Climate Ragana Airstrip 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lielvarde Air Base (EVGA) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	29.5	35	21	32
February	33.6	28	36	37
March	67.4	63	52	88
April	78.2		78	78
May	90.1		97	83
June	92.1		97	90	87
July	88.6		83	88	95
August	81.5		79	92	74
September	79.4		83	75	80
October	53.6		41	56	64
November	30.6		42	24	26
December	23.9		20	16	33
Average	64.0	44.4	68.9	71.9	70.8

4th best VFR conditions of Latvia

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
January	60.0	61	58	61
February	60.8	56	56	71
March	88.3	91	78	97
April	94.3		93	96
May	94.9		99	90
June	96.7		99	96	94
July	94.9		93	94	98
August	90.5		88	94	90
September	91.2		91	88	94
October	79.4		80	77	80
November	57.6		70	54	49
December	46.1		52	26	53
Average	81.3	71.8	84.4	85.2	83.9

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
January	-1.6	-3	1	1
February	1.9	2	1	2
March	6.2	8	5	6
April	11.2		13	10
May	16.5		18	15
June	23.6		23	23	28
July	23.7		22	23	27
August	22.9		24	26	20
September	16.6		21	14	15
October	11.2		10	13	12
November	4.0		3	4	5
December	-2.4		0	-3	-2
Average	9.8	2.3	11.6	11.5	13.8

4th highest temperature of Latvia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	-6.9	-9	-3	-4
February	-3.7	-1	-4	-2
March	-2.2	1	-2	-4
April	1.7		3	0
May	4.2		4	5
June	12.0		10	12	17
July	13.4		12	13	16
August	13.4		14	14	12
September	7.7		11	6	7
October	4.6		4	6	5
November	0.3		0	1	1
December	-7.8		-3	-8	-8
Average	2.6	-3.0	3.8	3.4	6.1

2nd lowest temperature of Latvia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	30.9	40	26	27
February	34.9	40	30	35
March	12.3	9	25	4
April	12.4		12	13
May	7.8		3	13
June	5.6		4	9	2
July	7.8		13	7	4
August	11.9		12	7	17
September	6.7		4	9	8
October	17.1		26	15	11
November	30.6		38	23	31
December	40.8		45	31	43
Average	17.5	26.8	15.9	13.2	14.0

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
January	8.8	8	9	9
February	8.1	7	8	10
March	7.4	8	8	6
April	8.0		7	9
May	6.4		6	7
June	5.6		6	6	6
July	6.1		6	6	6
August	6.1		6	5	7
September	6.7		6	6	8
October	8.5		9	8	9
November	6.6		6	6	8
December	6.3		6	6	7
Average	7.1	7.7	6.8	6.8	7.0

4th highest wind speed of Latvia

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	172°	179°	262°
February	156°	263°	210°
March	157°	223°	304°
April		063°	340°
May		285°	258°
June		001°	245°	212°
July		240°	253°	144°
August		175°	122°	200°
September		191°	076°	325°
October		218°	226°	191°
November		182°	152°	207°
December		195°	162°	187°

Prevailing wind direction

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