Statistics Kursk East Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kursk East Airport (UUOK) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	24.5	48	16	14	18	28
February	41.2	42	45	45	43	23
March	65.5	53	68	66	81	55
April	80.8	87	63	75	87	88
May	87.0	95	90	78	87	83
June	90.1	87	91	88	88	96
July	86.2	89	83	96	89	88
August	92.7	89	94	98	91	92
September	80.3	93	62	65	93	87
October	61.4	53	52	80	70	59
November	26.8		24	34	9	36
December	21.6		38	25	32	14
Average	70.2	77.1	66.8	69.4	71.2	68.2

71st 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	54.3	73	58	42	51	49
February	66.5	70	69	66	64	56
March	84.5	77	84	88	93	79
April	93.1	94	81	94	100	92
May	95.6	98	97	94	99	93
June	97.0	95	98	96	98	100
July	94.8	96	91	97	96	98
August	97.8	97	98	100	98	98
September	91.7	98	77	86	99	94
October	80.5	79	80	90	86	71
November	59.0		50	74	45	59
December	44.3		49	48	55	36
Average	84.7	89.6	82.1	85.0	85.8	81.4

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	-3.5	-2	-2	-3	1	-4
February	-2.3	-2	1	-6	2	0
March	4.3	6	3	2	10	5
April	13.4	14	13	13	12	15
May	19.3	19	17	20	16	22
June	24.4	22	25	25	26	27
July	25.7	25	26	28	26	24
August	26.4	27	28	28	25	25
September	19.5	22	15	16	23	20
October	12.1	12	11	12	15	13
November	3.5		3	6	4	5
December	-1.6		-1	-2	-2	2
Average	12.3	14.4	11.9	11.7	13.1	12.8

18th 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	-7.2	-7	-8	-6	-2	-8
February	-7.2	-8	-4	-12	-3	-3
March	-3.2	0	-6	-4	1	-1
April	3.4	5	3	2	3	4
May	8.7	6	6	9	9	13
June	13.4	11	13	14	16	15
July	14.5	14	13	16	14	14
August	14.2	15	16	15	13	13
September	8.6	9	7	7	11	8
October	4.0	3	4	1	7	5
November	-2.9		-1	0	0	0
December	-4.0		-6	-7	-6	-1
Average	4.0	4.9	3.4	2.9	5.2	4.9

61st 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	31.8	15	52	37	23	28
February	25.5	31	20	30	24	22
March	14.8	16	19	12	7	21
April	8.2	8	16	9	7	4
May	7.0	3	7	8	19	3
June	4.8	9	2	6	6	2
July	5.7	4	4	2	6	6
August	2.3	2	2	4	3	1
September	8.0	0	21	14	1	9
October	11.3	20	17	3	3	11
November	12.9		13	13	22	10
December	26.6		14	33	21	15
Average	11.1	9.3	13.5	11.8	10.3	9.3

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	9.3	10	9	9	9	9
February	9.2	10	9	8	9	11
March	9.9	11	9	10	11	10
April	9.6	9	9	9	11	9
May	8.4	7	9	9	9	8
June	7.7	8	6	7	8	7
July	7.0	8	7	6	7	7
August	7.5	7	10	7	7	7
September	8.1	6	7	8	10	7
October	9.1	12	8	8	10	9
November	8.7		8	9	9	10
December	9.1		10	8	9	9
Average	8.5	8.4	8.3	7.9	8.9	8.4

18th 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	159°	267°	191°	262°	173°
February	279°	249°	284°	233°	267°
March	230°	351°	278°	217°	242°
April	095°	204°	212°	290°	060°
May	032°	298°	187°	247°	157°
June	022°	360°	055°	102°	043°
July	300°	332°	013°	295°	281°
August	161°	092°	113°	338°	312°
September	080°	245°	298°	168°	260°
October	255°	275°	221°	154°	246°
November		117°	237°	186°	153°
December		150°	191°	138°	197°

Prevailing wind direction

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