Gonabad Airport

OIMD · Razavi Khorasan, Iran

Climate Gonabad Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Birjand International Airport (OIMB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.4 97 92 90 98 94
February 90.9 84 87 97 94 94
March 89.7 96 98 76 89 93
April 91.7 98 87 100 89
May 93.5 97 82 97 100
June 95.5 82 90 99 100
July 89.7 78 75 89 100
August 97.0 94 100 100 98
September 99.2 100 100 95 100
October 97.5 94 100 100 100
November 97.9 98 97 98 97
December 97.0 96 92 97 97
Average 94.0 92.2 92.3 89.9 96.3 97.0

15th best VFR conditions of Iran

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 96.7 98 95 95 98 99
February 96.3 88 96 99 98 98
March 96.4 100 100 93 96 97
April 97.8 100 95 100 98
May 98.1 100 93 99 100
June 99.0 96 98 100 100
July 95.7 89 90 97 100
August 99.0 98 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 99 100
October 98.9 97 100 100 100
November 99.8 100 100 100 100
December 99.0 99 96 99 100
Average 97.8 95.5 97.4 96.4 98.8 99.2

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 12.5 16 9 12 14 9
February 15.0 14 16 16 18 17
March 20.1 18 22 24 22 17
April 25.7 26 29 27 23
May 29.9 31 31 29 29
June 35.7 37 35 36 36
July 36.2 37 38 36 35
August 33.8 34 33 33 35
September 32.1 33 34 34 29
October 26.3 28 28 27 24
November 18.9 21 20 19 18
December 14.8 17 14 16 11
Average 24.0 16.1 25.9 26.6 25.8 23.6

34th highest temperature of Iran

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 -3.0 0 -5 -1 -7 -2
February 0.2 -2 2 1 0 0
March 5.4 5 7 8 5 3
April 10.3 9 11 10 10
May 13.6 14 13 15 12
June 18.6 20 19 19 19
July 20.7 21 21 22 20
August 17.1 18 17 17 19
September 12.4 13 12 13 10
October 7.1 9 8 6 4
November 2.5 6 3 1 2
December -2.5 -1 -1 -1 -3
Average 7.7 0.9 9.5 9.5 8.3 7.8

20th lowest temperature of Iran

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.6 0 5 3 0 6
February 4.1 9 4 2 2 0
March 1.7 4 1 0 0 4
April 1.5 1 1 1 4
May 0.9 0 0 4 1
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.4 0 0 0 0
November 1.0 0 1 3 0
December 1.1 0 4 2 2
Average 1.4 4.2 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.2

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 6.9 7 6 8 6 7
February 7.7 8 9 8 7 9
March 8.9 8 8 10 10 8
April 8.9 8 9 9 9
May 8.6 9 10 8 8
June 9.5 10 10 10 9
July 11.7 13 11 11 11
August 10.5 11 10 10 10
September 7.9 9 7 8 8
October 7.6 8 7 8 7
November 6.3 7 7 6 6
December 6.5 7 6 7 6
Average 8.5 7.8 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.3

34th highest wind speed of Iran

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 304° 081° 277° 300° 046°
February 330° 286° 321° 314° 264°
March 296° 309° 282° 298° 312°
April 319° 301° 355° 302°
May 350° 336° 030° 352°
June 044° 027° 044° 046°
July 063° 065° 054° 052°
August 047° 056° 044° 061°
September 030° 042° 056° 038°
October 325° 012° 328° 002°
November 326° 303° 309° 321°
December 303° 076° 311° 319°

Prevailing wind direction

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