Climate Romashky Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Iaşi Airport (LRIA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	59.3	80	53	73	58	70
February	67.5	70	76	98	54	87
March	80.4	73	84	85	77	85
April	85.8		65	91	82	98
May	92.7		99	96	92	90
June	93.1		93	99	93	91
July	95.3		97	100	92	95
August	94.7		100	88	91	99
September	94.1		95	91	95	95
October	86.2		98	92	96	70
November	55.9		76	39	87	55
December	44.4		65	38	40	23
Average	81.2	74.0	85.4	86.4	82.2	82.9

14th 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	79.3	88	75	90	80	89
February	83.6	87	91	100	72	94
March	90.4	87	99	96	84	92
April	94.3		83	97	96	99
May	98.3		100	99	99	99
June	97.2		98	100	97	96
July	98.8		100	100	98	100
August	98.3		100	98	96	100
September	97.9		98	98	100	97
October	92.7		99	98	99	87
November	79.4		93	68	94	74
December	68.6		83	69	68	51
Average	91.1	87.5	94.1	94.6	91.8	91.7

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	2.5	3	6	4	3	5
February	5.8	11	6	9	3	9
March	10.4	12	12	9	8	13
April	16.0		12	16	14	18
May	21.5		22	23	20	20
June	26.7		26	28	25	27
July	28.1		29	29	29	29
August	29.1		31	29	27	30
September	23.5		27	21	21	26
October	17.6		21	17	15	19
November	9.2		10	9	11	8
December	4.2		6	3	3	4
Average	15.3	8.3	17.4	16.6	14.9	17.3

15th 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	-4.4	-4	0	-2	-3	-3
February	-2.5	3	-1	0	-4	0
March	1.1	3	2	-2	0	3
April	5.2		5	5	3	4
May	10.7		10	11	10	10
June	15.7		15	15	15	16
July	17.0		18	17	18	17
August	16.8		18	18	16	17
September	12.0		14	12	10	13
October	7.3		9	8	5	9
November	2.7		3	3	2	2
December	-1.1		-1	-1	-2	1
Average	6.1	0.4	7.6	7.1	5.9	7.4

9th 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	14.8	18	10	11	17	3
February	13.5	5	15	2	14	8
March	10.2	13	3	10	16	7
April	10.3		23	12	13	1
May	6.7		6	2	9	14
June	4.7		5	2	10	3
July	4.3		4	6	4	2
August	1.9		1	3	3	1
September	3.7		2	8	4	2
October	4.0		5	2	1	6
November	10.8		18	12	3	8
December	16.0		2	19	23	13
Average	8.2	12.1	7.3	6.5	9.1	5.3

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	7.7	8	9	8	7	7
February	7.9	8	9	8	8	8
March	8.4	9	8	9	8	8
April	8.2		9	8	7	7
May	7.3		7	7	7	8
June	6.5		7	7	7	6
July	6.3		7	8	6	7
August	6.2		6	7	6	7
September	6.4		7	6	6	8
October	6.5		7	6	6	6
November	7.5		8	7	8	6
December	7.4		6	7	8	8
Average	7.2	8.2	7.3	7.3	6.7	7.1

15th 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	319°	104°	307°	079°	307°
February	121°	314°	312°	342°	295°
March	092°	271°	341°	328°	346°
April		338°	314°	305°	308°
May		034°	318°	309°	306°
June		319°	343°	327°	325°
July		317°	331°	330°	304°
August		070°	329°	013°	024°
September		066°	300°	314°	317°
October		277°	329°	099°	136°
November		215°	061°	121°	067°
December		109°	104°	325°	108°

Prevailing wind direction

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