Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport

LWOH · Struga, North Macedonia

Climate Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport (LWOH) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 89.0 89 84 97 93
February 94.5 99 99 94 86
March 96.6 97 97 99 94
April 97.7 97 95 98 99
May 97.4 98 92 98 100
June 99.0 100 98 99 100
July 99.5 100 100 100 100
August 99.5 100 100 99 100
September 99.4 99 99 99 100
October 97.9 99 96 98 98
November 93.7 85 94 94 92
December 89.5 91 97 88 93
Average 96.6 96.6 96.0 97.6 96.8

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 94.6 97 90 99 99
February 97.7 100 100 96 94
March 98.8 100 100 99 97
April 99.5 100 99 100 100
May 99.6 100 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 99 100
July 99.7 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 99.8 99 100 100 100
November 98.9 99 99 100 97
December 96.4 97 99 98 98
Average 98.9 99.3 98.8 99.3 99.0

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 5.7 7.4 7.9 5.7 6.5
February 8.8 11.4 8.3 8.4 8.8
March 11.4 13.0 11.6 8.3 9.5
April 15.5 18.3 13.8 14.5 13.4
May 20.1 20.5 18.8 21.8 20.8
June 25.3 28.1 24.0 26.8 25.6
July 28.3 30.8 29.3 28.3 28.8
August 28.7 30.6 28.1 27.6 29.8
September 23.8 23.3 24.8 23.3 23.5
October 18.5 19.3 20.3 18.5 14.8
November 12.8 11.5 13.1 13.5 13.0
December 8.2 7.9 9.4 11.0 7.0
Average 17.3 18.5 17.5 17.5 16.8

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 -2.9 0.5 1.3 -3.7 1.5
February 1.1 1.6 -1.5 0.4 2.6
March 4.3 4.7 4.4 0.9 3.0
April 6.8 6.9 5.5 5.7 6.7
May 11.3 11.0 11.3 10.0 13.5
June 15.0 15.3 15.0 14.1 16.8
July 15.2 16.1 14.5 14.1 17.1
August 15.1 15.1 15.0 14.1 16.6
September 11.8 11.9 13.0 11.5 11.3
October 7.9 8.1 10.0 7.5 6.0
November 5.6 3.2 5.5 6.7 6.4
December 1.8 1.0 1.1 5.2 0.7
Average 8.0 7.9 8.1 7.4 8.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.9 12 8 4 20
February 9.0 3 1 10 12
March 9.6 6 9 10 10
April 6.8 8 8 10 8
May 4.8 3 9 4 2
June 2.0 1 2 2 2
July 1.3 1 0 0 1
August 0.6 1 2 1 0
September 2.1 4 0 4 2
October 3.8 2 3 2 12
November 9.3 9 17 8 11
December 9.9 9 8 17 14
Average 5.2 4.3 5.1 5.1 6.7

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 5.4 6 5 5 6
February 5.6 5 6 5 5
March 6.1 5 6 7 7
April 5.3 6 5 6 6
May 4.7 6 5 4 6
June 4.6 5 4 5 4
July 4.8 5 4 5 4
August 4.8 6 5 5 5
September 5.1 6 5 5 5
October 4.5 5 5 4 5
November 5.3 7 7 5 4
December 5.4 6 5 5 6
Average 5.1 5.5 5.0 5.0 5.0

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 323° 137° 333° 175°
February 127° 111° 348° 140°
March 165° 155° 017° 306°
April 162° 210° 161° 158°
May 160° 085° 150° 171°
June 165° 175° 215° 165°
July 171° 180° 352° 177°
August 163° 156° 352° 185°
September 183° 071° 176° 188°
October 155° 167° 078° 346°
November 288° 173° 141° 159°
December 345° 193° 184° 324°

Prevailing wind direction

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