Climate Magnitogorsk International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Magnitogorsk International Airport (USCM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	54.1	70	74	36	40	50
February	49.7	76	29	46	37	43
March	66.5	71	69	47	69	79
April	81.2		85	80	83	75
May	84.0		68	72	90	90
June	87.6		84	74	84	97
July	85.1		79	89	90	83
August	80.3		72	85	67	74
September	77.8		75	68	83	91
October	72.2		60	69	72	83
November	55.3		33	44	59	61
December	54.9		39	65	59	62
Average	73.4	72.1	67.8	68.1	73.2	77.3

68th 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	81.2	90	88	76	73	88
February	76.5	92	62	79	71	76
March	87.0	85	90	79	89	90
April	94.5		99	95	95	96
May	96.7		94	92	98	98
June	97.8		96	93	98	100
July	96.7		96	98	100	95
August	97.1		98	95	97	96
September	92.7		90	80	95	100
October	92.6		90	93	97	97
November	84.0		69	78	87	83
December	81.1		83	88	87	85
Average	90.9	88.6	90.0	88.6	92.3	93.3

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	-10.2	-11	-8	-10	-12	-5
February	-9.3	-8	-10	-7	-12	-4
March	-2.7	-1	2	-5	-3	3
April	10.8		14	14	11	10
May	19.7		21	15	26	21
June	22.0		22	21	25	23
July	26.0		26	25	26	28
August	20.9		0	27	29	23
September	13.5		0	17	14	17
October	7.5		0	8	9	11
November	-2.7		2	-5	-1	-2
December	-8.1		-9	-9	-7	-7
Average	5.7	-7.4	5.0	8.1	8.9	9.9

54th 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	-18.7	-20	-16	-19	-19	-9
February	-17.3	-18	-17	-15	-19	-11
March	-11.9	-10	-6	-13	-12	-5
April	-1.4		-1	2	-1	0
May	5.6		6	4	9	7
June	9.7		10	10	12	9
July	13.1		13	13	13	15
August	9.6		0	12	12	12
September	4.1		0	5	4	4
October	-1.8		0	-1	0	0
November	-9.8		-4	-10	-9	-9
December	-16.7		-15	-17	-14	-16
Average	-4.1	-16.1	-3.5	-2.1	-2.1	-1.6

24th 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	31.2	32	20	36	46	35
February	37.1	27	42	29	46	44
March	23.2	14	20	28	34	17
April	12.2		6	10	9	24
May	7.9		6	18	1	4
June	5.3		9	7	6	2
July	6.1		7	3	3	9
August	4.6		9	0	1	5
September	12.9		15	19	10	2
October	15.3		17	8	8	12
November	24.5		38	41	21	16
December	25.5		45	19	25	16
Average	16.0	23.0	16.1	15.4	14.1	13.3

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	8	7	7	9
February	7.7	6	8	7	10	8
March	9.1	8	11	9	9	10
April	10.2		9	10	9	13
May	9.6		9	11	8	9
June	9.0		8	9	8	8
July	7.6		7	7	9	7
August	8.1		7	8	7	9
September	8.8		6	8	11	9
October	9.3		8	9	9	10
November	8.3		8	9	10	7
December	6.6		9	8	8	5
Average	8.5	7.5	8.1	8.5	8.7	8.9

54th 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	223°	218°	188°	170°	218°
February	202°	199°	184°	235°	196°
March	211°	189°	221°	211°	208°
April		182°	206°	196°	221°
May		101°	235°	208°	212°
June		318°	294°	001°	311°
July		229°	004°	351°	360°
August		328°	017°	007°	337°
September		336°	182°	259°	285°
October		221°	218°	239°	251°
November		248°	285°	214°	234°
December		226°	222°	197°	230°

Prevailing wind direction

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