Climate Vladikavkaz Beslan International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Vladikavkaz Beslan International Airport (URMO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	51.1	72	39	64	62	58
February	57.5	52	57	77	66	66
March	55.3	52	72	55	66	59
April	75.1		67	83	72	79
May	80.4		78	81	93	81
June	89.3		83	95	82	96
July	91.3		96	92	92	96
August	92.8		99	97	92	94
September	80.9		78	83	61	91
October	74.7		87	69	55	84
November	51.3		75	60	54	57
December	41.6		58	17	52	16
Average	70.1	58.0	76.3	77.0	73.0	76.0

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 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	71.4	81	65	81	78	75
February	80.4	73	77	91	83	85
March	84.7	80	92	87	89	85
April	93.4		91	98	95	92
May	95.1		94	91	98	96
June	97.4		96	100	94	99
July	98.0		100	97	96	100
August	98.5		100	100	98	98
September	93.4		88	96	84	97
October	88.2		93	88	72	94
November	75.7		90	79	70	80
December	63.1		76	41	63	44
Average	86.8	77.8	89.9	90.4	86.9	89.0

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	2.4	3	0	3	6	4
February	5.5	8	3	8	5	6
March	9.5	9	13	6	8	12
April	16.5		16	19	18	14
May	21.5		20	19	25	21
June	26.4		25	26	26	28
July	28.5		28	28	29	31
August	28.6		31	31	30	27
September	23.3		23	25	20	25
October	17.9		19	17	14	22
November	9.6		13	11	10	9
December	4.3		7	2	6	0
Average	14.8	6.5	16.6	16.7	16.3	16.4

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-6.3	-8	-8	-6	-4	-5
February	-5.9	-2	-7	-4	-7	-5
March	0.2	0	1	-4	-2	2
April	6.0		5	5	6	3
May	11.7		10	8	10	10
June	16.4		14	15	15	14
July	17.8		15	16	16	17
August	17.0		16	17	17	13
September	11.9		10	11	10	11
October	5.4		4	7	3	4
November	-1.6		1	0	0	-2
December	-3.0		-3	-3	-5	-3
Average	4.9	-4.7	5.0	5.3	4.9	5.0

66th 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	10.5	8	9	11	6	11
February	11.7	8	21	5	14	12
March	13.1	11	7	25	11	13
April	7.8		11	7	6	8
May	11.0		16	13	6	9
June	7.7		11	8	8	4
July	5.6		9	5	7	2
August	4.6		1	3	2	7
September	6.3		9	8	13	2
October	6.7		8	8	17	2
November	6.5		9	4	7	3
December	9.8		12	9	8	16
Average	8.6	9.2	9.9	8.8	8.4	6.9

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	4.2	4	3	5	5	4
February	5.2	6	5	5	5	5
March	6.2	6	6	7	7	6
April	6.9		6	7	7	6
May	6.8		7	7	7	7
June	5.7		5	6	5	6
July	5.1		5	6	5	6
August	5.0		5	5	5	5
September	5.1		4	5	6	5
October	4.6		4	5	5	4
November	4.5		5	5	4	4
December	4.1		4	4	4	4
Average	5.3	5.2	5.1	5.8	5.5	5.1

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	359°	346°	033°	060°	313°
February	064°	041°	049°	047°	049°
March	043°	030°	045°	046°	016°
April		026°	055°	028°	044°
May		031°	029°	033°	026°
June		067°	078°	343°	043°
July		054°	266°	071°	146°
August		210°	276°	272°	073°
September		041°	030°	053°	065°
October		052°	062°	027°	058°
November		059°	040°	010°	358°
December		071°	051°	356°	057°

Prevailing wind direction

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