Craiova Airport

LRCV · Dolj, Romania

Climate Craiova Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Craiova Airport (LRCV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 59.0 72 44 79 64 68
February 71.4 87 79 91 62 92
March 77.2 70 86 82 78 76
April 89.1 86 88 83 99
May 93.3 95 95 94 96
June 93.6 91 99 96 91
July 96.0 98 98 99 94
August 97.9 99 97 98 98
September 97.1 96 91 100 99
October 86.6 100 99 76 84
November 55.8 81 65 78 42
December 45.6 63 29 52 16
Average 82.2 76.0 86.8 88.2 84.1 83.0

7th 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 72.3 77 63 86 73 83
February 83.1 95 91 94 70 99
March 88.5 88 93 91 89 88
April 96.1 96 98 95 100
May 97.5 99 98 97 100
June 97.7 98 99 98 97
July 98.5 100 99 100 98
August 99.4 100 99 99 100
September 99.1 100 98 100 99
October 93.5 100 99 93 91
November 72.1 92 85 85 64
December 56.5 78 37 59 33
Average 89.6 86.8 93.7 93.4 90.3 90.0

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 4.5 5 8 7 5 7
February 8.6 13 8 10 8 11
March 12.6 14 13 10 10 13
April 17.2 16 17 14 19
May 22.3 21 24 22 22
June 27.4 26 29 27 26
July 30.2 32 32 32 29
August 31.4 32 31 32 31
September 25.8 28 23 25 28
October 19.5 23 20 15 19
November 10.8 12 13 12 9
December 6.0 9 4 6 5
Average 17.1 10.8 18.9 18.7 17.3 18.1

3rd 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 -4.8 -3 1 -3 -1 -4
February -1.3 3 -2 -1 -1 0
March 1.9 4 2 -2 0 2
April 5.6 5 5 4 4
May 11.0 11 11 10 10
June 15.4 14 16 15 15
July 16.7 16 17 18 16
August 17.4 19 18 17 18
September 12.5 15 12 12 14
October 7.3 8 8 6 9
November 3.8 3 5 4 2
December -1.6 1 1 0 1
Average 6.5 1.5 7.7 7.4 6.9 7.2

11th 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 13.6 10 21 8 21 3
February 10.1 5 6 10 5 8
March 11.3 9 8 9 20 15
April 7.1 10 9 7 2
May 4.9 8 1 4 6
June 4.4 9 1 5 6
July 2.8 0 2 0 6
August 1.1 1 2 1 1
September 1.9 2 4 1 1
October 5.5 0 1 15 6
November 11.1 16 10 4 2
December 11.3 7 16 15 18
Average 6.8 8.1 6.9 5.1 7.3 5.8

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 7.1 6 7 8 8 6
February 7.5 8 9 7 6 8
March 7.5 8 8 7 7 8
April 8.0 8 8 8 8
May 7.6 8 7 8 9
June 6.0 6 7 5 7
July 6.5 6 7 7 6
August 6.5 8 6 7 7
September 7.2 7 7 7 8
October 6.4 6 6 8 7
November 6.7 9 7 7 4
December 6.5 7 7 7 6
Average 7.0 7.4 7.3 7.0 7.1 7.0

3rd 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 280° 068° 270° 290° 272°
February 272° 273° 297° 270° 283°
March 103° 280° 077° 278° 095°
April 333° 259° 271° 109°
May 070° 055° 293° 298°
June 035° 056° 356° 270°
July 305° 278° 066° 019°
August 075° 349° 245° 082°
September 071° 280° 020° 106°
October 306° 315° 071° 264°
November 293° 070° 063° 102°
December 286° 078° 286° 071°

Prevailing wind direction

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