Balıkesir Merkez Airport

LTBF · Balıkesir, Türkiye

Climate Balıkesir Merkez Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Balıkesir Merkez Airport (LTBF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.5 82 55 81 78 77
February 76.7 75 76 81 60 84
March 82.1 78 82 80 88 85
April 91.4 97 88 96 89 95
May 95.2 89 100 97 97
June 98.6 98 100 99 99
July 99.3 100 100 99 98
August 98.9 98 98 99 99
September 98.8 98 99 100 100
October 87.9 90 95 93 90
November 76.0 84 83 74 77
December 69.9 63 73 88 71
Average 88.1 83.8 86.6 92.0 90.2 90.6

33rd 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 82.1 91 73 90 85 84
February 86.9 85 87 87 72 91
March 91.7 88 95 92 95 91
April 96.3 100 93 98 96 98
May 98.9 100 100 100 98
June 99.5 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 92.9 94 97 95 94
November 85.3 91 90 87 83
December 79.3 70 81 94 86
Average 93.5 91.3 93.1 95.7 94.7 94.4

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 9.6 11 11 9 12 9
February 12.3 15 11 12 12 13
March 14.8 17 15 9 12 15
April 20.1 23 18 21 19 19
May 24.8 22 26 26 26
June 29.3 28 29 28 29
July 32.0 34 31 33 31
August 32.2 33 32 34 32
September 29.1 30 30 27 30
October 23.4 25 23 21 27
November 17.8 19 19 18 16
December 12.4 13 15 13 14
Average 20.8 16.4 21.7 21.4 21.2 21.7

24th 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 0.8 2 3 -1 2 0
February 1.6 2 -1 1 1 1
March 3.0 3 4 -1 2 4
April 6.2 9 6 6 6 5
May 10.9 11 10 11 10
June 15.7 15 17 14 15
July 18.1 18 17 19 19
August 19.2 20 20 19 18
September 14.6 16 13 14 17
October 9.8 11 10 9 10
November 6.1 8 7 6 4
December 3.9 4 8 4 5
Average 8.5 4.1 9.6 8.9 8.8 8.9

28th 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 18.8 18 11 15 18 13
February 12.5 5 14 17 14 12
March 10.9 9 10 21 19 7
April 6.6 3 13 7 11 11
May 3.9 5 1 2 7
June 2.7 3 4 4 2
July 0.3 0 1 0 0
August 0.1 0 1 0 0
September 0.9 2 1 1 0
October 2.5 4 1 4 3
November 9.2 20 8 7 6
December 12.8 11 10 15 8
Average 6.5 8.5 7.0 6.3 7.0 5.3

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 5.7 7 5 6 5 7
February 6.5 5 7 6 7 7
March 6.4 4 7 8 7 7
April 5.8 7 5 6 6 8
May 5.5 6 7 6 5
June 6.9 8 10 6 5
July 10.1 9 13 10 12
August 10.7 10 9 9 10
September 8.9 10 7 11 10
October 6.0 5 9 8 4
November 5.1 5 5 6 8
December 5.0 4 6 6 5
Average 6.9 5.8 6.7 7.8 7.2 7.5

24th 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 016° 145° 018° 199° 012°
February 343° 352° 010° 012° 355°
March 354° 348° 013° 008° 010°
April 005° 334° 324° 348° 010°
May 007° 007° 342° 360°
June 009° 006° 016° 355°
July 014° 013° 018° 016°
August 010° 010° 020° 016°
September 015° 360° 015° 016°
October 008° 012° 014° 317°
November 213° 010° 355° 017°
December 006° 010° 207° 202°

Prevailing wind direction

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