Stepanavan Airport

UDLS · Lori, Armenia

Climate Stepanavan Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Shirak International Airport (UDSG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 59.2 69 74 63 37 86
February 76.7 87 78 84 77 79
March 86.7 84 90 82 85 89
April 95.0 91 94 100 93
May 97.1 98 97 100 97
June 99.3 99 99 100 100
July 99.5 99 100 100 99
August 99.6 100 100 100 99
September 99.3 100 100 98 100
October 96.5 97 96 95 99
November 84.9 95 97 75 91
December 54.9 84 40 54 29
Average 88.3 80.2 93.1 90.9 87.6 90.3

1st best VFR conditions of Armenia

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 81.5 82 86 74 83 97
February 90.0 93 89 94 92 93
March 95.5 95 99 93 93 98
April 99.2 99 98 100 99
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.7 100 100 100 99
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 99.3 100 99 100 99
November 95.3 99 99 89 96
December 80.7 92 83 78 73
Average 95.3 90.3 97.5 96.2 95.5 96.8

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 -2.7 1 2 -4 -2 1
February 1.6 4 -2 3 3 2
March 8.0 8 11 3 6 11
April 14.7 14 17 18 13
May 19.4 18 18 23 20
June 25.2 23 25 28 25
July 28.6 26 29 29 28
August 29.1 30 31 30 26
September 25.1 24 26 24 27
October 17.6 17 18 15 20
November 9.7 12 11 10 9
December 2.8 5 4 1 0
Average 13.7 4.2 15.1 15.3 15.4 14.9

2nd highest temperature of Armenia

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 -13.9 -8 -12 -16 -14 -11
February -10.0 -7 -14 -9 -7 -10
March -4.4 -4 1 -6 -5 -1
April 0.4 1 0 2 -1
May 5.0 5 3 6 4
June 9.9 9 11 11 9
July 13.7 12 14 14 14
August 14.7 15 16 15 12
September 8.9 9 9 9 10
October 2.2 3 4 1 2
November -4.7 -1 -3 -3 -4
December -7.7 -6 -1 -11 -7
Average 0.6 -7.7 1.8 1.9 1.4 1.4

1st lowest temperature of Armenia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.4 16 9 13 5 3
February 6.3 2 10 1 9 12
March 10.4 16 9 12 14 10
April 7.0 13 6 3 10
May 6.4 6 7 4 10
June 1.2 3 2 0 0
July 0.3 0 0 1 1
August 0.3 0 0 0 0
September 0.8 2 1 2 0
October 3.3 6 4 4 1
November 4.5 4 2 3 5
December 8.9 6 8 5 18
Average 5.3 11.4 5.4 4.3 3.6 5.2

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 2.4 4 2 1 2 4
February 3.2 4 3 2 3 5
March 6.0 5 7 8 6 6
April 6.1 6 6 7 6
May 5.3 6 5 5 6
June 5.9 5 6 9 6
July 7.9 8 9 8 8
August 8.5 7 11 8 7
September 5.0 6 4 5 5
October 3.8 5 3 3 4
November 3.0 6 3 2 3
December 2.1 4 1 2 1
Average 5.1 4.4 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.2

2nd highest wind speed of Armenia

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 239° 250° 067° 214° 253°
February 307° 257° 247° 285° 217°
March 261° 219° 056° 235° 057°
April 238° 212° 196° 245°
May 251° 006° 088° 261°
June 041° 076° 057° 055°
July 048° 052° 051° 053°
August 052° 060° 054° 046°
September 048° 232° 031° 039°
October 237° 215° 020° 040°
November 229° 240° 272° 291°
December 240° 045° 190° 249°

Prevailing wind direction

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