Statistics Elista Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Elista Airport (URWI) between 2019 and 2023.

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VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	41.3	55	51	33	33	34
February	58.6	54	57	60	61	51
March	76.0	77	78	67	84	88
April	91.0	91	95	86	99	79
May	96.1	95	98	96	94	94
June	98.9	96	100	98	100	100
July	98.6	99	97	99	100	98
August	99.6	100	100	100	100	100
September	96.9	99	98	98	98	89
October	86.1	98	87	93	84	75
November	57.2		60	70	62	42
December	37.6		53	36	41	37
Average	82.1	88.5	85.3	81.7	83.4	78.3

8th 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	56.1	74	58	43	64	42
February	73.3	68	77	68	79	67
March	87.0	88	93	82	89	95
April	95.9	96	99	95	100	86
May	99.0	99	100	100	98	99
June	99.5	98	100	99	100	100
July	99.3	100	98	100	100	100
August	99.9	100	100	100	100	100
September	98.3	100	99	100	99	94
October	92.9	98	97	95	95	83
November	73.8		71	87	75	67
December	51.3		72	48	53	54
Average	88.4	93.5	91.4	87.7	90.0	85.4

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	0.3	1	2	1	3	0
February	1.5	0	6	0	5	1
March	8.2	13	5	5	14	9
April	16.0	17	18	15	15	15
May	23.2	22	20	25	22	24
June	30.8	27	31	30	32	33
July	31.8	31	30	34	35	30
August	32.3	34	35	34	30	30
September	24.3	25	24	21	27	22
October	16.5	18	16	14	20	17
November	6.2		7	9	5	6
December	1.4		1	3	-2	3
Average	16.0	18.9	16.7	15.9	17.0	15.9

10th 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	-5.2	-7	-4	-4	-2	-4
February	-5.2	-7	0	-6	-2	-5
March	-1.3	3	-4	-2	1	1
April	5.4	6	7	7	3	6
May	11.2	12	9	12	11	13
June	17.1	16	17	18	16	19
July	19.1	19	16	21	20	19
August	18.5	20	20	20	17	16
September	11.8	13	13	11	12	11
October	6.3	8	7	3	8	7
November	-1.3		1	1	-1	-2
December	-4.6		-7	-2	-7	-1
Average	6.2	8.3	6.6	6.6	6.3	6.7

71st 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	24.2	17	24	18	35	22
February	21.4	24	13	28	22	15
March	13.2	8	19	16	6	16
April	5.3	5	2	10	2	10
May	6.3	4	8	4	8	10
June	1.6	3	1	3	1	2
July	2.5	1	5	1	0	4
August	0.9	0	0	2	1	3
September	4.1	2	5	8	0	10
October	6.6	3	11	10	5	3
November	13.2		12	8	16	6
December	25.9		8	29	32	14
Average	9.0	5.5	8.1	9.8	8.6	8.8

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	11.0	14	11	11	11	10
February	11.8	13	12	13	13	12
March	12.7	11	13	14	13	12
April	12.6	13	13	12	13	11
May	11.5	10	12	13	12	11
June	10.1	10	9	11	11	9
July	10.3	11	10	8	11	10
August	10.7	10	14	9	10	12
September	10.8	10	11	9	13	11
October	11.4	12	13	11	14	9
November	11.3		13	11	12	11
December	11.4		14	11	12	11
Average	11.3	11.1	11.9	11.0	12.0	10.7

10th 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	124°	242°	160°	269°	137°
February	246°	230°	256°	230°	266°
March	206°	302°	248°	124°	249°
April	112°	193°	302°	264°	065°
May	360°	295°	200°	294°	318°
June	328°	064°	137°	101°	082°
July	271°	325°	081°	106°	300°
August	058°	116°	090°	353°	067°
September	078°	279°	238°	106°	104°
October	242°	258°	110°	123°	152°
November		190°	201°	051°	111°
December		118°	197°	099°	225°

Prevailing wind direction

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