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	77.8		89	72	76	72
May	79.7		87	98	76	70
June	88.4		80	89	95	96
July	77.6		67	79	79	75
August	83.4		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	76.8	72.1	75.8	80.9	76.9	78.1

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 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	86.1		92	85	83	87
May	92.7		95	99	88	86
June	96.2		94	94	100	100
July	94.1		91	93	98	92
August	96.2		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	87.9	80.3	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	-6.0		-10	-3	-7	-9
May	3.4		3	7	4	3
June	13.8		13	13	13	16
July	16.0		17	14	15	16
August	14.4		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	-4.6	-16.3	-3.9	-1.7	-4.5	-1.1

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	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	-13.1		-18	-9	-14	-16
May	-4.8		-6	-1	-3	-3
June	5.0		4	5	4	5
July	8.6		9	7	8	9
August	6.7		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	-11.5	-24.6	-10.8	-8.3	-12.9	-9.8

8th 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	44.3	46	45	36	45	52
February	44.1	65	34	40	42	29
March	45.1	48	56	30	51	35
April	23.1		25	35	34	23
May	9.3		6	3	17	7
June	6.4		8	12	5	6
July	15.1		15	17	24	18
August	12.6		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	25.7	52.9	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		9	12	10	9
May	8.9		8	9	10	10
June	10.0		11	11	9	9
July	9.6		9	10	9	9
August	9.2		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	11.1	10.2	10.1	10.1	9.8

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	003°	045°	029°	016°	058°
February	015°	011°	029°	038°	004°
March	006°	346°	046°	001°	094°
April		013°	071°	032°	345°
May		327°	188°	084°	091°
June		133°	135°	143°	171°
July		128°	120°	097°	128°
August		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.