Tiksi Airport

UEST · Sakha, Russia

Climate Tiksi 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 80.2 80 94 72 76
April 75.4 76 64 77 89
May 70.4 75 79 66 67
June 80.2 53 83 95 92
July 62.9 74 58 59 58
August 56.6 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 71.0 92.2 68.9 64.0 67.2 71.6

72nd best VFR conditions of Russia

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 92.5 94 99 88 90
April 92.3 93 89 92 96
May 91.4 96 97 88 92
June 97.7 93 99 100 100
July 85.4 97 79 73 87
August 80.4 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 89.2 96.8 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 -13 -13 -17 -14
April -4.6 -5 -3 -6 1
May 6.2 5 7 7 8
June 19.2 16 19 19 21
July 19.8 21 19 21 18
August 16.7 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 -7.4 -26.1 -5.5 -4.6 -6.7 -2.1

77th highest temperature of Russia

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 -23.6 -22 -21 -26 -23
April -12.3 -13 -11 -15 -7
May -2.8 -3 -1 1 0
June 9.8 7 9 10 12
July 10.9 11 12 12 10
August 8.2 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 -14.3 -32.3 -12.0 -11.6 -13.3 -10.8

4th lowest temperature of Russia

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 33.0 38 18 43 36
April 23.6 27 30 27 14
May 16.9 10 12 23 19
June 6.8 15 7 2 1
July 10.3 9 18 9 12
August 12.7 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 18.8 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 5.7 7 4 5 6
April 6.8 8 6 7 8
May 6.5 7 6 6 7
June 5.8 7 6 6 5
July 5.6 6 5 6 6
August 5.3 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 5.4 4.4 6.2 5.5 5.3 5.6

77th highest wind speed of Russia

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 220° 220° 244° 222°
April 153° 265° 274° 250°
May 296° 324° 345° 323°
June 246° 145° 253° 105°
July 256° 031° 241° 115°
August 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.