Climate Etimesgut Air Base 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Etimesgut Air Base (LTAD) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	79.8	77	75	87
February	91.0	95	86	92
March	89.3	95	85	88
April	98.0		96	100
May	98.2		97	100
June	98.6		98	99
July	99.7		100	100
August	100.0		100	100
September	98.5		99	98
October	98.8		100	98
November	93.3		93	94
December	66.2		63	71
Average	92.5	89.4	92.3	95.7

11th best VFR conditions of Türkiye

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
January	95.2	98	90	97
February	98.7	98	100	99
March	99.3	99	100	99
April	100.0		100	100
May	99.7		100	100
June	99.7		100	100
July	100.0		100	100
August	100.0		100	100
September	99.2		100	99
October	100.0		100	100
November	99.5		100	99
December	92.4		93	92
Average	98.7	98.4	98.7	99.0

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
January	6.9	8	9	4
February	9.1	13	7	8
March	12.3	15	13	9
April	18.0		16	20
May	22.0		22	23
June	25.8		25	27
July	30.3		32	29
August	34.0		35	33
September	27.3		27	27
October	20.8		23	19
November	16.0		16	16
December	11.3		11	12
Average	16.9	11.4	19.8	19.4

41st highest temperature of Türkiye

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	-4.5	-1	-4	-5
February	-3.5	-1	-4	-2
March	1.1	1	2	0
April	4.9		5	5
May	8.4		9	8
June	13.8		13	14
July	15.6		16	15
August	18.4		19	18
September	11.8		13	11
October	6.6		7	6
November	3.1		6	1
December	1.1		1	2
Average	4.3	-1.6	7.0	6.3

16th lowest temperature of Türkiye

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	8.2	12	1	12
February	8.1	4	8	12
March	10.9	5	16	11
April	4.8		7	3
May	3.9		5	3
June	4.3		5	4
July	0.4		0	1
August	0.2		0	1
September	2.7		5	1
October	2.0		1	4
November	4.8		9	2
December	7.9		9	6
Average	5.3	6.6	5.1	4.1

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
January	4.8	5	3	6
February	4.9	4	6	5
March	5.7	5	6	6
April	6.6		7	7
May	5.2		5	6
June	5.7		5	6
July	6.0		6	6
August	5.6		6	6
September	5.0		5	5
October	4.4		4	5
November	4.4		6	4
December	3.1		3	3
Average	5.2	4.9	5.2	5.4

41st highest wind speed of Türkiye

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022
January	326°	244°	280°
February	252°	273°	261°
March	258°	275°	287°
April		254°	254°
May		279°	313°
June		332°	327°
July		336°	028°
August		046°	339°
September		063°	279°
October		289°	342°
November		235°	254°
December		252°	280°

Prevailing wind direction

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