Statistics Sokol Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sokol Airport (UHMM) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	86.9	91	91	93	81	94
February	92.0	87	99	97	96	100
March	81.7	72	87	87	71	93
April	80.7	79	88	75	80	71
May	73.9	80	52	73	82	73
June	82.3	97	74	81	89	70
July	77.4	77	92	63	84	72
August	73.7	80	55	75	90	67
September	73.5	66	75	85	84	73
October	81.1	73	91	88	82	73
November	67.9		56	65	86	78
December	83.1		73	75	82	94
Average	79.2	80.2	76.8	78.8	84.0	77.8

33rd 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	93.0	94	93	96	94	97
February	96.3	96	100	99	100	100
March	92.5	88	94	94	87	97
April	94.9	96	95	93	97	96
May	96.0	99	91	99	93	97
June	97.9	99	97	100	99	96
July	93.3	96	99	89	93	90
August	96.4	97	97	91	100	95
September	97.7	97	98	99	95	100
October	94.3	92	97	98	96	93
November	82.6		73	85	94	93
December	93.2		82	87	94	98
Average	94.6	95.7	94.3	94.5	95.2	95.7

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	-17.4	-18	-12	-19	-17	-15
February	-12.0	-15	-10	-10	-13	-16
March	-7.5	-9	-4	-9	-6	-8
April	1.4	2	0	0	0	5
May	9.4	9	7	9	9	14
June	17.1	21	15	18	18	15
July	20.9	22	24	20	20	20
August	19.1	20	17	20	19	19
September	13.2	11	12	14	14	12
October	2.5	4	0	0	5	2
November	-8.1		-10	-6	-9	-5
December	-18.8		-19	-18	-17	-18
Average	2.2	4.8	2.4	1.6	1.9	2.1

72nd 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	-29.4	-28	-26	-29	-29	-27
February	-26.7	-29	-23	-22	-29	-28
March	-22.3	-24	-20	-26	-20	-23
April	-11.5	-9	-12	-12	-13	-4
May	-1.5	-1	0	-1	-1	3
June	4.8	5	5	4	4	7
July	8.6	10	10	10	7	7
August	7.5	8	10	8	5	8
September	1.7	2	0	0	-2	2
October	-10.3	-7	-15	-13	-7	-8
November	-19.5		-24	-16	-19	-13
December	-28.1		-31	-28	-27	-28
Average	-10.3	-8.7	-10.0	-11.5	-11.0	-9.3

2nd 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	23.8	30	16	25	29	14
February	15.0	25	2	8	9	13
March	22.9	29	20	14	35	14
April	17.5	19	11	21	16	26
May	18.8	14	35	14	16	25
June	9.2	0	10	11	10	18
July	8.6	10	4	15	8	8
August	11.6	16	19	4	10	17
September	15.5	24	17	8	5	18
October	15.7	15	15	11	13	25
November	35.4		49	36	14	24
December	29.4		43	44	32	20
Average	16.9	16.7	18.0	15.7	15.1	18.1

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	4.4	5	4	5	5	4
February	5.4	4	6	7	5	6
March	6.1	5	6	6	7	6
April	7.1	7	7	7	7	8
May	7.7	8	9	7	8	8
June	7.2	8	6	7	7	6
July	6.5	6	7	6	7	6
August	6.2	6	7	6	6	6
September	6.3	6	6	6	6	7
October	5.3	4	5	6	6	6
November	5.2		5	5	6	7
December	4.8		4	5	6	5
Average	6.3	6.2	6.3	6.2	6.4	6.4

72nd 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	017°	034°	011°	069°	040°
February	351°	006°	012°	006°	360°
March	061°	042°	329°	086°	009°
April	072°	016°	087°	172°	082°
May	136°	135°	182°	130°	170°
June	222°	219°	228°	220°	156°
July	217°	222°	224°	224°	230°
August	263°	166°	235°	245°	181°
September	114°	185°	295°	343°	051°
October	091°	351°	351°	083°	062°
November		060°	082°	029°	046°
December		010°	014°	021°	023°

Prevailing wind direction

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