Climate Çıldır Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Çıldır Airport (LTBD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	69.1	73	54	81	58	80
February	76.2	79	78	67	84	84
March	78.4	92	77	75	63	82
April	87.7		93	82	81	92
May	91.8		76	96	97	98
June	94.0		83	97	100	98
July	99.6		100	100	100	99
August	95.1		89	91	97	98
September	97.3		97	97	99	96
October	87.9		92	89	87	92
November	76.9		81	76	71	71
December	64.7		73	34	83	49
Average	85.6	81.8	83.4	85.3	86.0	87.4

53rd 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	90.8	90	84	92	90	94
February	93.0	93	96	86	98	97
March	94.3	98	92	93	93	97
April	97.6		98	98	98	100
May	98.3		94	100	100	100
June	98.5		96	98	100	100
July	99.9		100	100	100	100
August	99.4		99	99	99	100
September	99.3		99	99	100	99
October	96.3		99	96	97	97
November	94.2		98	94	89	96
December	89.0		94	75	96	89
Average	96.0	94.2	95.8	95.4	96.8	97.4

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	12.9	14	16	11	14	13
February	15.5	18	14	14	17	15
March	17.6	20	18	13	16	19
April	22.7		21	24	23	22
May	28.6		27	29	31	28
June	32.2		31	33	33	31
July	36.1		37	36	37	36
August	35.3		35	34	37	35
September	32.0		33	32	31	34
October	27.1		28	27	26	28
November	20.8		21	21	22	21
December	15.0		17	17	14	16
Average	23.6	17.0	25.0	24.6	24.7	24.9

10th 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	4.3	4	4	3	7	3
February	5.2	4	2	5	6	6
March	6.5	7	6	3	5	9
April	10.3		8	10	10	15
May	15.5		12	14	18	20
June	18.5		18	18	17	18
July	20.6		20	20	22	21
August	20.6		20	21	20	20
September	16.9		17	16	16	19
October	13.1		13	13	12	15
November	9.7		11	9	11	8
December	6.8		8	7	7	8
Average	11.4	4.8	11.6	11.7	12.3	13.3

44th 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	11.9	12	7	15	15	4
February	5.2	1	3	16	2	7
March	7.6	6	12	12	8	6
April	5.3		10	6	4	2
May	2.8		9	2	1	0
June	1.1		3	1	1	1
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.1		0	1	0	0
September	0.2		1	0	1	0
October	1.8		2	1	2	4
November	6.5		13	11	2	2
December	8.7		7	14	11	3
Average	4.1	6.1	5.3	5.5	3.5	2.2

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	7.0	6	6	8	7	7
February	6.7	6	8	6	7	7
March	6.9	6	7	8	7	7
April	6.7		6	8	6	6
May	7.2		7	8	8	6
June	6.6		7	7	6	7
July	7.7		7	8	8	8
August	7.2		8	7	7	7
September	7.2		6	7	7	8
October	6.2		6	6	6	7
November	6.5		7	6	7	7
December	6.1		6	5	6	7
Average	6.8	5.9	6.7	7.3	6.9	7.2

10th 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	070°	083°	078°	096°	088°
February	080°	070°	082°	093°	092°
March	078°	014°	066°	107°	091°
April		135°	261°	288°	255°
May		262°	265°	278°	280°
June		278°	273°	252°	277°
July		010°	042°	243°	259°
August		253°	250°	272°	260°
September		209°	258°	250°	271°
October		040°	076°	050°	020°
November		063°	080°	076°	084°
December		067°	071°	078°	085°

Prevailing wind direction

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