Climate Cherek Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nalchik Airport (URMN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	43.0	63	34	56	45	57
February	53.6	46	57	72	60	63
March	46.6	37	59	40	56	52
April	73.3		58	82	65	84
May	76.9		72	76	93	79
June	89.8		85	95	87	95
July	92.4		95	91	93	97
August	91.0		100	95	94	90
September	76.6		66	83	59	84
October	71.5		81	67	42	76
November	46.8		74	46	46	54
December	35.9		53	3	46	9
Average	66.8	47.6	71.7	72.1	68.6	73.5

50th best VFR conditions of Russia

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	61.1	73	63	71	54	83
February	67.9	56	76	87	70	81
March	71.8	57	84	69	82	72
April	90.1		80	97	95	93
May	92.6		88	88	99	99
June	98.0		96	99	96	99
July	98.1		99	97	96	100
August	97.9		100	100	100	96
September	91.9		86	96	81	95
October	86.2		94	83	66	89
November	65.1		83	67	67	78
December	50.1		65	14	54	18
Average	81.1	61.5	86.1	84.9	82.7	86.2

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	2.5	3	1	4	5	4
February	5.1	7	3	8	5	6
March	8.7	8	12	5	7	12
April	16.1		15	19	17	15
May	21.5		20	20	24	21
June	26.6		25	27	26	28
July	29.1		28	28	30	31
August	29.2		31	32	31	28
September	23.3		22	25	20	26
October	17.3		19	16	13	21
November	9.3		12	12	10	8
December	3.9		7	0	5	0
Average	14.8	5.8	16.3	16.7	15.8	16.7

8th highest temperature of Russia

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	-4.0	-5	-5	-4	-3	-3
February	-3.4	0	-5	-1	-5	-3
March	1.0	2	4	-2	-1	2
April	5.7		7	7	7	3
May	11.3		11	10	12	11
June	15.7		15	16	16	16
July	18.1		17	17	18	19
August	17.5		19	18	19	16
September	12.6		13	14	11	13
October	7.3		8	9	5	9
November	1.8		4	3	3	1
December	-2.3		0	-3	-2	-3
Average	5.8	-2.7	7.4	7.2	6.8	6.8

73rd lowest temperature of Russia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	13.1	9	9	12	11	11
February	11.7	13	20	1	16	10
March	15.7	17	7	28	14	17
April	8.1		14	5	7	5
May	11.0		16	12	6	10
June	6.1		11	5	7	2
July	3.4		3	4	5	2
August	3.5		1	1	2	7
September	5.8		3	6	17	2
October	6.7		4	11	18	2
November	9.8		6	10	10	7
December	13.2		16	24	5	16
Average	9.2	12.9	8.8	9.1	9.4	7.1

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	2.9	3	3	4	2	3
February	3.6	4	4	4	3	4
March	4.0	4	4	5	4	3
April	4.5		4	5	5	4
May	4.1		4	5	5	4
June	3.8		4	4	4	4
July	3.9		4	4	4	4
August	3.7		4	4	4	4
September	3.5		4	4	4	3
October	3.2		4	4	3	3
November	3.0		4	3	3	3
December	2.7		4	3	3	2
Average	3.6	3.5	4.0	4.2	3.9	3.5

8th highest wind speed of Russia

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	053°	057°	027°	039°	040°
February	072°	057°	072°	045°	054°
March	055°	063°	052°	056°	049°
April		052°	060°	050°	049°
May		035°	034°	036°	035°
June		073°	069°	023°	035°
July		084°	340°	114°	074°
August		057°	024°	096°	058°
September		032°	069°	058°	061°
October		074°	075°	042°	048°
November		075°	054°	056°	044°
December		066°	069°	064°	045°

Prevailing wind direction

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