Climate Keshm 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kulob Airport (UTDK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	69.3	80	38	74	67	73
February	75.9	68	75	86	82	79
March	88.1	82	96	74	91	80
April	87.7		85	87	97	91
May	94.4		91	87	96	97
June	96.6		87	100	99	99
July	94.5		88	85	92	100
August	97.6		96	100	100	98
September	92.7		82	90	90	100
October	90.0		85	91	96	97
November	71.8		79	85	65	58
December	61.8		58	40	83	27
Average	85.4	77.0	81.4	85.3	89.4	85.4

1st best VFR conditions of Tajikistan

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	84.4	92	60	86	79	90
February	89.8	79	90	98	95	93
March	95.2	88	99	84	99	94
April	94.2		91	93	98	95
May	97.7		94	94	100	100
June	98.3		91	100	100	99
July	97.9		95	94	97	100
August	99.1		98	100	100	100
September	96.7		92	96	97	100
October	95.9		92	96	99	100
November	87.9		86	96	85	73
December	80.5		79	64	92	57
Average	93.1	86.4	89.7	93.0	95.6	92.8

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	9.0	13	4	12	8	7
February	12.8	11	13	14	16	14
March	18.4	16	23	18	17	17
April	23.9		25	28	25	22
May	30.1		31	30	31	30
June	36.1		38	36	37	36
July	39.1		39	40	39	38
August	36.0		36	35	37	36
September	31.8		31	33	34	30
October	23.3		25	24	22	22
November	15.2		20	17	13	13
December	10.9		13	8	12	6
Average	22.7	13.4	24.8	25.1	24.2	22.5

2nd highest temperature of Tajikistan

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	0.4	4	-5	3	-3	0
February	3.2	2	5	4	5	3
March	8.5	6	11	9	7	8
April	12.7		13	16	12	12
May	17.4		17	18	18	17
June	22.3		24	22	23	21
July	25.7		27	26	26	24
August	22.7		23	22	23	23
September	18.9		19	20	20	17
October	11.9		14	13	10	10
November	6.4		9	8	5	4
December	2.5		4	2	3	0
Average	11.7	4.1	13.5	14.0	12.5	11.5

4th lowest temperature of Tajikistan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	11.8	8	10	15	5	13
February	14.8	22	19	14	10	16
March	10.9	15	4	17	11	17
April	8.3		5	2	3	10
May	3.9		2	5	4	5
June	0.6		0	1	0	1
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.2		1	0	0	0
September	0.2		0	0	0	2
October	3.6		6	5	0	1
November	9.1		1	10	7	16
December	9.2		7	20	7	15
Average	6.6	15.2	3.9	6.2	3.5	7.2

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	3.4	3	3	4	2	4
February	4.5	4	5	4	4	5
March	5.1	5	5	5	5	5
April	5.0		5	5	5	5
May	5.6		6	6	5	6
June	6.8		7	7	7	7
July	6.9		7	7	7	7
August	6.8		7	7	7	7
September	6.1		6	6	6	6
October	4.7		4	5	5	5
November	3.1		2	4	3	4
December	2.6		2	3	3	3
Average	5.1	4.2	5.1	5.4	5.2	5.3

2nd highest wind speed of Tajikistan

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	341°	318°	355°	018°	356°
February	001°	337°	353°	251°	359°
March	360°	007°	342°	358°	229°
April		360°	023°	005°	216°
May		006°	259°	028°	007°
June		228°	005°	193°	008°
July		201°	196°	195°	234°
August		199°	190°	191°	196°
September		196°	187°	193°	199°
October		203°	204°	203°	196°
November		358°	023°	268°	238°
December		325°	233°	005°	225°

Prevailing wind direction

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