Climate Platov International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Platov International Airport (URRP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	53.2	55	55	53	48	63
February	61.5	65	64	65	64	66
March	79.8	79	79	72	73	90
April	92.8		93	92	88	98
May	96.2		94	98	96	96
June	99.0		99	100	96	99
July	98.8		99	100	99	100
August	98.7		98	100	97	100
September	97.8		99	97	98	98
October	89.8		96	90	91	90
November	65.9		81	65	70	60
December	43.4		49	65	41	48
Average	83.5	67.9	87.0	86.8	83.6	87.5

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 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	70	68	72	70	84
February	76.6	80	74	84	77	75
March	92.8	96	89	90	89	98
April	97.1		97	97	95	100
May	98.1		97	99	98	98
June	99.5		100	100	98	100
July	99.4		99	100	100	100
August	99.4		99	100	99	100
September	98.9		100	98	100	98
October	95.4		98	97	97	97
November	80.2		94	80	79	76
December	58.3		58	81	54	62
Average	90.7	83.2	91.7	93.5	90.3	92.8

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	1.6	1	1	2	2	4
February	3.1	4	2	6	1	3
March	9.1	10	12	6	5	14
April	16.3		16	18	14	15
May	22.4		21	20	23	21
June	28.5		25	29	27	29
July	30.7		29	31	33	32
August	31.0		31	34	31	30
September	24.1		25	23	21	27
October	17.4		18	15	14	20
November	7.6		11	8	9	7
December	2.3		4	2	3	0
Average	15.2	4.8	16.3	16.5	15.4	16.8

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-5.7	-6	-5	-4	-4	-1
February	-4.8	-2	-5	0	-6	-4
March	-1.6	-1	3	-4	-2	2
April	5.3		8	7	5	2
May	10.7		10	8	12	10
June	15.8		14	15	17	17
July	17.4		17	16	18	18
August	17.3		17	20	19	14
September	11.4		12	11	10	13
October	6.5		6	7	4	10
November	1.0		4	2	1	1
December	-3.6		-1	-4	-2	-5
Average	5.5	-3.0	6.5	6.5	6.0	6.3

70th 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	32.2	26	15	50	22	31
February	23.6	15	25	25	21	31
March	15.9	4	12	24	32	4
April	14.0		18	12	23	6
May	9.3		14	9	7	10
June	4.6		7	2	7	5
July	3.2		2	2	3	2
August	2.1		1	4	3	1
September	5.3		6	8	7	2
October	8.1		8	14	3	5
November	19.9		25	15	20	23
December	31.9		39	14	33	41
Average	12.3	13.7	12.5	13.0	13.4	11.1

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	11.0	9	15	11	10	10
February	10.5	13	10	9	10	10
March	11.4	11	11	12	11	13
April	10.6		12	11	9	11
May	9.5		8	11	9	10
June	8.8		8	8	9	9
July	8.2		8	8	7	9
August	9.1		7	13	8	8
September	10.1		9	10	8	12
October	10.5		9	10	13	14
November	11.2		11	11	10	10
December	12.2		12	17	10	14
Average	10.2	11.3	9.6	10.5	9.4	10.7

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	164°	113°	257°	127°	292°
February	121°	288°	251°	259°	245°
March	106°	239°	355°	028°	097°
April		117°	201°	309°	279°
May		052°	282°	258°	254°
June		041°	063°	274°	089°
July		277°	331°	051°	062°
August		055°	095°	100°	027°
September		075°	265°	352°	095°
October		249°	278°	088°	112°
November		187°	106°	133°	085°
December		156°	108°	112°	092°

Prevailing wind direction

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