Climate Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport (LTAR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	58.3	43	69	46	78	49
February	68.0	65	50	51	89	51
March	68.4	49	60	47	67	72
April	82.1		55	92	86	79
May	90.6		81	79	96	95
June	93.3		78	92	98	98
July	95.0		92	88	97	99
August	96.3		100	98	92	97
September	96.3		97	96	93	97
October	90.6		85	93	89	100
November	80.4		69	74	80	87
December	61.1		63	39	67	69
Average	79.9	52.3	75.8	77.5	87.2	84.3

59th 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	2021	2020
January	78.4	76	86	73	91	74
February	81.5	91	63	75	92	68
March	88.0	81	91	76	90	87
April	95.4		95	96	96	93
May	98.3		97	97	99	100
June	98.1		97	97	100	99
July	99.1		99	99	99	100
August	98.9		100	99	98	100
September	98.8		100	100	98	99
October	96.8		96	98	98	100
November	93.2		96	91	93	95
December	81.3		87	67	83	84
Average	91.9	82.6	92.9	90.6	95.3	92.1

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	2021	2020
January	-1.4	2	4	-4	2	-2
February	0.8	6	-2	0	1	-2
March	5.6	7	7	-1	4	7
April	12.6		11	15	13	11
May	16.9		16	15	19	18
June	21.0		20	21	20	21
July	24.2		24	22	25	26
August	26.0		29	28	25	24
September	22.3		23	22	19	26
October	16.4		17	15	14	20
November	9.3		10	9	10	8
December	3.5		6	6	1	3
Average	12.1	4.6	13.7	12.5	12.9	13.3

67th 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	2021	2020
January	-8.2	-5	-6	-10	-7	-9
February	-8.5	-4	-12	-7	-8	-9
March	-4.6	-3	-1	-9	-6	-2
April	1.5		2	2	2	4
May	5.6		4	3	5	12
June	8.5		8	9	8	8
July	9.9		9	8	11	11
August	10.7		12	12	11	8
September	7.6		7	8	5	10
October	3.4		4	3	1	5
November	-1.1		1	0	0	-3
December	-4.5		-2	0	-6	-4
Average	1.3	-4.0	2.1	1.7	1.4	2.4

4th lowest temperature of Türkiye

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	23.1	30	12	37	10	28
February	15.5	11	32	13	6	26
March	20.0	23	24	34	21	20
April	11.2		18	8	9	18
May	6.8		6	8	4	12
June	3.3		3	9	3	2
July	0.5		3	0	0	0
August	0.2		1	0	1	0
September	1.5		0	2	3	0
October	3.0		4	2	2	2
November	8.7		10	12	10	4
December	17.3		15	15	22	13
Average	10.0	21.3	9.8	10.7	6.8	9.0

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	9.7	8	7	11	11	9
February	8.6	8	8	9	8	9
March	9.6	8	10	10	9	10
April	9.9		10	11	11	9
May	9.1		8	9	10	11
June	7.9		8	8	9	9
July	9.7		10	11	11	10
August	9.0		9	8	9	10
September	7.9		8	8	8	8
October	7.3		7	7	8	8
November	7.7		11	8	8	7
December	8.1		9	7	10	8
Average	8.7	7.9	8.7	9.0	9.3	9.0

67th 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	2021	2020
January	196°	157°	155°	160°	083°
February	192°	216°	149°	178°	145°
March	231°	181°	328°	215°	121°
April		207°	226°	249°	303°
May		198°	333°	292°	230°
June		341°	336°	315°	329°
July		348°	357°	342°	354°
August		346°	342°	342°	347°
September		348°	295°	330°	327°
October		257°	335°	308°	193°
November		195°	163°	177°	050°
December		177°	167°	144°	136°

Prevailing wind direction

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