Climate Barnaul Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Barnaul Airport (UNBB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	64.4	71	49	68	66	55
February	73.3	64	65	68	70	76
March	78.1	63	73	73	70	84
April	91.5		92	90	97	99
May	94.0		94	99	97	96
June	93.8		94	96	87	97
July	91.0		88	94	97	96
August	91.1		77	96	88	95
September	86.8		82	83	84	88
October	74.8		76	75	66	67
November	62.2		58	58	60	68
December	57.3		58	70	52	60
Average	80.7	65.4	78.6	83.7	80.9	85.0

13th 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	84.6	88	85	81	92	79
February	91.4	94	91	92	92	90
March	94.4	95	93	96	92	94
April	97.6		97	97	100	100
May	98.4		99	100	100	99
June	99.0		99	100	98	100
July	97.6		99	100	99	99
August	98.0		96	98	99	98
September	96.6		97	91	98	96
October	93.5		89	95	94	89
November	88.0		92	87	87	97
December	80.6		84	96	82	83
Average	94.2	92.7	94.5	95.4	95.4	94.7

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	-11.2	-9	-9	-9	-15	-7
February	-9.7	-10	-8	-7	-9	-4
March	-1.7	0	2	-3	-2	1
April	10.6		7	12	9	16
May	19.1		18	23	21	22
June	23.7		25	24	22	23
July	25.0		27	24	26	26
August	23.5		24	22	24	25
September	16.3		17	18	15	16
October	8.4		10	9	8	7
November	-4.9		1	-6	-3	-2
December	-10.0		-9	-15	-6	-13
Average	6.0	-7.7	8.8	8.4	7.6	9.1

48th 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	-19.9	-18	-15	-17	-24	-14
February	-16.0	-18	-15	-14	-18	-10
March	-9.9	-7	-6	-11	-10	-7
April	0.2		-4	2	-1	4
May	7.4		6	10	9	11
June	13.2		15	13	12	12
July	14.7		17	14	15	15
August	12.7		14	12	13	14
September	6.5		8	6	6	7
October	0.3		2	0	0	0
November	-10.9		-5	-11	-9	-7
December	-17.6		-16	-21	-12	-18
Average	-3.3	-14.0	0.0	-1.3	-2.5	0.5

31st 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	31.7	30	48	17	33	42
February	20.8	27	12	19	29	25
March	14.6	16	13	17	25	14
April	5.9		5	6	3	1
May	5.2		4	2	3	2
June	5.4		6	5	8	4
July	3.0		3	4	2	3
August	3.8		7	2	2	3
September	7.5		8	9	7	11
October	13.0		9	15	13	16
November	31.9		20	35	44	27
December	34.0		30	22	34	40
Average	13.6	23.0	11.5	10.6	13.6	12.6

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	8.6	9	12	6	9	10
February	8.1	10	6	8	10	9
March	9.7	11	10	11	11	11
April	10.1		11	9	10	9
May	10.2		9	10	10	9
June	8.4		8	9	8	8
July	7.3		7	8	7	8
August	7.1		7	7	7	8
September	8.7		6	9	10	9
October	9.8		9	9	10	11
November	9.6		9	9	11	9
December	8.2		10	6	9	8
Average	8.9	9.7	8.6	8.6	9.1	9.1

48th 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	201°	225°	190°	225°	212°
February	217°	201°	205°	216°	208°
March	223°	239°	232°	224°	232°
April		262°	245°	271°	199°
May		009°	280°	303°	292°
June		265°	255°	310°	292°
July		268°	314°	351°	347°
August		244°	325°	353°	312°
September		218°	292°	240°	231°
October		220°	224°	216°	234°
November		209°	230°	213°	213°
December		212°	228°	211°	227°

Prevailing wind direction

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