Climate Martin 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Žilina Airport (LZZI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	48.5	61	41	61	56	36
February	64.6	61	59	80	55	78
March	83.8	85	86	95	84	86
April	86.6		87	79	84	100
May	85.3		86	95	84	83
June	91.9		91	94	97	75
July	92.4		91	95	97	92
August	89.5		83	90	84	90
September	85.5		91	81	85	80
October	70.5		74	65	80	57
November	55.9		58	54	52	30
December	45.5		32	50	50	51
Average	77.5	70.2	77.2	81.9	79.2	75.2

5th best VFR conditions of Slovakia

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	77.5	88	80	88	82	65
February	85.8	89	83	92	79	92
March	95.5	98	96	99	97	95
April	97.5		99	97	97	100
May	96.8		99	98	94	97
June	97.3		97	98	99	95
July	96.1		94	99	100	94
August	96.1		96	98	93	97
September	93.8		99	91	94	92
October	85.4		86	79	89	86
November	83.3		88	81	83	73
December	75.3		57	92	79	84
Average	91.6	92.4	91.4	93.6	92.0	90.7

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	2021	2020
January	1.5	3	4	2	2	1
February	5.3	10	4	6	4	7
March	10.0	13	11	10	8	10
April	14.4		12	12	11	17
May	18.8		19	21	17	16
June	24.8		24	26	26	22
July	25.5		26	26	27	24
August	25.7		25	26	22	26
September	20.1		24	18	20	21
October	15.2		17	15	15	14
November	8.4		8	9	8	7
December	3.0		3	2	2	5
Average	13.6	8.4	14.6	14.7	13.4	14.2

4th highest temperature of Slovakia

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	-5.6	-3	0	-4	-4	-4
February	-3.7	3	-4	-2	-5	0
March	-1.3	3	0	-4	-3	-1
April	2.6		3	2	1	1
May	7.3		7	7	6	5
June	12.7		12	12	12	13
July	13.2		14	13	15	13
August	13.9		15	15	13	14
September	9.5		12	9	9	10
October	5.4		7	7	3	7
November	1.8		2	2	1	2
December	-2.2		-1	-4	-4	1
Average	4.2	0.6	5.5	4.7	3.6	4.8

2nd lowest temperature of Slovakia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	20.5	23	16	23	30	11
February	15.4	18	20	14	22	18
March	10.0	8	14	3	10	11
April	9.4		10	12	10	1
May	12.1		11	5	17	15
June	5.4		6	4	1	13
July	6.4		7	9	4	8
August	7.6		12	4	16	6
September	9.3		7	15	4	10
October	12.4		10	7	5	25
November	14.5		30	8	14	15
December	25.2		33	24	24	15
Average	11.8	15.7	13.2	9.3	11.8	11.6

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	4.2	5	4	5	4	4
February	5.1	4	5	7	4	6
March	5.7	6	6	5	5	7
April	6.0		6	6	6	6
May	5.4		5	5	6	5
June	5.2		5	5	5	5
July	4.8		4	5	5	5
August	4.6		5	5	4	5
September	4.4		4	5	4	4
October	4.4		5	4	4	4
November	4.0		5	3	4	4
December	3.7		4	4	3	4
Average	4.9	5.1	4.9	4.9	4.7	4.9

4th highest wind speed of Slovakia

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	264°	339°	267°	231°	265°
February	238°	017°	255°	343°	252°
March	193°	257°	050°	326°	034°
April		045°	018°	320°	303°
May		052°	272°	244°	358°
June		046°	002°	021°	016°
July		254°	357°	280°	305°
August		250°	053°	253°	314°
September		050°	244°	351°	280°
October		241°	261°	226°	230°
November		251°	172°	233°	267°
December		259°	237°	042°	199°

Prevailing wind direction

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