Statistics Khankala Air Base 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Khankala Air Base (URMG) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	38.8	35	62	42	47	26
February	52.5	64	66	49	65	37
March	61.1	77	61	68	57	71
April	81.0	66	91	85	82	75
May	90.8	90	91	95	94	91
June	96.9	96	99	96	99	98
July	97.4	98	97	99	98	99
August	97.9	100	99	97	99	98
September	88.2	82	93	79	91	86
October	74.9	83	77	68	84	63
November	43.0		54	43	70	29
December	28.6		6	44	17	36
Average	75.4	81.5	80.2	75.9	78.6	72.1

24th 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	63.6	66	86	55	76	50
February	76.4	77	81	71	82	73
March	85.5	88	88	90	74	96
April	93.6	89	97	99	93	92
May	97.0	96	99	98	98	96
June	99.3	99	100	99	100	100
July	99.1	99	99	99	99	100
August	99.4	100	100	100	100	100
September	95.4	89	99	96	94	95
October	89.7	95	94	90	93	80
November	72.5		84	75	88	65
December	59.0		54	71	44	57
Average	88.4	91.2	92.6	89.1	88.7	86.5

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	3.4	4	5	5	5	4
February	5.4	4	8	4	7	5
March	10.5	14	6	9	13	11
April	17.4	16	20	18	16	17
May	23.8	23	22	26	23	25
June	30.0	28	30	29	31	33
July	32.4	32	32	32	35	31
August	32.3	35	35	34	30	31
September	25.9	26	27	22	28	24
October	18.7	19	18	15	22	20
November	9.4		11	10	10	8
December	4.7		3	6	2	6
Average	18.0	20.1	18.6	17.5	18.4	18.0

1st 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	-4.9	-4	-3	-3	-2	-2
February	-4.9	-5	-2	-6	-4	-2
March	1.3	3	-2	0	3	1
April	5.2	7	7	8	2	5
May	11.5	13	10	12	11	12
June	16.7	17	16	18	16	18
July	19.3	19	19	18	20	19
August	19.0	21	20	21	17	18
September	13.7	15	15	13	14	12
October	7.3	7	9	6	8	8
November	1.5		3	2	2	0
December	-1.2		1	-2	-1	-1
Average	7.5	9.3	7.8	7.2	7.0	7.3

74th 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	15.1	8	15	5	11	14
February	15.3	22	4	21	12	9
March	11.9	4	27	12	12	12
April	7.0	13	2	4	11	8
May	9.1	12	12	5	11	7
June	4.0	9	4	3	2	2
July	4.7	8	6	5	3	4
August	2.5	0	1	0	6	3
September	5.1	7	6	9	2	8
October	7.0	9	8	13	2	3
November	12.6		7	8	8	12
December	19.3		16	12	38	11
Average	8.7	8.6	8.3	7.3	8.9	7.3

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	4.9	4	6	4	5	5
February	6.2	7	6	6	6	6
March	7.0	7	8	8	6	7
April	6.9	7	7	8	6	7
May	7.3	7	8	8	7	7
June	7.1	7	7	7	7	7
July	7.3	7	8	7	8	8
August	7.3	7	9	7	7	7
September	6.8	5	8	6	8	7
October	5.9	5	7	7	6	5
November	5.4		6	5	6	5
December	4.9		6	4	5	4
Average	6.6	6.3	7.3	6.5	6.6	6.5

1st 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	319°	315°	045°	323°	024°
February	351°	360°	023°	021°	349°
March	007°	354°	339°	037°	034°
April	018°	033°	343°	027°	017°
May	306°	331°	027°	350°	009°
June	108°	107°	006°	116°	106°
July	175°	305°	097°	134°	287°
August	106°	108°	153°	081°	069°
September	100°	012°	045°	101°	086°
October	320°	345°	066°	104°	058°
November		338°	332°	313°	067°
December		075°	310°	066°	315°

Prevailing wind direction

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