Kars Airport

LTCF · Kars, Türkiye

Climate Kars Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kars Airport (LTCF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.6 76 78 73 78 78
February 83.4 96 79 88 85 81
March 79.9 87 80 53 73 85
April 92.3 93 91 98 88
May 98.3 98 98 100 98
June 99.3 99 98 100 100
July 99.4 99 99 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 97.2 100 95 89 100
November 87.8 95 93 86 88
December 70.4 87 37 85 52
Average 90.6 85.8 93.1 88.4 92.1 90.7

45th 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 83.1 86 85 79 91 91
February 90.6 97 88 96 96 89
March 91.8 94 97 81 92 96
April 98.3 97 96 100 99
May 99.5 99 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 99 100 100
July 99.7 100 99 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.9 100 100 100 100
October 98.7 100 98 94 100
November 94.0 98 97 93 96
December 81.1 91 62 91 73
Average 95.1 92.3 96.8 94.0 96.8 96.2

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 -4.4 0 1 -6 -4 -5
February -1.1 3 -4 0 2 -2
March 5.1 6 9 -1 4 8
April 12.4 12 13 16 11
May 17.6 17 15 21 18
June 23.0 21 23 27 23
July 26.6 25 27 27 26
August 27.6 28 30 28 25
September 23.4 22 24 22 25
October 16.2 16 16 13 19
November 8.3 11 10 9 7
December 0.5 5 2 -2 -3
Average 11.8 3.1 13.6 13.1 13.5 12.6

66th 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 -16.9 -9 -14 -17 -15 -16
February -13.5 -8 -16 -10 -9 -12
March -6.7 -6 -1 -10 -7 -3
April -2.8 0 -1 1 -2
May 3.6 3 2 4 3
June 7.2 7 8 8 6
July 10.0 8 9 12 10
August 10.5 11 11 11 8
September 5.9 6 6 6 7
October 0.5 2 1 0 0
November -5.2 -2 -5 -4 -5
December -9.3 -7 -4 -13 -9
Average -2.3 -8.4 -1.8 -1.2 -1.6 -1.0

1st 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 11.5 19 10 15 6 5
February 8.0 2 14 2 7 15
March 13.0 14 15 29 15 9
April 7.7 13 9 2 12
May 5.2 7 7 3 9
June 1.1 2 2 0 1
July 0.3 0 0 1 1
August 0.4 0 0 1 2
September 0.8 2 1 2 0
October 3.3 6 2 6 1
November 5.3 8 2 3 7
December 9.6 8 12 6 11
Average 5.9 12.0 6.6 6.3 3.8 5.4

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 2021 2020
January 4.7 7 4 5 5 4
February 5.8 7 7 5 7 8
March 8.5 8 10 8 9 8
April 9.1 10 8 11 9
May 8.7 9 8 9 10
June 7.2 7 7 10 8
July 8.0 7 9 9 8
August 8.2 7 9 8 7
September 6.7 7 7 7 6
October 6.2 7 6 5 5
November 5.6 9 6 4 5
December 4.6 6 3 5 3
Average 7.1 7.0 7.5 7.1 7.9 6.8

66th 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 225° 296° 343° 213° 240°
February 232° 227° 219° 232° 229°
March 234° 212° 210° 233° 136°
April 221° 220° 223° 234°
May 228° 336° 179° 259°
June 031° 287° 137° 076°
July 038° 053° 046° 046°
August 072° 082° 075° 042°
September 039° 247° 352° 011°
October 245° 227° 011° 313°
November 222° 265° 329° 359°
December 233° 328° 199° 235°

Prevailing wind direction

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