Murmansk Airport

ULMM · Murmansk, Russia

Climate Murmansk Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Murmansk Airport (ULMM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.6 60 56 62 42 53
February 60.1 64 68 49 58 63
March 63.1 47 63 69 68 66
April 68.3 77 71 68 51
May 65.2 71 69 49 69
June 0 0 0 0
July 61.0 32 60 58 85
August 60.7 63 78 58 60
September 55.5 57 35 57 67
October 44.0 44 44 57 34
November 39.5 56 27 51 45
December 53.8 67 50 100 0
Average 59.0 54.0 61.3 60.3 58.5 60.1

73rd 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 81.2 87 85 91 77 74
February 87.6 94 91 81 85 92
March 90.7 91 86 93 96 89
April 94.7 98 98 95 87
May 93.5 95 97 90 92
June 0 0 0 0
July 89.5 65 92 96 97
August 91.3 91 97 90 94
September 93.3 93 87 98 95
October 82.9 87 87 87 79
November 75.8 79 76 76 90
December 92.3 100 100 100 100
Average 90.4 91.5 89.3 91.7 91.2 90.1

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 -8.2 -9 -4 -6 -10 -8
February -7.0 -7 -5 -6 -12 -4
March -3.8 -1 -4 0 -2 -1
April 3.0 4 3 5 1
May 8.8 13 9 7 8
June 14.9 15 17 19 16
July 19.4 17 21 19 20
August 16.3 19 19 15 15
September 11.0 14 10 9 12
October 2.8 1 5 4 4
November -3.5 -6 -1 -5 1
December -7.9 -10 -6 -9 -4
Average 2.9 -6.2 4.6 5.7 3.3 5.1

66th 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 -18.8 -19 -12 -15 -18 -17
February -17.7 -16 -14 -14 -23 -14
March -13.4 -9 -19 -10 -12 -10
April -6.4 -7 -6 -2 -6
May 0.1 3 0 -1 -1
June 5.0 5 6 7 5
July 8.8 8 10 8 9
August 7.0 9 8 6 6
September 3.3 5 4 1 3
October -3.8 -3 1 -2 -1
November -9.6 -15 -5 -12 -3
December -14.3 -18 -13 -17 -12
Average -6.3 -15.5 -5.1 -3.4 -6.7 -4.7

27th 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 32.7 23 21 33 53 30
February 28.3 14 18 36 38 26
March 33.1 27 36 24 35 36
April 21.7 14 15 24 36
May 21.2 18 18 27 20
June 0 0 0 0
July 13.5 14 18 16 4
August 17.0 11 13 15 20
September 18.6 18 26 17 19
October 25.5 29 30 25 25
November 24.7 21 14 30 21
December 38.4 0 100 100 100
Average 22.8 22.4 18.9 20.9 24.7 24.0

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 3.8 5 5 4 4 3
February 4.0 5 4 5 3 4
March 5.7 6 4 6 6 8
April 6.4 7 6 7 8
May 6.2 6 7 6 6
June 0 0 0 0
July 5.3 5 5 5 6
August 4.9 5 6 5 4
September 5.4 5 6 5 5
October 4.6 5 5 6 4
November 3.8 2 3 4 5
December 4.6 2 1 15 5
Average 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.5 5.2 5.5

66th 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 222° 211° 278° 092° 263°
February 194° 204° 197° 201° 199°
March 275° 284° 273° 242° 249°
April 260° 303° 254° 327°
May 266° 271° 089° 216°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 040° 091° 324° 106°
August 175° 223° 351° 288°
September 217° 005° 285° 206°
October 299° 213° 172° 178°
November 214° 214° 204° 212°
December 360° 180° 082° 180°

Prevailing wind direction

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