12		8	6	8
March	11.3	14		10	9	12
April	16.9			15	13	18
May	21.0			22	20	20
June	26.1			27	26	25
July	27.0			29	29	25
August	28.4			29	26	28
September	22.3			19	21	25
October	16.9			17	15	16
November	8.9			9	9	6
December	3.6		2	5	4	6
Average	13.5	9.8	2.3	16.8	14.9	15.6

12th highest temperature of Romania

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	-6.7	-6		-5	-4	-6
February	-2.0	0		-3	-2	-3
March	-1.7	3		-4	-3	1
April	3.5			2	2	1
May	9.2			9	8	8
June	13.5			13	13	13
July	14.3			14	16	14
August	14.4			15	13	14
September	9.5			10	8	11
October	4.3			5	2	7
November	1.4			2	-1	1
December	-2.5		-2	-1	-1	1
Average	3.5	-2.9	-3.7	5.2	4.3	5.2

4th lowest temperature of Romania

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.1	3		15	19	1
February	9.6	3		4	8	12
March	9.6	12		5	12	14
April	6.8			11	10	3
May	8.1			7	10	8
June	5.6			1	3	11
July	5.1			4	5	7
August	3.3			2	5	6
September	7.4			14	8	7
October	5.7			2	2	11
November	10.0			9	4	8
December	13.9		5	0	19	14
Average	7.2	6.4	5.1	6.1	7.8	8.3

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	4.7	6		6	5	4
February	5.5	5		6	6	7
March	6.3	6		6	7	6
April	6.1			6	6	6
May	6.1			5	7	8
June	5.5			6	6	6
July	5.6			7	6	5
August	4.8			5	5	5
September	5.1			6	5	5
October	4.3			4	4	4
November	3.5			3	4	3
December	4.7		5	2	6	4
Average	5.2	5.4	4.5	5.5	5.5	5.4

12th highest wind speed of Romania

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	303°		310°	293°	170°
February	207°		266°	309°	269°
March	008°		337°	332°	351°
April			292°	314°	332°
May			335°	274°	314°
June			349°	328°	184°
July			333°	324°	324°
August			350°	349°	117°
September			233°	358°	152°
October			342°	101°	183°
November			353°	130°	104°
December		279°	098°	305°	131°

Prevailing wind direction

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