Statistics Ugolny Yuri Ryktheu Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ugolny Yuri Ryktheu Airport (UHMA) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	66.3	67	75	73	44	66
February	64.6	73	63	67	74	39
March	72.8	67	92	73	75	73
April	77.8	89	72	76	72	85
May	79.7	87	98	76	70	79
June	88.4	80	89	95	96	87
July	77.6	67	79	79	75	92
August	83.4	75	87	84	93	72
September	81.1	70	71	76	91	89
October	72.4	67	77	61	72	84
November	63.7		64	70	65	68
December	62.8		46	47	64	61
Average	77.4	75.4	80.9	76.9	78.1	78.6

19th best VFR conditions of Russia

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 8 km or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	77.4	81	83	82	70	73
February	74.6	82	79	76	84	52
March	79.9	77	93	81	79	80
April	86.1	92	85	83	87	87
May	92.7	95	99	88	86	95
June	96.2	94	94	100	100	97
July	94.1	91	93	98	92	99
August	96.2	93	94	97	99	94
September	95.4	96	94	91	99	97
October	87.6	94	92	72	88	95
November	78.8		72	90	78	94
December	73.3		62	58	77	75
Average	89.0	90.7	90.6	88.4	89.5	89.6

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 km or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-17.3	-17	-18	-20	-16	-18
February	-16.9	-20	-17	-19	-23	-5
March	-11.4	-12	-10	-15	-8	-10
April	-6.0	-10	-3	-7	-9	-6
May	3.4	3	7	4	3	4
June	13.8	13	13	13	16	16
July	16.0	17	14	15	16	18
August	14.4	14	15	14	15	15
September	8.6	8	8	6	9	9
October	-1.2	2	-2	-5	1	-2
November	-7.2		-7	-13	-3	-6
December	-15.4		-4	-14	-13	-13
Average	-2.6	-1.7	-1.7	-4.5	-1.1	0.3

73rd highest temperature of Russia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-24.6	-23	-27	-27	-22	-24
February	-23.8	-27	-24	-27	-29	-13
March	-19.4	-21	-18	-24	-16	-18
April	-13.1	-18	-9	-14	-16	-13
May	-4.8	-6	-1	-3	-3	-2
June	5.0	4	5	4	5	7
July	8.6	9	7	8	9	9
August	6.7	7	7	5	7	8
September	2.2	2	2	-1	2	2
October	-7.6	-3	-9	-11	-4	-7
November	-14.0		-15	-20	-10	-13
December	-22.1		-14	-24	-19	-20
Average	-9.6	-8.5	-8.3	-12.9	-9.8	-7.0

8th lowest temperature of Russia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	44.1	45	36	45	52	58
February	41.0	34	40	42	29	72
March	44.7	56	30	51	35	47
April	23.1	25	35	34	23	7
May	9.3	6	3	17	7	12
June	6.4	8	12	5	6	4
July	15.1	15	17	24	18	10
August	12.6	17	13	10	12	15
September	17.7	21	30	21	12	19
October	26.3	30	12	46	27	19
November	33.6		40	38	42	13
December	47.2		68	69	43	49
Average	21.7	21.6	21.7	27.0	19.9	21.1

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	11.2	13	8	10	12	12
February	12.3	10	12	13	9	18
March	12.5	14	9	12	13	12
April	10.6	9	12	10	9	11
May	8.9	8	9	10	10	9
June	10.0	11	11	9	9	9
July	9.6	9	10	9	9	9
August	9.2	10	10	10	9	9
September	9.3	10	10	9	9	8
October	9.8	9	8	9	9	12
November	11.9		12	9	12	9
December	12.8		19	14	11	12
Average	10.3	10.0	10.1	10.1	9.8	10.1

73rd 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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	045°	029°	016°	058°	016°
February	011°	029°	038°	004°	083°
March	346°	046°	001°	094°	051°
April	013°	071°	032°	345°	037°
May	327°	188°	084°	091°	093°
June	133°	135°	143°	171°	139°
July	128°	120°	097°	128°	146°
August	081°	149°	111°	142°	098°
September	002°	004°	352°	044°	017°
October	065°	335°	017°	027°	343°
November		071°	035°	059°	031°
December		079°	016°	034°	030°

Prevailing wind direction

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