Vilkaviškis Airfield

LT-0008 · Marijampolė County, Lithuania

Climate Vilkaviškis Airfield 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kaunas International Airport (EYKA) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 27.1 29 20 47 24
February 41.7 34 28 51 52
March 68.2 70 75 87 59
April 79.9 63 78 84 77
May 89.2 96 94 84 80
June 89.0 88 89 87 95
July 87.3 82 95 85 97
August 87.3 89 86 94 77
September 81.1 90 94 72 70
October 59.4 58 64 61 72
November 27.4 28 43 18 29
December 23.4 23 18 20 33
Average 70.2 68.9 72.3 73.0 69.6

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
January 56.1 67 50 71 54
February 71.7 66 66 82 77
March 86.9 94 89 98 76
April 92.4 84 89 93 95
May 95.4 98 97 93 90
June 95.9 97 95 95 98
July 95.1 95 99 93 100
August 93.7 96 95 98 89
September 92.1 95 97 85 91
October 81.6 83 80 81 84
November 58.7 59 76 54 62
December 51.5 50 58 38 53
Average 85.0 85.7 86.3 86.4 84.5

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
January 0.1 -2.3 2.2 1.9 -2.1
February 1.8 5.0 2.0 4.0 -2.1
March 6.3 8.4 6.7 6.7 5.2
April 12.5 13.0 13.1 10.3 10.8
May 18.3 21.6 18.6 16.1 15.9
June 23.6 23.3 23.0 22.8 25.1
July 23.7 25.1 23.3 22.3 28.3
August 23.9 24.8 25.5 26.5 20.6
September 19.0 22.8 23.0 15.1 15.6
October 12.2 12.0 11.5 13.4 12.1
November 5.4 5.4 4.0 4.2 5.9
December 1.6 3.3 1.9 -3.0 -1.0
Average 12.5 13.6 12.9 12.2 11.3

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -4.0 -7.2 -1.0 -3.2 -6.7
February -4.6 0.4 -3.0 -2.9 -10.4
March -2.2 0.7 -2.8 -5.7 -3.6
April 2.3 4.5 3.2 1.1 1.6
May 6.3 8.1 4.5 5.0 6.2
June 11.8 11.4 10.6 12.0 12.8
July 13.5 14.6 12.0 13.3 16.5
August 12.9 13.9 15.0 14.0 11.9
September 8.8 11.3 10.8 6.0 6.7
October 5.2 5.2 4.7 6.5 4.2
November 1.5 1.5 -1.7 0.9 1.5
December -2.1 0.3 -2.6 -7.5 -6.0
Average 4.3 5.4 4.5 4.0 3.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 28.6 36 32 26 42
February 22.5 25 27 29 15
March 11.0 4 15 2 18
April 10.9 16 13 14 15
May 7.9 6 3 10 17
June 5.4 4 5 7 3
July 6.8 6 5 10 2
August 6.1 2 5 2 15
September 6.7 2 2 10 9
October 12.3 6 14 5 6
November 16.4 18 20 24 18
December 25.2 13 32 28 29
Average 11.4 9.6 11.7 11.6 13.7

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
January 7.3 7 7 8 6
February 7.7 7 7 10 6
March 7.4 7 8 6 7
April 7.8 8 7 8 8
May 6.4 5 5 7 7
June 5.7 5 5 5 5
July 6.0 6 6 6 6
August 5.3 5 6 5 6
September 6.3 5 6 6 7
October 7.3 6 9 6 8
November 6.9 8 7 5 8
December 7.1 8 7 6 6
Average 6.6 6.2 6.4 6.3 6.6

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 207° 197° 258° 152°
February 203° 266° 235° 259°
March 154° 236° 306° 244°
April 251° 049° 322° 268°
May 114° 033° 260° 220°
June 247° 339° 236° 316°
July 255° 258° 266° 160°
August 256° 207° 109° 243°
September 130° 195° 262° 275°
October 217° 243° 236° 185°
November 235° 209° 164° 222°
December 228° 233° 165° 227°

Prevailing wind direction

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