Climate Awaza Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Turkmenbashi International Airport (UTAK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	75.3	80	94	72	71	84
February	77.3	86	88	83	62	72
March	79.6	84	85	83	83	79
April	86.0		85	90	92	86
May	93.1		91	94	94	88
June	98.2		100	96	97	100
July	98.3		98	99	99	96
August	99.2		99	100	100	99
September	99.0		100	99	98	99
October	94.2		87	97	98	99
November	89.1		85	85	90	86
December	81.7		83	97	79	85
Average	89.2	83.3	91.7	91.7	89.8	90.0

1st best VFR conditions of Turkmenistan

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	94.8	96	98	95	92	97
February	96.0	96	98	97	93	97
March	92.9	94	91	100	96	92
April	94.7		96	94	96	98
May	96.2		94	96	98	93
June	98.7		100	96	97	100
July	99.2		99	100	99	98
August	99.3		99	100	100	99
September	99.6		100	100	99	100
October	98.8		99	100	99	99
November	97.6		99	94	96	96
December	96.3		93	99	96	96
Average	96.9	95.3	97.1	97.5	96.9	97.0

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	8.1	8	7	9	9	9
February	9.9	10	10	12	10	11
March	14.1	14	18	12	12	15
April	19.7		22	21	22	17
May	26.9		27	25	28	26
June	33.4		33	33	35	34
July	35.4		35	35	36	35
August	35.2		35	37	39	32
September	29.8		29	31	29	30
October	22.3		22	23	20	25
November	14.4		19	15	14	13
December	9.2		11	8	10	6
Average	20.3	10.6	22.2	22.1	21.9	21.1

4th highest temperature of Turkmenistan

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	-1.7	1	-6	1	-1	0
February	0.8	0	-1	2	1	3
March	4.1	4	7	3	2	4
April	8.4		10	10	9	8
May	14.3		15	13	15	13
June	19.9		19	20	21	20
July	22.8		22	23	21	23
August	21.9		20	24	24	19
September	17.0		17	18	18	16
October	9.2		11	12	7	8
November	3.9		7	6	3	2
December	0.7		2	-2	2	-2
Average	9.2	1.6	10.3	11.1	10.2	9.5

2nd lowest temperature of Turkmenistan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.8	10	1	7	1	6
February	4.7	1	5	3	6	3
March	4.4	4	2	2	5	2
April	4.1		6	2	1	2
May	1.5		3	3	1	2
June	0.1		0	0	0	0
July	0.4		1	1	0	1
August	0.5		0	1	0	1
September	0.5		0	1	0	0
October	1.0		1	3	2	0
November	2.5		0	4	1	2
December	4.1		1	4	7	1
Average	2.6	4.7	1.6	2.2	1.7	1.6

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	9.9	11	10	12	9	9
February	9.8	11	11	9	9	11
March	10.3	10	10	11	11	9
April	9.8		10	10	10	9
May	10.4		11	11	10	11
June	10.8		11	11	11	12
July	11.0		12	11	11	11
August	10.7		10	11	10	11
September	10.0		10	10	11	10
October	9.6		10	12	10	8
November	9.5		12	10	11	10
December	9.2		12	9	10	9
Average	10.2	10.3	10.5	10.7	10.2	10.1

4th highest wind speed of Turkmenistan

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	092°	103°	126°	121°	132°
February	125°	164°	151°	159°	146°
March	107°	168°	012°	065°	119°
April		268°	192°	166°	344°
May		303°	312°	305°	221°
June		334°	305°	313°	336°
July		338°	340°	323°	317°
August		325°	095°	118°	336°
September		022°	058°	035°	023°
October		279°	083°	076°	108°
November		145°	120°	117°	095°
December		123°	090°	113°	089°

Prevailing wind direction

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