Climate Mestia Queen Tamar Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mestia Queen Tamar Airport (UGMS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	55.6	54	67	47		0
February	51.8	56	45	55
March	44.3	52	40	46	39
April	40.5		41	36	44
May	38.9		38	36	43	0
June	41.1		44	31	48
July	39.8		37	35	46
August	49.0		54	40	53
September	50.0		64	38	49
October	55.4		60	38	65
November	62.0		55	54	77
December	62.2		65	68	56
Average	47.7	53.8	49.5	41.3	50.7

5th best VFR conditions of Georgia

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	68.8	71	72	63		0
February	64.5	68	61	65
March	57.8	67	59	55	49
April	48.5		50	42	53
May	43.9		46	38	47	0
June	44.2		48	32	52
July	42.9		42	35	51
August	49.7		54	40	55
September	56.0		66	40	61
October	66.3		75	52	70
November	75.0		73	64	88
December	77.3		79	83	73
Average	59.6	68.5	58.3	47.3	58.0

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	2.0	1	7	0		-10
February	4.2	7	2	6
March	6.3	9	9	4	5
April	12.7		13	14	12
May	16.7		17	16	21	2
June	22.9		22	22	24
July	24.7		25	25	27
August	28.6		30	31	26
September	19.8		23	21	18
October	14.3		15	13	15
November	8.7		8	10	10
December	4.5		5	6	4
Average	8.8	5.5	14.8	14.3	16.0	-4.0

5th highest temperature of Georgia

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	-9.3	-9	-9	-9		-10
February	-7.2	-4	-10	-8
March	-4.4	-3	-1	-7	-6
April	1.4		2	0	0
May	3.5		5	3	1	2
June	8.9		9	9	7
July	10.2		9	11	10
August	10.9		12	11	10
September	6.6		6	7	6
October	2.7		2	3	1
November	-1.2		-1	-1	-2
December	-5.5		-4	-3	-6
Average	2.5	-6.7	1.7	1.4	2.0	-4.0

1st lowest temperature of Georgia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.1	19	4	13		0
February	15.6	17	22	9
March	13.2	14	16	11	12
April	11.3		8	8	18
May	4.9		7	4	4	0
June	3.6		5	3	3
July	2.5		3	0	5
August	1.4		1	0	4
September	4.6		1	3	10
October	8.6		10	9	7
November	14.9		26	5	14
December	15.1		15	7	20
Average	9.9	16.2	8.7	5.4	8.8

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	2.1	2	2	3		0
February	2.8	3	3	3
March	3.5	3	4	4	3
April	4.0		5	5	3
May	4.6		5	5	4	2
June	4.4		4	4	5
July	4.3		4	5	4
August	4.5		5	5	4
September	4.3		5	4	4
October	3.3		3	3	3
November	2.7		3	2	3
December	2.4		3	2	3
Average	3.4	2.8	3.8	4.0	3.6	2.0

5th highest wind speed of Georgia

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	181°	032°	227°		360°
February	236°	221°	234°
March	247°	215°	242°	233°
April		295°	337°	253°
May		259°	234°	241°	180°
June		239°	289°	247°
July		243°	234°	221°
August		223°	217°	235°
September		217°	234°	230°
October		227°	223°	226°
November		206°	226°	211°
December		212°	234°	206°

Prevailing wind direction

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