Statistics Nalchik Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nalchik Airport (URMN) between 2019 and 2023.

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VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	40.2	34	56	45	57	30
February	54.7	57	72	60	63	38
March	48.0	59	40	56	52	64
April	73.3	58	82	65	84	69
May	76.9	72	76	93	79	80
June	89.8	85	95	87	95	89
July	92.4	95	91	93	97	83
August	91.0	100	95	94	90	94
September	76.6	66	83	59	84	77
October	71.5	81	67	42	76	82
November	41.4		46	46	54	30
December	32.7		3	46	9	58
Average	69.7	72.9	72.1	68.6	73.5	69.4

50th 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	59.5	63	71	54	83	50
February	69.7	76	87	70	81	52
March	73.8	84	69	82	72	88
April	90.1	80	97	95	93	87
May	92.6	88	88	99	99	95
June	98.0	96	99	96	99	99
July	98.1	99	97	96	100	98
August	97.9	100	100	100	96	99
September	91.9	86	96	81	95	93
October	86.2	94	83	66	89	94
November	61.6		67	67	78	51
December	47.5		14	54	18	69
Average	84.1	87.9	84.9	82.7	86.2	84.1

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	2.4	1	4	5	4	3
February	4.8	3	8	5	6	5
March	8.9	12	5	7	12	10
April	16.1	15	19	17	15	15
May	21.5	20	20	24	21	23
June	26.6	25	27	26	28	30
July	29.1	28	28	30	31	27
August	29.2	31	32	31	28	29
September	23.3	22	25	20	26	22
October	17.3	19	16	13	21	19
November	8.7		12	10	8	7
December	3.4		0	5	0	6
Average	16.2	17.7	16.7	15.8	16.7	16.2

8th 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	-4.2	-5	-4	-3	-3	-3
February	-3.1	-5	-1	-5	-3	-2
March	0.9	4	-2	-1	2	1
April	5.7	7	7	7	3	5
May	11.3	11	10	12	11	13
June	15.7	15	16	16	16	17
July	18.1	17	17	18	19	17
August	17.5	19	18	19	16	17
September	12.6	13	14	11	13	11
October	7.3	8	9	5	9	8
November	1.3		3	3	1	0
December	-2.0		-3	-2	-3	-2
Average	7.0	8.5	7.2	6.8	6.8	6.8

73rd 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	13.7	9	12	11	11	9
February	11.6	20	1	16	10	9
March	15.6	7	28	14	17	13
April	8.1	14	5	7	5	13
May	11.0	16	12	6	10	8
June	6.1	11	5	7	2	4
July	3.4	3	4	5	2	5
August	3.5	1	1	2	7	1
September	5.8	3	6	17	2	9
October	6.7	4	11	18	2	3
November	10.6		10	10	7	9
December	12.7		24	5	16	9
Average	8.7	8.5	9.1	9.4	7.1	7.4

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	2.8	3	4	2	3	3
February	3.6	4	4	3	4	3
March	4.1	4	5	4	3	4
April	4.5	4	5	5	4	4
May	4.1	4	5	5	4	4
June	3.8	4	4	4	4	4
July	3.9	4	4	4	4	3
August	3.7	4	4	4	4	3
September	3.5	4	4	4	3	3
October	3.2	4	4	3	3	3
November	2.9		3	3	3	3
December	2.5		3	3	2	2
Average	3.7	4.0	4.2	3.9	3.5	3.4

8th 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	057°	027°	039°	040°	065°
February	057°	072°	045°	054°	055°
March	063°	052°	056°	049°	065°
April	052°	060°	050°	049°	047°
May	035°	034°	036°	035°	063°
June	073°	069°	023°	035°	031°
July	084°	340°	114°	074°	001°
August	057°	024°	096°	058°	067°
September	032°	069°	058°	061°	075°
October	074°	075°	042°	048°	062°
November		054°	056°	044°	068°
December		069°	064°	045°	045°

Prevailing wind direction

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