Climate Chelyabinsk Balandino Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chelyabinsk Balandino Airport (USCC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	54.2	61	68	48	48	49
February	52.0	72	42	62	43	53
March	76.7	80	90	80	76	78
April	83.8		95	81	89	78
May	86.3		85	83	90	94
June	88.1		87	87	89	92
July	86.2		89	91	86	88
August	78.2		82	87	77	70
September	76.0		76	80	92	71
October	71.0		68	86	82	75
November	58.8		49	48	78	51
December	49.1		63	78	66	51
Average	74.7	72.4	78.1	79.0	79.4	74.9

30th 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	73.8	75	86	67	69	72
February	67.4	79	61	79	59	62
March	87.6	91	94	86	84	92
April	92.7		99	92	94	88
May	96.1		95	93	98	99
June	97.1		98	97	96	98
July	95.9		98	98	97	95
August	92.2		92	97	91	89
September	91.2		88	92	98	87
October	88.3		85	96	93	86
November	78.2		65	63	89	74
December	69.8		73	86	85	76
Average	87.6	82.7	88.9	89.6	89.9	87.5

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	-10.6	-12	-7	-9	-13	-4
February	-8.7	-8	-7	-4	-12	-3
March	0.6	1	4	-3	-2	5
April	11.1		14	13	12	11
May	19.8		22	17	25	22
June	21.7		22	21	24	22
July	26.3		28	26	25	28
August	23.5		23	26	27	23
September	16.0		17	17	15	16
October	8.6		8	9	9	10
November	-2.5		1	-6	-1	-2
December	-8.6		-10	-9	-5	-7
Average	6.6	-7.8	9.7	8.7	8.9	10.0

43rd 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	-18.4	-20	-15	-18	-20	-12
February	-16.1	-17	-17	-13	-21	-9
March	-9.3	-7	-6	-13	-11	-3
April	-1.5		-1	2	1	1
May	6.1		8	6	10	8
June	10.0		10	11	12	8
July	13.9		15	14	13	15
August	11.9		11	12	13	13
September	5.4		7	5	4	6
October	0.4		2	1	1	0
November	-8.2		-5	-10	-8	-9
December	-15.1		-17	-16	-12	-15
Average	-4.8	-15.3	-1.4	-2.8	-2.5	0.2

28th 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	25.7	27	26	15	35	31
February	28.3	24	28	13	43	18
March	16.0	12	11	19	19	10
April	10.0		2	10	5	8
May	6.8		1	13	2	5
June	7.1		6	7	4	4
July	3.7		2	4	3	3
August	7.8		8	1	1	11
September	10.9		8	9	6	11
October	17.0		16	6	5	18
November	22.6		19	38	21	24
December	20.6		26	17	17	11
Average	13.7	19.9	10.1	10.9	10.3	10.8

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.2	8	9	6	7	8
February	7.9	9	7	7	9	8
March	9.5	9	11	9	9	11
April	10.1		9	9	10	12
May	9.4		8	10	9	8
June	9.0		9	9	7	8
July	7.5		7	7	8	7
August	7.9		7	7	8	9
September	8.6		7	7	11	10
October	9.2		9	9	9	10
November	8.4		7	8	10	8
December	7.1		9	8	8	7
Average	8.6	8.3	8.2	8.1	8.7	8.8

43rd 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	239°	266°	195°	161°	226°
February	249°	216°	196°	268°	202°
March	266°	214°	276°	255°	234°
April		294°	212°	228°	218°
May		152°	241°	254°	230°
June		307°	283°	320°	308°
July		279°	334°	322°	015°
August		335°	327°	309°	305°
September		323°	221°	268°	284°
October		229°	234°	266°	266°
November		190°	279°	232°	262°
December		226°	261°	215°	283°

Prevailing wind direction

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