Tatvan Airport

TR-0035 · Bitlis, Türkiye

Climate Tatvan Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Van Ferit Melen Airport (LTCI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.4 80 83 79 97 77
February 83.0 91 89 76 82 71
March 88.4 84 91 82 96 94
April 97.0 93 93 99 100
May 98.1 98 96 100 99
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.9 100 100 100 100
October 97.8 95 96 97 100
November 97.2 97 97 97 99
December 92.2 96 94 94 95
Average 94.0 84.9 95.4 93.2 97.3 95.4

23rd best VFR conditions of Türkiye

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 92.6 91 93 88 99 90
February 90.2 96 92 88 88 79
March 95.0 94 97 91 97 99
April 99.6 100 99 100 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 100.0 100 100 100 100
October 99.5 99 98 99 100
November 99.1 98 99 100 100
December 97.5 100 99 99 99
Average 97.5 93.6 98.4 97.1 98.7 97.6

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 2.6 4 3 1 4 1
February 2.9 5 1 3 5 1
March 7.3 7 10 4 7 8
April 12.8 13 14 16 12
May 18.2 17 16 21 19
June 24.5 24 25 26 24
July 28.0 27 28 28 28
August 28.0 29 29 28 26
September 24.5 24 25 24 25
October 17.7 17 19 17 19
November 10.9 12 11 11 11
December 6.5 8 7 6 6
Average 14.1 5.1 15.5 15.4 16.1 14.9

61st highest temperature of Türkiye

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 -7.7 -3 -7 -8 -6 -8
February -6.4 -4 -8 -5 -4 -7
March -1.4 -2 1 -3 -1 1
April 3.5 4 4 6 3
May 7.7 7 6 10 8
June 12.0 12 13 13 11
July 15.3 15 15 16 16
August 15.1 16 16 16 14
September 11.1 11 12 11 11
October 6.0 7 8 6 6
November 1.0 2 1 2 1
December -3.7 -2 0 -4 -3
Average 3.8 -3.0 5.0 4.9 5.3 4.4

10th lowest temperature of Türkiye

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.6 20 10 17 3 13
February 11.5 10 10 12 10 24
March 12.1 19 12 17 7 11
April 7.4 9 6 2 10
May 3.8 4 7 1 2
June 0.3 1 0 0 1
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 0 0 1 1
September 0.4 3 0 0 0
October 5.3 10 9 6 0
November 6.8 9 9 5 3
December 7.9 7 9 6 4
Average 6.4 16.5 5.9 6.5 2.9 5.1

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 4.5 4 3 5 5 4
February 4.9 6 6 5 5 4
March 6.5 6 7 7 8 6
April 6.7 7 7 8 6
May 6.8 8 7 7 7
June 6.3 7 6 7 7
July 6.2 6 6 7 6
August 6.0 6 6 7 6
September 6.2 6 6 7 6
October 5.7 5 6 6 5
November 4.9 5 5 4 6
December 4.9 5 4 6 5
Average 5.8 5.2 6.1 6.0 6.4 5.8

61st highest wind speed of Türkiye

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° 358° 119° 221° 040°
February 268° 274° 282° 275° 232°
March 275° 250° 257° 257° 275°
April 255° 257° 223° 286°
May 250° 272° 264° 244°
June 283° 282° 286° 268°
July 267° 267° 285° 266°
August 278° 273° 274° 277°
September 291° 278° 294° 278°
October 295° 276° 285° 287°
November 217° 288° 293° 242°
December 248° 334° 186° 325°

Prevailing wind direction

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