Climate Ufuk Danişmend Polis Heliportu 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Güvercinlik Airport (LTAB) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	72.2	72	68	76
February	91.6	94	90	91
March	88.6	96	85	83
April	97.3		96	99
May	98.9		98	100
June	99.4		99	100
July	99.8		100	100
August	100.0		100	100
September	99.3		100	99
October	99.4		100	99
November	95.8		98	95
December	64.3		65	64
Average	91.7	87.8	92.7	94.6

18th 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	93.4	94	92	94
February	98.5	98	99	98
March	98.7	99	100	96
April	100.0		100	100
May	100.0		100	100
June	99.8		100	100
July	100.0		100	100
August	100.0		100	100
September	99.5		100	99
October	100.0		100	100
November	100.0		100	100
December	91.8		93	90
Average	98.3	97.2	98.9	98.7

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	6.8	8	9	4
February	8.9	12	7	8
March	11.8	14	13	7
April	17.8		16	20
May	21.9		21	23
June	25.8		25	27
July	30.3		32	29
August	33.8		35	33
September	27.1		27	27
October	20.7		23	19
November	16.0		17	16
December	11.3		11	12
Average	16.7	11.2	19.7	19.2

43rd 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	-1	-4	-5
February	-3.9	-1	-4	-2
March	1.2	2	2	-1
April	5.1		5	5
May	9.0		10	9
June	14.4		14	15
July	16.3		17	16
August	18.8		19	19
September	12.0		13	11
October	7.0		8	7
November	3.6		7	1
December	1.4		1	2
Average	4.7	-1.8	7.4	6.7

21st 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	8.4	13	1	12
February	7.8	3	8	12
March	11.3	6	16	12
April	4.8		7	3
May	4.0		5	3
June	3.3		2	4
July	0.8		1	1
August	0.1		0	0
September	2.5		4	1
October	2.3		1	4
November	4.7		7	3
December	8.7		9	9
Average	5.4	6.9	4.7	4.5

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	5.0	6	4	6
February	5.1	4	6	5
March	5.9	5	6	6
April	6.8		7	7
May	5.3		5	6
June	5.6		5	6
July	6.0		6	6
August	5.7		6	6
September	5.2		5	6
October	4.4		4	5
November	4.7		6	4
December	3.8		4	3
Average	5.3	5.2	5.3	5.5

43rd 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	324°	250°	281°
February	255°	267°	257°
March	259°	267°	283°
April		258°	261°
May		271°	310°
June		350°	332°
July		358°	045°
August		049°	348°
September		065°	277°
October		301°	360°
November		242°	253°
December		258°	263°

Prevailing wind direction

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