Khankala Air Base

URMG · Chechnya, Russia

Climate Khankala Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Khankala Air Base (URMG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 41.2 58 35 62 42 47
February 53.0 56 64 66 49 65
March 59.3 46 77 61 68 57
April 81.0 66 91 85 82
May 90.8 90 91 95 94
June 96.9 96 99 96 99
July 97.4 98 97 99 98
August 97.9 100 99 97 99
September 88.2 82 93 79 91
October 74.9 83 77 68 84
November 45.9 63 54 43 70
December 32.5 54 6 44 17
Average 72.2 52.9 78.6 80.2 75.9 78.6

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 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 65.2 77 66 86 55 76
February 76.1 74 77 81 71 82
March 84.5 77 88 88 90 74
April 93.6 89 97 99 93
May 97.0 96 99 98 98
June 99.3 99 100 99 100
July 99.1 99 99 99 99
August 99.4 100 100 100 100
September 95.4 89 99 96 94
October 89.7 95 94 90 93
November 73.4 79 84 75 88
December 60.7 70 54 71 44
Average 86.6 76.2 89.1 92.6 89.1 88.7

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 3.3 2 4 5 5 5
February 5.8 8 4 8 4 7
March 10.4 10 14 6 9 13
April 17.4 16 20 18 16
May 23.8 23 22 26 23
June 30.0 28 30 29 31
July 32.4 32 32 32 35
August 32.3 35 35 34 30
September 25.9 26 27 22 28
October 18.7 19 18 15 22
November 9.9 13 11 10 10
December 5.1 8 3 6 2
Average 16.4 6.6 18.5 18.6 17.5 18.4

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -4.5 -6 -4 -3 -3 -2
February -3.2 -1 -5 -2 -6 -4
March 1.4 2 3 -2 0 3
April 5.2 7 7 8 2
May 11.5 13 10 12 11
June 16.7 17 16 18 16
July 19.3 19 19 18 20
August 19.0 21 20 21 17
September 13.7 15 15 13 14
October 7.3 7 9 6 8
November 2.0 5 3 2 2
December -1.3 -1 1 -2 -1
Average 6.2 -2.2 8.0 7.8 7.2 7.0

74th 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 14.8 13 8 15 5 11
February 15.1 13 22 4 21 12
March 12.3 16 4 27 12 12
April 7.0 13 2 4 11
May 9.1 12 12 5 11
June 4.0 9 4 3 2
July 4.7 8 6 5 3
August 2.5 0 1 0 6
September 5.1 7 6 9 2
October 7.0 9 8 13 2
November 11.9 8 7 8 8
December 19.4 20 16 12 38
Average 9.4 14.2 9.3 8.3 7.3 8.9

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 4.9 5 4 6 4 5
February 6.2 7 7 6 6 6
March 6.9 6 7 8 8 6
April 6.9 7 7 8 6
May 7.3 7 8 8 7
June 7.1 7 7 7 7
July 7.3 7 8 7 8
August 7.3 7 9 7 7
September 6.8 5 8 6 8
October 5.9 5 7 7 6
November 5.5 6 6 5 6
December 5.0 5 6 4 5
Average 6.5 6.0 6.2 7.3 6.5 6.6

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 320° 319° 315° 045° 323°
February 097° 351° 360° 023° 021°
March 042° 007° 354° 339° 037°
April 018° 033° 343° 027°
May 306° 331° 027° 350°
June 108° 107° 006° 116°
July 175° 305° 097° 134°
August 106° 108° 153° 081°
September 100° 012° 045° 101°
October 320° 345° 066° 104°
November 311° 338° 332° 313°
December 319° 075° 310° 066°

Prevailing wind direction

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