Climate Balkhash Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sary-Arka Airport (UAKK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	64.3	53	64	75	73	49
February	62.4	55	54	74	59	60
March	63.7	54	60	56	65	83
April	85.9		87	97	89	93
May	95.3		98	98	98	98
June	93.8		96	98	95	95
July	95.4		100	96	93	95
August	93.0		90	95	92	93
September	87.8		74	96	93	90
October	77.6		75	85	78	84
November	61.0		63	50	67	72
December	63.5		53	82	67	73
Average	78.3	53.9	79.1	85.5	83.4	84.7

7th best VFR conditions of Kazakhstan

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	79.4	72	76	88	85	61
February	77.4	72	79	83	75	75
March	80.9	78	73	77	82	91
April	94.3		94	99	96	98
May	99.0		100	99	100	100
June	98.3		99	100	98	100
July	98.5		100	98	99	98
August	98.0		98	98	98	99
September	96.4		87	100	98	99
October	92.7		89	92	97	94
November	83.9		84	82	80	90
December	80.6		79	94	79	86
Average	89.5	74.4	89.6	93.3	92.1	92.6

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	-10.4	-7	-10	-7	-12	-7
February	-8.6	-10	-8	-6	-6	-3
March	-2.9	-1	2	-2	-3	0
April	13.5		14	17	14	17
May	21.2		21	23	24	24
June	24.9		27	27	24	24
July	27.6		31	27	28	26
August	25.1		26	24	27	24
September	18.0		17	21	18	16
October	10.0		12	10	9	9
November	-2.8		6	-4	-2	-3
December	-9.7		-5	-14	-5	-12
Average	7.6	-6.0	11.0	10.4	9.6	9.5

15th highest temperature of Kazakhstan

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	-20.3	-18	-19	-17	-24	-16
February	-19.8	-20	-18	-18	-16	-12
March	-12.4	-9	-9	-11	-15	-11
April	-3.9		-6	0	-4	1
May	2.7		2	4	5	5
June	8.0		8	8	6	7
July	9.9		12	9	10	11
August	7.6		10	5	7	9
September	1.8		5	0	-1	2
October	-4.6		0	-5	-5	-5
November	-12.8		-2	-12	-13	-14
December	-19.9		-13	-27	-14	-23
Average	-6.1	-16.2	-3.5	-5.4	-6.8	-4.0

1st lowest temperature of Kazakhstan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	33.5	41	35	23	26	51
February	35.9	43	48	21	33	40
March	21.2	26	20	36	32	5
April	5.8		8	1	3	3
May	3.0		3	4	4	2
June	4.0		4	1	4	3
July	3.2		2	5	5	4
August	3.5		6	1	1	5
September	5.4		12	2	7	3
October	14.1		15	11	14	10
November	24.5		17	39	28	20
December	31.6		42	21	23	24
Average	15.6	35.6	14.9	11.6	12.7	11.5

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	11.1	14	11	10	9	14
February	11.7	13	12	10	14	14
March	11.4	11	11	14	14	10
April	10.8		10	10	11	11
May	10.4		9	11	9	9
June	9.9		10	10	10	11
July	8.9		9	8	9	10
August	8.9		8	9	9	11
September	9.4		9	9	10	10
October	10.7		11	10	10	10
November	11.0		12	13	12	10
December	9.8		15	7	9	8
Average	10.5	12.5	10.3	10.2	10.3	10.5

15th highest wind speed of Kazakhstan

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	210°	230°	193°	185°	218°
February	206°	180°	193°	216°	204°
March	223°	202°	212°	214°	234°
April		055°	094°	079°	219°
May		048°	236°	038°	089°
June		319°	273°	019°	358°
July		306°	311°	031°	021°
August		271°	036°	027°	292°
September		265°	028°	270°	265°
October		233°	226°	266°	251°
November		203°	217°	230°	226°
December		218°	085°	197°	214°

Prevailing wind direction

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