Heliport Rize

TR-0214 · Rize, Türkiye

Climate Heliport Rize 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rize-Artvin (LTFO) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 79.9 66 86
February 69.2 74 67
March 58.5 69 54
April 64.9 72 62
May 70.1 58 92
June 69.2 68 71
July 83.4 89 78
August 79.5 78 82
September 76.6 80 74
October 78.0 84 76
November 83.1 86 82
December 79.3 78 80
Average 73.6 69.9 72.4 78.4

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
January 94.4 85 98
February 90.8 90 91
March 78.2 91 72
April 85.0 90 83
May 87.5 84 94
June 91.9 92 92
July 97.2 97 97
August 97.5 96 100
September 96.1 99 94
October 93.9 94 94
November 96.8 93 98
December 88.6 88 89
Average 91.5 89.1 90.2 95.0

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
January 11.7 11 12
February 11.7 14 10
March 13.0 13 13
April 17.4 19 16
May 18.3 18 20
June 23.4 23 23
July 25.7 27 25
August 28.6 29 29
September 24.9 25 25
October 20.7 22 20
November 18.5 20 17
December 15.3 15 15
Average 18.5 14.2 19.1 22.1

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 5.8 6 6
February 6.0 8 4
March 7.9 8 8
April 11.6 13 10
May 13.3 13 13
June 19.2 19 19
July 20.9 21 21
August 24.2 24 25
September 19.5 21 18
October 15.4 16 15
November 12.0 12 12
December 9.4 9 10
Average 13.1 8.6 13.6 17.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 20.9 37 14
February 29.2 21 33
March 23.1 16 27
April 16.5 5 23
May 17.6 20 14
June 14.2 15 14
July 11.0 10 12
August 6.1 6 6
September 14.0 13 15
October 21.0 11 26
November 18.6 22 17
December 20.3 20 21
Average 17.3 18.8 17.6 15.4

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
January 5.2 6 5
February 7.3 5 8
March 7.1 7 7
April 7.4 7 8
May 6.4 6 7
June 5.9 6 6
July 5.7 6 6
August 5.3 6 5
September 6.2 6 6
October 6.2 6 6
November 5.9 7 5
December 5.4 7 5
Average 6.2 6.5 6.4 5.7

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 202° 179°
February 220° 205°
March 297° 220°
April 009° 221°
May 221° 222°
June 218° 210°
July 207° 200°
August 209° 214°
September 202° 187°
October 226° 191°
November 178° 180°
December 208° 183°

Prevailing wind direction

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