Climate Artsyz Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tulcea Danube Delta Airport (LRTC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	65.9	83	53	80	71	69
February	71.0	62	84	93	64	89
March	77.8	61	78	84	78	85
April	87.0		70	93	88	100
May	91.9		92	94	92	93
June	92.8		92	96	87	93
July	96.1		94	98	96	96
August	97.2		95	94	97	99
September	95.6		98	96	99	96
October	87.4		96	98	93	85
November	58.7		70	53	77	63
December	58.3		70	26	57	34
Average	82.2	67.7	84.3	87.7	85.2	86.2

9th best VFR conditions of Romania

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	86.2	92	76	94	87	87
February	87.6	87	97	96	76	96
March	92.5	91	96	93	93	98
April	96.2		95	99	98	100
May	97.5		99	98	99	98
June	98.2		100	100	98	96
July	98.8		99	100	99	97
August	99.3		98	99	99	99
September	98.8		100	100	100	98
October	95.0		99	99	97	96
November	84.1		89	81	92	81
December	76.3		84	71	72	59
Average	93.3	89.8	95.2	95.7	93.8	93.4

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	4.7	6	8	5	5	6
February	7.7	12	6	10	6	10
March	11.4	12	13	8	9	14
April	16.4		15	17	14	18
May	22.6		22	24	22	22
June	27.6		27	28	25	28
July	29.9		31	31	31	30
August	30.7		31	32	30	30
September	25.4		27	25	23	27
October	19.4		23	20	16	21
November	11.8		13	13	12	10
December	7.3		9	6	6	7
Average	16.9	9.8	18.8	18.5	16.7	18.6

4th highest temperature of Romania

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	-3.8	-2	2	-2	-1	-2
February	-1.6	4	-1	-1	-2	0
March	1.3	3	2	-2	0	3
April	5.0		6	5	4	3
May	10.5		10	10	11	10
June	15.3		14	15	15	15
July	16.8		18	18	17	14
August	18.0		20	20	17	17
September	12.7		15	13	11	12
October	8.3		9	7	6	11
November	4.0		4	4	4	3
December	0.7		1	1	1	3
Average	6.8	1.5	8.3	7.5	7.0	7.4

13th lowest temperature of Romania

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.5	11	17	11	18	3
February	8.1	2	4	6	5	6
March	8.4	10	3	13	12	4
April	7.0		14	6	8	1
May	4.5		3	3	8	5
June	4.4		3	2	11	6
July	2.4		5	0	2	1
August	0.8		2	1	1	1
September	1.1		0	2	1	1
October	3.0		0	1	6	5
November	9.2		13	8	7	10
December	10.8		7	8	17	20
Average	5.8	7.7	5.3	4.4	7.3	4.5

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	9.8	10	11	11	9	9
February	10.1	10	11	11	8	11
March	10.2	9	10	11	10	11
April	10.0		11	11	8	10
May	8.9		9	8	9	11
June	8.3		9	9	8	7
July	8.1		9	10	8	7
August	9.0		8	10	8	9
September	9.9		10	10	9	10
October	8.8		10	9	9	8
November	8.8		11	9	8	8
December	9.1		9	8	11	9
Average	9.3	9.9	9.6	9.8	8.8	9.2

4th highest wind speed of Romania

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	296°	032°	302°	274°	314°
February	210°	302°	312°	311°	275°
March	027°	267°	349°	342°	015°
April		347°	286°	181°	069°
May		031°	009°	062°	301°
June		003°	357°	329°	133°
July		262°	351°	358°	027°
August		043°	349°	345°	067°
September		050°	265°	345°	012°
October		239°	342°	010°	174°
November		264°	346°	310°	346°
December		268°	317°	303°	017°

Prevailing wind direction

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