Climate Farkhor Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Qurghonteppa International Airport (UTDT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	41.4	37	6	57	35	48
February	68.4	64	67	82	78	72
March	86.0	76	95	74	85	83
April	86.6		82	80	98	89
May	91.2		88	74	96	100
June	93.8		82	97	98	97
July	91.9		80	83	91	100
August	94.1		89	98	99	95
September	90.4		85	91	86	100
October	86.6		81	84	92	91
November	50.9		54	75	32	40
December	28.7		16	15	37	10
Average	76.4	60.4	71.6	78.7	79.9	80.1

2nd 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	64.0	63	22	76	60	70
February	83.9	79	83	94	91	93
March	95.3	87	98	89	97	98
April	96.5		91	95	100	96
May	96.5		94	87	100	100
June	97.6		91	99	100	100
July	96.4		91	91	97	100
August	98.0		97	99	100	99
September	96.4		95	97	95	100
October	95.5		89	96	97	100
November	77.3		75	88	66	66
December	54.7		49	40	69	36
Average	87.9	77.0	83.2	89.6	90.8	89.9

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	9.9	15	4	12	9	9
February	14.0	13	15	15	18	15
March	20.0	18	24	19	18	19
April	26.0		27	30	27	24
May	32.1		33	32	33	32
June	37.2		39	37	38	38
July	38.9		39	39	39	38
August	35.8		36	35	36	36
September	32.0		32	33	34	30
October	24.6		27	26	23	23
November	16.5		22	19	14	14
December	11.3		13	8	13	6
Average	23.7	15.0	25.8	25.9	25.2	23.6

1st 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	0.1	3	-4	3	-3	0
February	2.8	2	5	4	4	3
March	7.8	6	10	9	6	8
April	11.9		12	14	11	11
May	16.1		16	18	18	16
June	19.7		22	20	21	20
July	22.6		23	23	23	21
August	19.7		20	20	20	20
September	15.1		15	16	16	14
October	9.7		11	10	8	8
November	5.2		7	7	4	3
December	1.7		3	1	1	1
Average	10.2	3.4	11.6	12.3	10.8	10.2

3rd 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	7.6	4	8	9	3	7
February	13.2	19	21	12	6	10
March	6.2	11	4	10	8	5
April	5.4		3	2	2	8
May	2.3		1	5	2	2
June	0.3		0	1	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	1
August	0.2		1	0	0	1
September	0.1		0	0	0	1
October	2.4		4	2	0	0
November	6.2		2	7	6	9
December	6.1		6	11	5	14
Average	4.6	11.2	3.6	4.3	2.4	4.3

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	3.6	3	3	4	3	4
February	4.5	4	5	5	4	5
March	4.9	5	5	5	5	4
April	4.9		5	5	5	4
May	5.0		5	6	5	5
June	4.8		4	5	5	5
July	4.3		4	5	5	5
August	4.1		4	4	4	4
September	3.5		4	4	3	4
October	3.4		4	4	3	3
November	2.6		2	4	3	3
December	2.5		2	3	2	3
Average	4.1	4.2	3.9	4.5	3.9	4.0

1st 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	288°	246°	354°	339°	280°
February	066°	004°	021°	335°	001°
March	025°	356°	356°	009°	174°
April		331°	336°	320°	325°
May		275°	266°	328°	319°
June		230°	264°	227°	254°
July		221°	219°	223°	255°
August		215°	218°	222°	224°
September		224°	226°	229°	227°
October		262°	253°	221°	230°
November		339°	343°	294°	204°
December		336°	190°	349°	235°

Prevailing wind direction

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