Norilsk-Alykel Airport

UOOO · Krasnoyarskiy, Russia

Climate Norilsk-Alykel Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Norilsk-Alykel Airport (UOOO) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 46.4 40 44 46 15 65
February 48.7 49 43 30 57 77
March 52.0 49 62 48 66 60
April 56.4 50 55 65 56
May 61.1 68 65 48 65 50
June 0 0 0 0 0
July 81.4 89 77 70 73
August 72.6 77 86 72 45
September 47.1 33 38 43 65
October 35.8 41 44 19 22
November 46.3 41 54 42 50
December 0 0 0 0
Average 55.7 54.5 54.9 53.9 56.2 54.1

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 61.1 59 59 58 25 77
February 58.7 58 50 46 66 91
March 64.8 62 77 60 77 69
April 68.6 63 64 78 70
May 77.2 83 85 69 78 66
June 0 0 0 0 0
July 95.7 99 86 96 97
August 86.6 87 93 92 69
September 71.4 58 66 74 78
October 63.0 72 68 53 45
November 62.3 67 70 57 62
December 0 0 0 0
Average 71.7 67.5 72.1 69.6 75.0 70.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -21.2 -21.6 -20.3 -27.3 -17.6 -26.5
February -18.7 -18.1 -18.6 -13.5 -15.6 -28.1
March -15.3 -13.4 -17.3 -14.0 -16.3 -22.5
April -9.9 -10.4 -13.4 -7.0 -8.7
May 0.7 0.4 -3.7 -2.9 3.5 -1.9
June 11.6 12.5 10.0 11.1 16.3 8.3
July 18.0 18.3 18.8 18.1 15.5
August 17.1 17.3 17.8 14.0 14.6
September 7.2 7.0 6.9 4.2 7.9
October -4.9 -5.0 -2.1 -1.3 -2.0
November -14.5 -12.5 -13.8 -17.1 -14.4
December -18.2 -12.0 -20.3 -16.1 -23.6
Average -6.9 -8.5 -4.6 -4.2 -3.9 -6.0

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -28.9 -28.5 -25.6 -34.5 -22.5 -33.1
February -24.9 -25.8 -23.5 -19.5 -20.1 -35.6
March -23.6 -20.5 -24.3 -23.5 -23.3 -29.1
April -16.2 -20.8 -21.5 -15.3 -15.9
May -5.1 -5.5 -8.5 -7.7 -4.9 -4.0
June 4.6 4.9 2.3 4.7 7.2 3.5
July 10.0 10.0 11.0 10.1 7.7
August 9.2 9.0 9.0 6.4 8.5
September 1.7 1.6 1.0 -1.1 2.2
October -8.6 -11.9 -7.7 -3.0 -7.2
November -20.1 -19.5 -19.8 -24.6 -20.5
December -25.7 -17.1 -26.8 -24.0 -29.3
Average -12.9 -15.9 -10.1 -11.6 -9.4 -13.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 61.9 57 86 56 92 18
February 61.7 52 69 84 68 23
March 61.0 53 40 70 63 61
April 54.2 62 61 37 63
May 31.2 18 36 53 32 23
June 0 0 0 0 0
July 3.5 3 3 7 5
August 8.7 6 7 12 17
September 24.7 31 31 32 21
October 56.6 51 48 64 60
November 65.2 76 63 49 70
December 0 0 0 0
Average 39.8 42.1 39.6 45.6 39.8 37.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 13.5 13 18 12 20 7
February 14.4 13 17 16 14 6
March 13.9 14 12 16 12 12
April 14.1 15 15 12 14
May 12.9 12 12 16 13 11
June 0 0 0 0 0
July 12.3 13 9 14 11
August 10.7 11 12 11 11
September 12.7 13 12 13 13
October 11.7 12 11 12 12
November 11.8 14 13 11 12
December 0 0 0 0
Average 12.8 13.1 13.0 13.6 12.2 11.7

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 103° 166° 152° 182° 116°
February 180° 169° 174° 171° 153°
March 187° 165° 184° 155° 132°
April 154° 114° 178° 154°
May 061° 067° 037° 204° 009°
June 360° 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 077° 058° 314° 177°
August 022° 031° 329° 213°
September 248° 251° 349° 118°
October 194° 172° 191° 218°
November 157° 178° 195° 174°
December 360° 360° 360° 360°

Prevailing wind direction

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