Climate Erzincan Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Erzincan Airport (LTCD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	80.0	80	88	54	79	90
February	88.7	95	86	93	88	77
March	93.7	98	97	79	95	94
April	97.9		96	100	99	100
May	98.8		100	100	100	100
June	99.2		100	100	100	99
July	99.7		100	100	100	100
August	99.5		99	100	98	100
September	99.7		100	100	99	100
October	95.9		96	97	95	99
November	88.0		95	93	76	93
December	78.5		81	65	83	83
Average	93.8	91.2	95.4	91.9	93.7	95.4

35th 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	88.8	88	96	68	90	96
February	94.2	97	93	96	93	83
March	98.1	100	100	94	99	97
April	99.4		99	100	100	100
May	99.2		100	100	100	100
June	99.4		100	100	100	99
July	99.9		100	100	100	100
August	99.6		100	100	98	100
September	99.9		100	100	100	100
October	98.1		97	98	99	99
November	93.8		96	96	84	98
December	88.9		87	75	94	92
Average	96.8	95.2	97.6	95.3	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	3.8	5	8	-1	5	5
February	6.4	10	2	6	8	4
March	11.4	12	13	6	10	14
April	17.8		16	20	20	17
May	22.6		21	20	27	22
June	28.1		26	28	29	28
July	32.4		31	32	33	33
August	33.4		35	35	32	32
September	29.1		29	29	26	32
October	21.3		21	21	20	24
November	13.0		14	14	13	12
December	7.3		9	9	6	7
Average	17.7	8.8	18.6	18.5	19.1	19.2

49th 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	-7.4	-4	-8	-9	-7	-7
February	-6.8	-3	-9	-4	-5	-6
March	-1.7	-1	3	-4	-2	2
April	3.8		4	4	6	4
May	7.6		7	6	8	8
June	11.6		10	11	12	11
July	14.2		12	13	16	15
August	14.3		14	15	15	13
September	9.6		9	9	9	11
October	4.7		5	5	3	5
November	-1.3		2	0	0	-1
December	-4.7		-2	-2	-4	-6
Average	3.3	-3.5	3.9	3.7	4.1	4.1

5th 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	9.9	15	1	21	11	7
February	6.6	6	12	7	1	15
March	10.9	8	18	18	6	11
April	6.3		16	4	4	4
May	5.0		6	9	0	7
June	1.4		3	3	0	1
July	0.2		1	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	1	0
September	0.5		0	1	1	0
October	2.5		3	5	3	0
November	6.2		9	2	7	5
December	8.7		12	2	13	3
Average	5.1	9.3	6.4	5.7	3.4	4.0

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	3.7	2	2	5	4	5
February	4.3	3	4	5	5	5
March	6.0	4	6	6	7	7
April	5.8		6	6	8	6
May	5.5		5	6	7	7
June	4.8		4	5	6	5
July	4.9		4	5	7	5
August	4.1		3	3	5	5
September	3.6		3	4	5	4
October	3.3		3	4	4	3
November	3.2		5	3	3	4
December	3.9		3	1	5	3
Average	4.4	3.2	4.1	4.5	5.6	5.0

49th 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	221°	167°	237°	109°	169°
February	131°	244°	106°	220°	247°
March	238°	121°	246°	226°	106°
April		170°	198°	172°	245°
May		256°	262°	246°	249°
June		251°	245°	229°	205°
July		291°	293°	281°	178°
August		282°	196°	251°	293°
September		266°	250°	270°	231°
October		250°	225°	267°	173°
November		136°	148°	180°	146°
December		201°	154°	119°	137°

Prevailing wind direction

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