Climate Çanakkale Forest Fire Management Center Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Çanakkale Airport (LTBH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	84.3	76	75	88	95	94
February	88.8	87	90	94	95	94
March	92.5	88	82	97	92	93
April	94.6		90	99	94	99
May	96.2		92	99	98	97
June	98.9		99	100	100	99
July	99.7		100	99	100	100
August	99.2		97	98	100	100
September	99.1		100	100	100	100
October	96.3		98	99	97	98
November	92.2		87	96	88	97
December	90.3		80	87	98	91
Average	93.7	83.9	91.4	97.0	96.6	97.0

4th 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	95.5	97	97	98	98	98
February	96.4	95	96	100	96	97
March	97.9	93	96	100	100	100
April	98.2		100	100	97	99
May	98.8		100	99	100	99
June	99.8		100	100	100	100
July	99.9		100	100	100	100
August	99.8		100	99	100	100
September	100.0		100	100	100	100
October	98.3		100	99	99	99
November	97.8		98	100	95	100
December	98.5		97	99	100	99
Average	98.2	95.0	98.7	99.4	98.8	99.3

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	10.7	12	13	10	13	10
February	12.2	15	12	12	13	13
March	14.3	17	14	11	13	15
April	18.0		17	19	17	16
May	23.4		22	25	24	22
June	28.6		28	29	28	28
July	31.8		34	32	32	32
August	32.1		33	32	33	32
September	27.6		29	27	27	29
October	22.0		24	22	20	24
November	17.8		20	19	17	16
December	13.5		15	16	13	14
Average	20.2	14.3	21.8	21.1	20.7	20.9

26th 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	3.2	5	6	1	5	2
February	3.8	7	3	2	4	3
March	4.9	5	6	1	2	6
April	7.7		8	7	6	9
May	12.6		12	11	12	15
June	16.9		16	18	16	17
July	19.4		20	19	20	20
August	20.5		22	20	20	20
September	16.5		18	15	15	19
October	11.8		13	11	12	13
November	9.1		10	10	9	7
December	6.8		8	10	7	8
Average	10.4	5.4	11.7	10.6	10.6	11.6

37th 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	14.4	14	7	8	14	9
February	10.4	4	7	17	5	10
March	7.6	5	9	8	13	8
April	5.2		9	5	6	8
May	2.5		3	1	3	3
June	1.2		0	2	1	2
July	0.2		0	0	0	0
August	0.1		0	1	0	0
September	0.7		0	0	1	0
October	2.3		1	0	3	4
November	6.8		11	5	7	2
December	10.8		8	9	14	10
Average	5.0	7.5	4.1	3.9	5.0	4.1

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	10.6	12	10	10	11	11
February	10.9	10	11	9	12	11
March	10.0	7	10	11	10	11
April	9.2		9	10	9	12
May	9.2		11	9	9	9
June	8.9		10	10	7	8
July	11.1		10	14	11	14
August	12.6		14	11	10	12
September	11.8		14	10	12	13
October	9.7		10	11	12	7
November	10.2		10	11	10	12
December	10.1		10	11	11	10
Average	10.3	9.6	10.6	10.7	10.1	10.8

26th 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	098°	118°	065°	165°	038°
February	078°	079°	066°	061°	053°
March	015°	076°	056°	034°	046°
April		082°	060°	029°	035°
May		073°	051°	016°	015°
June		069°	056°	022°	320°
July		065°	062°	032°	033°
August		076°	067°	031°	031°
September		082°	063°	036°	036°
October		071°	073°	035°	056°
November		237°	091°	046°	035°
December		131°	141°	139°	099°

Prevailing wind direction

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