Statistics Vladikavkaz Beslan International Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Vladikavkaz Beslan International Airport (URMO) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	48.1	39	64	62	58	46
February	58.3	57	77	66	66	45
March	55.9	72	55	66	59	59
April	75.1	67	83	72	79	66
May	80.4	78	81	93	81	82
June	89.3	83	95	82	96	93
July	91.3	96	92	92	96	82
August	92.8	99	97	92	94	95
September	80.9	78	83	61	91	83
October	74.7	87	69	55	84	78
November	47.2		60	54	57	39
December	38.6		17	52	16	61
Average	72.0	77.6	77.0	73.0	76.0	70.8

32nd 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	70.0	65	81	78	75	68
February	81.5	77	91	83	85	71
March	85.5	92	87	89	85	87
April	93.4	91	98	95	92	89
May	95.1	94	91	98	96	94
June	97.4	96	100	94	99	99
July	98.0	100	97	96	100	96
August	98.5	100	100	98	98	99
September	93.4	88	96	84	97	94
October	88.2	93	88	72	94	91
November	73.2		79	70	80	63
December	60.9		41	63	44	76
Average	88.3	91.0	90.4	86.9	89.0	87.0

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	0	3	6	4	4
February	5.1	3	8	5	6	5
March	9.5	13	6	8	12	10
April	16.5	16	19	18	14	15
May	21.5	20	19	25	21	23
June	26.4	25	26	26	28	29
July	28.5	28	28	29	31	26
August	28.6	31	31	30	27	28
September	23.3	23	25	20	25	21
October	17.9	19	17	14	22	20
November	9.0		11	10	9	7
December	3.8		2	6	0	6
Average	16.2	17.9	16.7	16.3	16.4	16.2

9th 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	-6.6	-8	-6	-4	-5	-4
February	-5.6	-7	-4	-7	-5	-2
March	0.2	1	-4	-2	2	0
April	6.0	5	5	6	3	7
May	11.7	10	8	10	10	15
June	16.4	14	15	15	14	20
July	17.8	15	16	16	17	18
August	17.0	16	17	17	13	18
September	11.9	10	11	10	11	11
October	5.4	4	7	3	4	6
November	-1.3		0	0	-2	-2
December	-4.9		-3	-5	-3	-4
Average	6.2	6.1	5.3	4.9	5.0	7.0

66th 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	10.8	9	11	6	11	4
February	12.3	21	5	14	12	11
March	13.4	7	25	11	13	16
April	7.8	11	7	6	8	11
May	11.0	16	13	6	9	9
June	7.7	11	8	8	4	6
July	5.6	9	5	7	2	6
August	4.6	1	3	2	7	3
September	6.3	9	8	13	2	6
October	6.7	8	8	17	2	1
November	6.2		4	7	3	6
December	9.5		9	8	16	5
Average	8.5	9.9	8.8	8.4	6.9	7.0

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	4.2	3	5	5	4	5
February	5.2	5	5	5	5	5
March	6.3	6	7	7	6	6
April	6.9	6	7	7	6	7
May	6.8	7	7	7	7	7
June	5.7	5	6	5	6	6
July	5.1	5	6	5	6	5
August	5.0	5	5	5	5	5
September	5.1	4	5	6	5	6
October	4.6	4	5	5	4	5
November	4.4		5	4	4	4
December	4.0		4	4	4	4
Average	5.4	5.1	5.8	5.5	5.1	5.4

9th 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	346°	033°	060°	313°	073°
February	041°	049°	047°	049°	036°
March	030°	045°	046°	016°	076°
April	026°	055°	028°	044°	054°
May	031°	029°	033°	026°	063°
June	067°	078°	343°	043°	113°
July	054°	266°	071°	146°	278°
August	210°	276°	272°	073°	187°
September	041°	030°	053°	065°	070°
October	052°	062°	027°	058°	061°
November		040°	010°	358°	067°
December		051°	356°	057°	305°

Prevailing wind direction

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