Climate Kahramanmaraş Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kahramanmaraş Airport (LTCN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	68.3	54	64	59	89	80
February	81.0	85	84	79	95	76
March	88.5	98	70	90	97	89
April	96.6		93	100	99	99
May	98.8		99	100	100	100
June	99.8		99	100	100	100
July	100.0		100	100	100	100
August	99.9		100	100	100	100
September	99.9		100	100	100	100
October	96.3		97	100	98	100
November	86.5		90	88	78	98
December	68.8		83	62	80	91
Average	90.3	79.8	90.9	92.0	95.5	95.1

32nd 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	88.4	86	88	76	97	92
February	91.4	95	88	88	99	89
March	97.6	100	96	96	99	98
April	99.2		99	100	100	100
May	99.8		100	100	100	100
June	100.0		100	100	100	100
July	100.0		100	100	100	100
August	100.0		100	100	100	100
September	100.0		100	100	100	100
October	98.6		100	100	99	100
November	95.0		95	96	92	100
December	87.3		95	80	93	96
Average	96.6	93.7	97.2	95.8	98.5	98.2

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	9.9	11	12	7	12	10
February	12.8	14	11	14	15	10
March	16.1	17	17	12	15	17
April	21.8		20	25	22	21
May	27.5		26	26	31	28
June	32.2		32	33	32	32
July	36.7		38	37	37	38
August	36.8		39	37	37	37
September	33.9		34	33	32	36
October	27.2		27	27	26	30
November	18.7		20	19	20	18
December	13.0		15	15	12	13
Average	22.7	14.1	24.3	23.9	24.1	24.1

15th 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	1.6	4	1	1	1	2
February	2.2	4	-1	3	2	1
March	5.2	5	7	2	4	6
April	8.6		8	10	9	8
May	13.0		12	12	14	13
June	18.6		18	19	19	18
July	21.7		21	21	23	22
August	22.2		23	23	22	20
September	18.7		19	18	18	21
October	13.0		13	13	12	14
November	7.5		9	9	8	7
December	4.2		5	6	3	3
Average	10.5	4.4	11.3	11.5	11.0	11.2

41st 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	17.6	25	12	21	15	16
February	8.5	6	5	8	4	16
March	12.2	7	16	16	13	16
April	6.1		12	2	6	7
May	2.8		3	5	0	2
June	0.2		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.1		0	0	1	0
October	2.1		1	1	2	0
November	7.3		5	9	6	7
December	13.7		10	3	12	7
Average	6.1	12.2	5.0	4.9	4.3	5.1

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	4.8	4	3	6	4	6
February	5.0	4	5	5	5	6
March	6.4	6	7	6	7	7
April	6.4		6	8	7	6
May	7.6		7	8	9	8
June	11.6		12	11	12	12
July	11.3		12	10	11	10
August	10.4		10	11	8	11
September	7.7		8	8	9	7
October	5.0		5	5	5	5
November	3.7		5	4	3	4
December	3.8		4	3	4	3
Average	7.0	4.6	7.2	7.5	7.3	7.4

15th 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	314°	203°	052°	126°	309°
February	182°	308°	258°	275°	328°
March	245°	266°	298°	263°	195°
April		257°	277°	272°	276°
May		269°	288°	291°	289°
June		281°	293°	286°	285°
July		292°	293°	293°	286°
August		280°	278°	280°	294°
September		276°	272°	283°	281°
October		256°	264°	281°	298°
November		199°	182°	239°	171°
December		132°	152°	195°	241°

Prevailing wind direction

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