Ugolny Yuri Ryktheu Airport

UHMA · Chukotka, Russia

Climate Ugolny Yuri Ryktheu Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ugolny Yuri Ryktheu Airport (UHMA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.1 73 67 75 73 44
February 64.8 66 73 63 67 74
March 73.2 76 67 92 73 75
April 77.2 73 89 72 76 72
May 79.3 77 87 98 76 70
June 87.3 82 80 89 95 96
July 79.7 90 67 79 79 75
August 81.9 73 75 87 84 93
September 81.1 70 71 76 91
October 72.4 67 77 61 72
November 65.9 79 64 70 65
December 65.9 83 46 47 64
Average 77.5 78.1 75.8 80.9 76.9 78.1

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 77.1 75 81 83 82 70
February 75.0 78 82 79 76 84
March 80.5 85 77 93 81 79
April 85.8 84 92 85 83 87
May 93.0 95 95 99 88 86
June 95.4 91 94 94 100 100
July 94.7 98 91 93 98 92
August 95.3 90 93 94 97 99
September 95.4 96 94 91 99
October 87.6 94 92 72 88
November 80.3 89 72 90 78
December 75.2 86 62 58 77
Average 89.1 89.6 90.4 90.6 88.4 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 -17.5 -15 -17 -18 -20 -16
February -16.8 -16 -20 -17 -19 -23
March -12.8 -16 -12 -10 -15 -8
April -7.9 -7 -10 -3 -7 -9
May 3.1 1 3 7 4 3
June 13.4 11 13 13 13 16
July 16.1 17 17 14 15 16
August 14.1 12 14 15 14 15
September 8.6 8 8 6 9
October -1.2 2 -2 -5 1
November -7.7 -4 -7 -13 -3
December -16.9 -18 -4 -14 -13
Average -2.4 -2.4 -3.9 -1.7 -4.5 -1.1

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 -24.6 -23 -23 -27 -27 -22
February -23.6 -24 -27 -24 -27 -29
March -20.8 -23 -21 -18 -24 -16
April -14.9 -14 -18 -9 -14 -16
May -4.6 -5 -6 -1 -3 -3
June 4.6 2 4 5 4 5
July 8.6 9 9 7 8 9
August 6.4 4 7 7 5 7
September 2.2 2 2 -1 2
October -7.6 -3 -9 -11 -4
November -14.5 -11 -15 -20 -10
December -23.8 -24 -14 -24 -19
Average -9.3 -10.8 -10.8 -8.3 -12.9 -9.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.3 46 45 36 45 52
February 44.1 65 34 40 42 29
March 45.1 48 56 30 51 35
April 24.6 36 25 35 34 23
May 10.4 17 6 3 17 7
June 7.9 16 8 12 5 6
July 13.8 8 15 17 24 18
August 14.0 22 17 13 10 12
September 17.7 21 30 21 12
October 26.3 30 12 46 27
November 33.5 33 40 38 42
December 44.6 30 68 69 43
Average 22.3 25.7 22.2 21.7 27.0 19.9

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 11.0 10 13 8 10 12
February 12.4 13 10 12 13 9
March 12.2 10 14 9 12 13
April 10.6 11 9 12 10 9
May 9.0 10 8 9 10 10
June 10.1 10 11 11 9 9
July 10.2 13 9 10 9 9
August 9.4 11 10 10 10 9
September 9.3 10 10 9 9
October 9.8 9 8 9 9
November 12.0 12 12 9 12
December 12.7 12 19 14 11
Average 10.4 10.9 10.2 10.1 10.1 9.8

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 003° 045° 029° 016° 058°
February 015° 011° 029° 038° 004°
March 006° 346° 046° 001° 094°
April 012° 013° 071° 032° 345°
May 021° 327° 188° 084° 091°
June 128° 133° 135° 143° 171°
July 101° 128° 120° 097° 128°
August 008° 081° 149° 111° 142°
September 002° 004° 352° 044°
October 065° 335° 017° 027°
November 056° 071° 035° 059°
December 353° 079° 016° 034°

Prevailing wind direction

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