Statistics Chita-Kadala International Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chita-Kadala International Airport (UIAA) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	77.9	74	71	84	66	98
February	94.4	96	95	91	90	99
March	98.3	98	99	98	98	100
April	96.8	91	97	98	98	99
May	97.1	98	99	93	96	98
June	97.4	97	96	98	95	98
July	93.5	92	96	94	97	96
August	92.2	91	100	85	93	93
September	94.0	91	93	94	96	96
October	96.7	99	97	97	89	99
November	96.7		99	95	92	97
December	88.3		94	91	91	85
Average	94.1	93.0	95.4	93.4	92.4	96.6

1st 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	92.2	87	94	93	92	100
February	98.7	98	99	98	99	100
March	99.1	99	99	100	99	100
April	98.7	96	99	100	99	100
May	100.0	100	100	100	100	100
June	99.8	100	100	100	100	100
July	99.2	99	100	100	99	99
August	97.7	97	100	96	98	96
September	98.8	98	100	99	98	98
October	99.5	99	100	99	100	100
November	99.3		100	100	97	100
December	97.0		100	98	99	96
Average	98.5	97.5	99.2	98.5	98.5	98.9

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	-16.1	-16	-16	-17	-15	-12
February	-9.0	-6	-10	-11	-7	-8
March	1.4	4	-1	1	2	2
April	9.1	6	8	8	12	9
May	17.1	17	18	14	17	16
June	23.9	23	25	24	23	25
July	25.3	26	25	25	27	26
August	22.5	24	22	23	22	23
September	16.9	18	17	15	18	19
October	7.4	11	6	8	5	7
November	-5.1		-5	-4	-3	-6
December	-14.4		-13	-11	-13	-15
Average	7.1	10.6	6.9	6.2	7.2	7.0

63rd 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	-29.5	-28	-30	-28	-29	-24
February	-25.0	-23	-28	-26	-24	-24
March	-14.6	-11	-16	-14	-12	-13
April	-5.5	-7	-4	-5	-4	-5
May	3.1	2	4	2	4	2
June	9.8	8	10	11	10	10
July	13.0	13	13	13	13	13
August	10.2	10	7	11	12	10
September	3.9	4	3	4	4	4
October	-6.1	-5	-7	-7	-5	-6
November	-17.1		-18	-16	-15	-17
December	-25.7		-21	-23	-23	-27
Average	-7.7	-4.3	-7.3	-7.6	-6.3	-7.5

7th 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	5.2	5	8	8	2	2
February	3.9	5	4	14	3	0
March	2.4	5	2	3	3	0
April	3.5	8	3	2	0	3
May	4.1	5	3	7	6	5
June	6.0	8	6	8	9	5
July	8.1	8	6	7	4	6
August	5.9	6	1	5	9	5
September	6.1	6	7	6	6	5
October	3.2	1	1	4	11	2
November	2.2		2	4	0	2
December	4.4		3	2	3	4
Average	4.7	5.6	3.7	5.7	4.9	3.4

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	2	6	2	6
February	5.1	5	4	6	4	6
March	8.0	10	7	7	12	7
April	9.8	9	10	10	8	9
May	10.0	9	10	11	10	10
June	6.5	7	5	7	6	5
July	5.5	5	5	5	6	5
August	5.6	5	7	5	5	5
September	6.7	5	8	6	6	6
October	6.6	7	6	5	7	9
November	6.3		5	6	6	7
December	6.0		8	6	7	4
Average	6.9	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7

63rd 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	269°	339°	264°	332°	246°
February	267°	274°	271°	312°	244°
March	287°	280°	295°	283°	309°
April	292°	287°	314°	332°	288°
May	297°	310°	322°	306°	299°
June	315°	340°	027°	309°	327°
July	024°	151°	006°	245°	038°
August	241°	270°	302°	029°	345°
September	284°	292°	273°	301°	262°
October	278°	280°	265°	289°	274°
November		266°	270°	273°	275°
December		261°	240°	246°	252°

Prevailing wind direction

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