Statistics Platov International Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Platov International Airport (URRP) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	52.8	55	53	48	63	45
February	60.8	64	65	64	66	45
March	79.9	79	72	73	90	86
April	92.8	93	92	88	98	90
May	96.2	94	98	96	96	95
June	99.0	99	100	96	99	100
July	98.8	99	100	99	100	97
August	98.7	98	100	97	100	99
September	97.8	99	97	98	98	97
October	89.8	96	90	91	90	79
November	62.8		65	70	60	56
December	42.2		65	41	48	44
Average	86.6	89.9	86.8	83.6	87.5	82.3

5th 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	71.8	68	72	70	84	65
February	75.8	74	84	77	75	69
March	92.2	89	90	89	98	96
April	97.1	97	97	95	100	96
May	98.1	97	99	98	98	98
June	99.5	100	100	98	100	100
July	99.4	99	100	100	100	99
August	99.4	99	100	99	100	99
September	98.9	100	98	100	98	98
October	95.4	98	97	97	97	86
November	77.5		80	79	76	71
December	58.3		81	54	62	54
Average	92.2	93.8	93.5	90.3	92.8	89.0

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	1.7	1	2	2	4	0
February	2.9	2	6	1	3	2
March	9.1	12	6	5	14	9
April	16.3	16	18	14	15	17
May	22.4	21	20	23	21	24
June	28.5	25	29	27	29	31
July	30.7	29	31	33	32	28
August	31.0	31	34	31	30	29
September	24.1	25	23	21	27	23
October	17.4	18	15	14	20	18
November	7.0		8	9	7	8
December	2.0		2	3	0	4
Average	17.3	18.1	16.5	15.4	16.8	16.3

11th 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	-4.1	-5	-4	-4	-1	-5
February	-4.5	-5	0	-6	-4	-3
March	-1.7	3	-4	-2	2	1
April	5.3	8	7	5	2	5
May	10.7	10	8	12	10	12
June	15.8	14	15	17	17	17
July	17.4	17	16	18	18	16
August	17.3	17	20	19	14	16
September	11.4	12	11	10	13	10
October	6.5	6	7	4	10	7
November	0.5		2	1	1	1
December	-3.3		-4	-2	-5	-1
Average	7.1	7.6	6.5	6.0	6.3	6.3

70th 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	33.4	15	50	22	31	50
February	25.3	25	25	21	31	24
March	18.5	12	24	32	4	21
April	14.0	18	12	23	6	15
May	9.3	14	9	7	10	8
June	4.6	7	2	7	5	5
July	3.2	2	2	3	2	5
August	2.1	1	4	3	1	3
September	5.3	6	8	7	2	3
October	8.1	8	14	3	5	11
November	18.9		15	20	23	16
December	30.4		14	33	41	14
Average	11.6	9.9	13.0	13.4	11.1	12.7

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	11.3	15	11	10	10	11
February	10.0	10	9	10	10	10
March	11.4	11	12	11	13	11
April	10.6	12	11	9	11	10
May	9.5	8	11	9	10	10
June	8.8	8	8	9	9	9
July	8.2	8	8	7	9	7
August	9.1	7	13	8	8	9
September	10.1	9	10	8	12	10
October	10.5	9	10	13	14	7
November	11.1		11	10	10	14
December	12.1		17	10	14	10
Average	9.9	9.3	10.5	9.4	10.7	9.6

11th 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	113°	257°	127°	292°	100°
February	288°	251°	259°	245°	040°
March	239°	355°	028°	097°	266°
April	117°	201°	309°	279°	077°
May	052°	282°	258°	254°	107°
June	041°	063°	274°	089°	068°
July	277°	331°	051°	062°	283°
August	055°	095°	100°	027°	037°
September	075°	265°	352°	095°	082°
October	249°	278°	088°	112°	153°
November		106°	133°	085°	101°
December		108°	112°	092°	127°

Prevailing wind direction

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