Climate Eskişehir Air Base 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Eskişehir Air Base (LTBI) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	72.6	72	70	75
February	81.5	92	69	84
March	76.2	89	62	83
April	89.7	99	75	96
May	89.8		81	98
June	90.9		86	96
July	98.1		97	100
August	99.6		100	100
September	98.1		97	99
October	94.5		97	92
November	90.0		90	90
December	66.8		67	66
Average	88.1	88.7	83.3	92.2

30th 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	89.3	93	83	92
February	96.4	100	95	94
March	97.3	99	95	99
April	99.4	100	99	99
May	99.1		99	100
June	99.4		99	100
July	100.0		100	100
August	99.7		100	100
September	99.1		99	100
October	98.1		99	98
November	94.5		98	93
December	83.2		86	79
Average	97.2	98.2	96.5	97.0

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	5.9	7	8	3
February	8.8	12	7	8
March	11.8	15	12	7
April	18.9	22	15	20
May	21.0		20	23
June	24.6		24	25
July	29.6		31	29
August	31.8		34	30
September	26.6		27	26
October	20.2		22	18
November	15.6		16	15
December	10.4		10	11
Average	17.1	13.9	18.8	18.6

48th 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	-4.8	-2	-2	-6
February	-3.5	-1	-4	-2
March	0.2	1	1	-3
April	4.8	7	4	4
May	7.7		8	8
June	12.8		12	14
July	13.2		13	13
August	15.7		16	16
September	10.0		11	9
October	5.3		6	5
November	3.3		6	2
December	1.1		1	2
Average	4.2	1.3	6.0	5.5

12th 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	11.5	15	4	15
February	8.6	0	13	12
March	11.1	4	18	9
April	4.0	1	7	4
May	3.9		6	2
June	2.7		2	3
July	0.1		0	0
August	0.7		0	1
September	0.8		1	1
October	3.9		1	8
November	4.6		7	3
December	5.9		8	3
Average	4.8	4.8	5.3	4.4

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	5.9	6	6	7
February	5.4	5	5	6
March	5.9	6	6	6
April	6.4	6	7	6
May	5.5		5	6
June	5.9		5	6
July	5.1		5	5
August	4.9		5	5
September	4.3		4	5
October	3.8		4	4
November	5.1		6	5
December	4.9		5	5
Average	5.4	5.5	5.3	5.4

48th 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°	075°	342°
February	311°	297°	073°
March	305°	277°	318°
April	289°	276°	285°
May		287°	318°
June		295°	309°
July		303°	324°
August		331°	312°
September		319°	300°
October		332°	344°
November		141°	051°
December		065°	068°

Prevailing wind direction

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