Climate Koltsovo Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Koltsovo Airport (USSS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	61.1	65	68	61	64	50
February	62.1	72	56	62	51	59
March	76.9	66	83	79	85	76
April	86.2		91	85	85	86
May	89.5		84	90	91	96
June	88.9		92	78	95	89
July	88.6		88	96	91	93
August	80.6		86	93	84	67
September	78.0		80	83	85	76
October	69.0		62	74	74	76
November	49.0		42	40	54	54
December	59.2		53	62	73	60
Average	76.6	67.7	77.9	79.6	81.1	77.1

28th 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	87.2	92	92	83	85	85
February	86.4	90	84	89	75	89
March	93.7	92	99	93	97	95
April	96.0		98	93	96	97
May	97.1		92	96	98	99
June	98.6		99	98	99	98
July	96.1		94	99	98	98
August	93.7		96	98	96	84
September	93.4		94	91	98	93
October	93.4		92	97	94	94
November	86.9		74	80	96	88
December	85.6		80	91	94	91
Average	93.2	91.1	92.6	93.7	94.8	93.2

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	-10.1	-12	-9	-9	-13	-5
February	-7.0	-7	-6	-3	-13	-2
March	0.7	1	4	-3	-2	4
April	9.9		12	10	12	10
May	18.8		22	16	24	20
June	20.8		21	20	25	20
July	25.1		27	26	24	28
August	22.5		22	26	26	21
September	15.0		18	15	13	16
October	7.5		7	8	8	9
November	-3.6		0	-6	-1	-3
December	-8.2		-11	-8	-6	-9
Average	6.2	-6.1	9.0	8.3	8.2	9.1

50th 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	-18.1	-20	-16	-18	-20	-12
February	-17.4	-17	-17	-12	-23	-10
March	-11.8	-9	-6	-17	-13	-5
April	-3.8		-3	-1	-1	-1
May	3.8		4	4	6	5
June	8.1		8	9	9	6
July	12.2		14	12	11	12
August	10.3		10	10	11	12
September	4.2		6	5	2	4
October	-1.6		1	1	-1	-1
November	-9.5		-5	-12	-8	-10
December	-16.8		-18	-18	-13	-16
Average	-5.9	-16.8	-2.2	-3.3	-4.6	-2.9

20th 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	38.9	38	41	25	51	56
February	38.0	39	42	34	52	31
March	21.2	19	19	16	30	16
April	12.0		5	15	11	14
May	5.3		0	11	3	3
June	7.9		9	9	5	5
July	5.6		5	2	5	3
August	7.2		8	1	1	17
September	9.6		8	6	8	10
October	19.5		25	8	13	20
November	32.2		29	49	31	30
December	34.9		46	34	38	41
Average	17.5	30.2	15.3	13.6	15.9	16.2

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	7.7	8	11	6	7	9
February	7.6	9	7	7	9	8
March	9.7	9	11	9	10	11
April	9.6		9	9	9	11
May	9.0		7	10	8	8
June	8.6		8	9	7	8
July	7.0		8	7	7	6
August	7.4		7	7	7	8
September	8.3		8	8	10	9
October	9.3		9	9	9	10
November	8.2		8	8	10	8
December	7.1		7	7	8	9
Average	8.4	8.6	8.1	8.0	8.2	8.5

50th 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	250°	275°	219°	132°	239°
February	270°	237°	202°	275°	212°
March	274°	240°	273°	271°	246°
April		297°	234°	246°	219°
May		189°	246°	268°	249°
June		312°	296°	320°	296°
July		268°	339°	329°	027°
August		346°	330°	319°	314°
September		333°	225°	273°	285°
October		244°	246°	269°	269°
November		180°	316°	252°	268°
December		247°	259°	236°	269°

Prevailing wind direction

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