Climate Saraghs Southeast Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mary International Airport (UTAM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	59.8	48	59	54	57	66
February	68.9	59	61	79	81	78
March	76.7	60	88	62	79	93
April	84.0		75	74	86	82
May	89.3		87	79	93	90
June	91.4		88	88	94	92
July	93.1		88	87	91	97
August	95.8		93	98	99	95
September	90.0		87	86	85	95
October	82.3		64	84	85	93
November	68.4		31	75	65	79
December	50.6		41	72	40	53
Average	78.5	56.0	74.5	79.4	81.8	85.7

5th 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	77.0	70	77	76	73	82
February	83.8	74	76	94	92	95
March	88.6	75	94	84	91	98
April	92.9		87	85	96	90
May	95.5		94	93	99	97
June	96.8		97	96	98	97
July	96.7		93	92	94	100
August	98.3		98	100	100	99
September	97.2		96	96	98	100
October	94.8		84	94	98	99
November	82.6		46	87	85	94
December	73.3		65	93	69	73
Average	89.0	73.1	85.5	91.0	92.2	94.3

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	10.1	13	6	12	9	9
February	13.3	13	14	16	17	15
March	19.9	20	26	18	19	19
April	25.5		29	28	29	23
May	32.0		32	30	34	32
June	37.6		39	38	39	38
July	39.7		40	39	40	39
August	36.1		37	36	38	35
September	31.5		30	34	33	29
October	24.1		27	25	21	23
November	16.6		23	18	15	14
December	11.1		14	9	14	5
Average	23.7	15.2	26.2	25.7	25.5	23.3

1st 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	2	-6	2	-2	0
February	2.1	1	3	4	2	4
March	7.6	8	11	7	6	7
April	12.3		13	14	13	12
May	18.1		18	18	19	18
June	22.3		24	23	23	22
July	23.9		24	22	25	24
August	21.0		22	20	22	22
September	15.9		15	17	17	14
October	9.3		12	11	7	7
November	4.3		9	6	2	2
December	0.7		2	-1	2	-3
Average	10.5	3.8	12.2	12.2	11.3	10.7

4th 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	3.0	8	1	3	2	7
February	3.4	3	2	3	2	6
March	5.3	5	2	2	8	5
April	3.8		2	4	2	7
May	2.1		1	4	1	2
June	0.7		0	2	0	1
July	0.2		0	0	1	1
August	0.1		1	0	0	1
September	0.2		0	1	0	0
October	1.0		1	1	1	0
November	2.2		2	3	1	3
December	2.2		1	4	4	6
Average	2.3	5.3	0.9	2.0	1.6	3.0

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.2	8	6	7	7	7
February	7.7	7	7	8	7	10
March	7.9	8	8	8	8	7
April	7.8		8	8	8	8
May	7.7		7	9	7	8
June	7.6		8	7	8	8
July	8.5		9	9	9	8
August	7.8		8	8	8	8
September	6.7		7	6	7	6
October	6.0		7	6	6	5
November	6.4		9	6	6	6
December	6.6		8	5	7	6
Average	7.4	7.7	7.6	7.4	7.4	7.3

1st 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	239°	118°	122°	122°	124°
February	332°	114°	133°	137°	138°
March	119°	356°	036°	003°	300°
April		028°	340°	047°	005°
May		002°	341°	333°	333°
June		347°	347°	351°	008°
July		360°	349°	345°	352°
August		354°	358°	343°	355°
September		004°	007°	008°	353°
October		087°	041°	360°	031°
November		162°	127°	112°	065°
December		135°	066°	154°	075°

Prevailing wind direction

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