Turgut Özal Medical Center Helipad

TR-0201 · Malatya, Türkiye

Climate Turgut Özal Medical Center Helipad 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Malatya Erhaç Airport (LTAT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.5 72 33 67 51 87
February 90.7 97 89 86 97 75
March 93.9 94 80 98 97 95
April 97.8 92 100 100 100
May 99.0 99 98 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 100.0 100 100 100 100
September 99.9 100 100 100 100
October 98.3 97 100 99 100
November 89.7 93 86 81 96
December 69.7 71 56 82 64
Average 93.0 88.2 89.3 93.2 93.5 94.1

24th 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 85.3 84 77 76 58 97
February 95.7 99 91 95 100 85
March 99.2 100 98 98 100 99
April 99.7 100 100 100 100
May 99.7 99 100 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 100.0 100 100 100 100
September 99.9 100 100 100 100
October 99.1 98 100 99 100
November 95.5 99 95 88 100
December 85.4 81 82 96 80
Average 96.9 94.7 96.0 96.6 95.9 97.1

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 5.0 7 4 3 4 6
February 8.8 12 5 9 11 6
March 13.5 13 14 9 13 15
April 19.5 18 23 21 19
May 25.0 23 23 30 25
June 31.3 30 31 32 31
July 35.5 35 35 36 36
August 35.8 37 37 35 34
September 31.1 31 32 29 33
October 23.0 23 23 22 26
November 14.2 15 14 15 14
December 7.7 9 10 7 7
Average 19.6 10.4 20.3 21.1 21.1 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 -4.9 -1 -2 -5 -3 -3
February -3.1 -1 -6 -2 -3 -3
March 1.4 1 4 -2 -1 3
April 5.1 5 5 5 5
May 9.2 8 9 10 9
June 14.5 14 15 15 14
July 18.7 18 18 20 19
August 18.2 18 19 18 16
September 13.3 13 13 13 15
October 7.0 7 7 6 7
November 1.7 3 4 2 1
December -1.5 -1 3 -3 -1
Average 6.0 -1.5 6.8 7.2 6.5 6.7

25th 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 12.7 14 9 26 10 13
February 6.4 4 11 7 1 9
March 9.5 9 19 10 6 12
April 4.3 8 1 4 3
May 4.2 4 7 0 4
June 0.3 0 1 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.3 0 0 0 1
October 2.4 5 1 1 0
November 7.1 5 16 3 8
December 11.1 11 3 8 7
Average 5.0 9.0 5.5 5.3 2.4 4.2

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 4 5
February 5.0 4 5 4 5 6
March 6.2 5 6 7 7 5
April 6.0 6 7 6 6
May 6.3 6 7 7 7
June 6.6 6 6 7 6
July 6.4 6 6 7 6
August 5.9 6 5 6 6
September 5.4 5 6 6 5
October 4.3 4 4 5 3
November 3.3 4 3 3 2
December 3.6 4 2 4 3
Average 5.3 4.4 5.0 5.5 5.7 5.1

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 349° 350° 323° 288° 338°
February 048° 302° 340° 292° 314°
March 346° 261° 314° 303° 031°
April 278° 247° 206° 249°
May 318° 307° 283° 283°
June 286° 293° 269° 247°
July 303° 348° 316° 066°
August 008° 112° 078° 003°
September 107° 201° 004° 075°
October 078° 125° 306° 119°
November 339° 019° 075° 074°
December 343° 023° 324° 347°

Prevailing wind direction

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