Polyarny Airport

UERP · Sakha, Russia

Climate Polyarny Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Polyarny Airport (UERP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.6 89 86 91 85 87
February 91.7 95 93 90 93 88
March 83.2 96 80 94 72 76
April 74.5 67 76 64 77 89
May 71.3 80 75 79 66 67
June 79.6 73 53 83 95 92
July 62.3 57 74 58 59 58
August 57.6 66 70 27 52 73
September 55.9 47 44 68 64
October 38.7 36 43 39 50
November 65.6 57 73 72 69
December 81.0 89 68 83 75
Average 68.8 78.8 68.9 64.0 67.2 71.6

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 94.9 95 96 96 93 95
February 97.6 98 99 98 96 97
March 93.7 99 94 99 88 90
April 90.8 79 93 89 92 96
May 91.6 93 96 97 88 92
June 97.8 100 93 99 100 100
July 85.7 88 97 79 73 87
August 82.1 97 95 69 73 88
September 84.3 87 86 88 78
October 75.6 72 86 79 80
November 89.0 88 91 95 95
December 94.5 99 84 99 91
Average 88.6 93.2 92.1 87.9 85.7 89.5

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 -29.8 -27 -35 -24 -34 -21
February -23.1 -24 -22 -19 -31 -17
March -14.3 -14 -13 -13 -17 -14
April -4.4 -4 -5 -3 -6 1
May 6.1 6 5 7 7 8
June 19.1 18 16 19 19 21
July 19.6 19 21 19 21 18
August 16.5 15 20 11 16 19
September 6.6 6 2 9 10
October -5.5 -4 -3 -2 -7
November -18.0 -16 -21 -19 -13
December -27.2 -27 -24 -28 -27
Average -3.3 -3.5 -5.5 -4.6 -6.7 -2.1

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 -35.9 -33 -42 -30 -39 -27
February -30.6 -30 -29 -27 -37 -24
March -23.8 -21 -22 -21 -26 -23
April -12.2 -12 -13 -11 -15 -7
May -2.8 -1 -3 -1 1 0
June 9.9 10 7 9 10 12
July 10.9 11 11 12 12 10
August 8.1 8 9 5 8 9
September -1.8 -1 -3 1 3
October -10.5 -9 -7 -9 -12
November -24.2 -22 -27 -25 -18
December -33.3 -31 -31 -35 -32
Average -10.0 -10.5 -12.0 -11.6 -13.3 -10.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 19.7 25 23 14 17 21
February 19.1 15 23 18 14 25
March 31.9 27 38 18 43 36
April 25.3 40 27 30 27 14
May 16.7 15 10 12 23 19
June 7.3 13 15 7 2 1
July 9.6 4 9 18 9 12
August 12.0 7 6 37 7 3
September 18.1 23 32 10 9
October 40.3 43 32 35 40
November 35.9 39 37 27 42
December 32.7 28 43 28 47
Average 20.7 18.9 21.6 24.2 20.3 19.8

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 4.1 4 3 4 4 5
February 4.0 4 4 4 4 4
March 5.6 5 7 4 5 6
April 6.9 8 8 6 7 8
May 6.5 7 7 6 6 7
June 5.9 7 7 6 6 5
July 5.6 6 6 5 6 6
August 5.3 5 6 7 5 4
September 5.7 7 6 5 5
October 5.6 6 6 6 5
November 4.5 5 4 5 4
December 4.5 5 6 4 5
Average 5.7 5.8 6.2 5.5 5.3 5.6

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 255° 254° 239° 284° 194°
February 260° 250° 262° 324° 228°
March 223° 220° 220° 244° 222°
April 240° 153° 265° 274° 250°
May 209° 296° 324° 345° 323°
June 127° 246° 145° 253° 105°
July 052° 256° 031° 241° 115°
August 117° 021° 022° 324° 003°
September 273° 273° 237° 192°
October 211° 256° 254° 221°
November 258° 254° 211° 234°
December 274° 269° 267° 270°

Prevailing wind direction

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