Anadyr Airfield

RU-0603 · Chukotka, Russia

Climate Anadyr Airfield 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ugolny Yuri Ryktheu Airport (UHMA) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 66.0 60 73 67 75 73
February 62.2 49 66 73 63 67
March 75.4 91 76 67 92 73
April 77.2 73 89 72 76
May 79.1 78 77 87 98 76
June 84.8 71 82 80 89 95
July 79.7 90 67 79 79
August 81.9 73 75 87 84
September 80.4 77 70 71 76
October 71.5 67 67 77 61
November 66.5 69 79 64 70
December 66.2 68 83 46 47
Average 76.6 70.9 76.4 75.8 80.9 76.9

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 76.0 70 75 81 83 82
February 71.9 56 78 82 79 76
March 82.3 95 85 77 93 81
April 85.8 84 92 85 83
May 93.3 96 95 95 99 88
June 93.7 84 91 94 94 100
July 94.7 98 91 93 98
August 95.3 90 93 94 97
September 94.6 90 96 94 91
October 86.7 83 94 92 72
November 79.9 78 89 72 90
December 75.7 79 86 62 58
Average 88.2 82.5 88.2 90.4 90.6 88.4

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -17.2 -19.3 -16.8 -17.1 -19.6 -21.6
February -16.8 -16.0 -16.3 -21.6 -17.0 -19.5
March -12.2 -17.6 -16.0 -13.9 -10.5 -15.5
April -7.9 -7.0 -11.8 -3.0 -8.9
May 2.9 1.3 1.1 2.7 7.2 3.6
June 13.0 10.5 10.6 12.5 12.9 13.0
July 16.1 17.1 16.5 13.6 15.0
August 14.1 11.8 14.0 15.0 13.5
September 8.8 9.6 7.7 7.5 5.7
October -1.4 0.6 2.0 -3.7 -6.5
November -7.9 -5.5 -4.3 -8.7 -14.8
December -15.3 -12.4 -19.6 -5.7 -14.0
Average -3.7 -8.2 -2.4 -3.9 -1.7 -4.5

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -24.2 -27.1 -24.6 -24.8 -27.5 -28.8
February -23.4 -25.8 -24.3 -27.1 -25.6 -27.1
March -20.3 -24.1 -24.8 -22.6 -18.1 -25.8
April -14.9 -15.5 -19.6 -9.5 -15.5
May -4.2 -7.7 -5.2 -6.5 -2.9 -4.7
June 4.4 3.5 2.2 4.2 5.2 3.6
July 8.6 8.5 9.3 7.0 7.7
August 6.4 4.2 6.7 6.5 5.4
September 2.5 4.4 1.5 1.8 -2.8
October -7.7 -6.9 -4.9 -9.0 -11.3
November -14.8 -12.8 -11.4 -15.0 -20.1
December -22.3 -19.8 -25.6 -14.5 -24.5
Average -10.6 -16.5 -9.3 -10.8 -8.3 -12.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 46.0 56 46 45 36 45
February 46.0 56 65 34 40 42
March 42.2 22 48 56 30 51
April 24.6 36 25 35 34
May 9.9 6 17 6 3 17
June 9.6 20 16 8 12 5
July 13.8 8 15 17 24
August 14.0 22 17 13 10
September 18.4 23 21 30 21
October 29.6 45 30 12 46
November 35.8 47 33 40 38
December 44.7 45 30 68 69
Average 23.1 26.9 28.5 22.2 21.7 27.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 11.1 11 10 13 8 10
February 12.6 14 13 10 12 13
March 11.7 9 10 14 9 12
April 10.6 11 9 12 10
May 8.9 8 10 8 9 10
June 10.3 12 10 11 11 9
July 10.2 13 9 10 9
August 9.4 11 10 10 10
September 9.5 11 10 10 9
October 10.6 14 9 8 9
November 12.1 13 12 12 9
December 13.0 14 12 19 14
Average 10.4 10.5 11.4 10.2 10.1 10.1

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 338° 003° 045° 029° 016°
February 063° 015° 011° 029° 038°
March 009° 006° 346° 046° 001°
April 012° 013° 071° 032°
May 339° 021° 327° 188° 084°
June 119° 128° 133° 135° 143°
July 101° 128° 120° 097°
August 008° 081° 149° 111°
September 130° 002° 004° 352°
October 066° 065° 335° 017°
November 057° 056° 071° 035°
December 036° 353° 079° 016°

Prevailing wind direction

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