Climate Stenkovec Brazda Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Skopje International Airport (LWSK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	64.5	77	65	84	86	64
February	87.3	98	95	87	84	97
March	91.1	91	88	93	90	90
April	96.0		95	98	92	91
May	97.9		95	98	100	100
June	99.0		99	99	100	100
July	99.8		100	100	100	99
August	99.0		100	99	99	97
September	98.7		100	97	96	100
October	92.6		93	93	85	88
November	77.2		80	77	83	70
December	65.4		63	71	80	44
Average	90.4	88.6	90.9	93.1	92.2	88.7

2nd best VFR conditions of North Macedonia

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	78.6	84	86	90	93	75
February	94.0	99	100	96	87	100
March	96.3	98	98	95	96	95
April	99.0		99	100	98	97
May	99.6		100	99	100	100
June	99.7		100	100	100	100
July	100.0		100	100	100	100
August	99.8		100	100	100	99
September	99.5		100	98	100	100
October	97.7		98	98	98	93
November	91.8		95	91	96	80
December	83.3		80	97	93	75
Average	95.5	93.9	96.9	97.4	97.2	94.0

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	2020
January	5.4	7	9	6	7	6
February	11.2	15	11	11	12	12
March	14.9	18	15	12	12	14
April	19.1		17	19	17	19
May	24.2		22	27	25	24
June	29.0		27	31	30	28
July	32.3		34	32	34	32
August	32.7		33	32	34	31
September	27.4		30	25	27	28
October	21.3		24	21	17	21
November	13.9		14	15	14	13
December	7.7		9	10	7	9
Average	19.1	13.1	20.4	20.3	19.6	19.5

1st highest temperature of North Macedonia

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	-4.5	-3	1	-4	-1	-4
February	-1.0	1	-3	-1	-3	-2
March	1.8	4	2	-1	0	2
April	5.2		5	5	4	4
May	10.2		11	10	10	9
June	14.7		15	16	14	13
July	16.7		17	16	18	16
August	16.4		17	17	17	17
September	12.0		14	11	11	13
October	6.7		9	6	5	7
November	3.4		4	5	4	0
December	0.0		-1	5	-1	3
Average	6.2	1.0	7.5	7.0	6.4	6.5

1st lowest temperature of North Macedonia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.5	5	16	5	10	5
February	6.1	3	1	10	8	5
March	8.7	4	7	9	14	15
April	9.3		11	10	11	16
May	4.9		8	4	3	5
June	4.3		5	3	3	7
July	1.6		0	3	2	1
August	1.7		1	3	1	5
September	2.5		0	4	4	1
October	5.9		4	6	19	5
November	8.1		14	6	4	0
December	9.2		9	8	14	8
Average	5.6	4.0	5.7	5.6	7.1	6.0

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	2020
January	2.8	3	3	3	4	3
February	3.7	4	4	4	3	4
March	4.0	5	3	4	5	4
April	3.8		4	4	4	3
May	3.7		3	3	4	4
June	3.4		3	4	4	4
July	4.2		4	4	4	5
August	3.3		4	3	3	3
September	3.2		3	3	3	3
October	2.2		2	2	2	2
November	2.5		3	2	3	2
December	2.7		2	2	3	3
Average	3.4	3.7	3.2	3.3	3.5	3.4

1st highest wind speed of North Macedonia

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	339°	040°	359°	013°	355°
February	118°	017°	346°	007°	346°
March	076°	352°	355°	340°	013°
April		002°	016°	014°	019°
May		103°	053°	020°	356°
June		017°	008°	006°	022°
July		351°	348°	358°	006°
August		356°	336°	343°	351°
September		357°	004°	004°	044°
October		001°	003°	040°	039°
November		345°	024°	092°	005°
December		357°	111°	348°	126°

Prevailing wind direction

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