Climate Kursk East Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kursk East Airport (UUOK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	25.4	30	48	16	14	18
February	41.6	44	42	45	45	43
March	66.1	70	53	68	66	81
April	80.8		87	63	75	87
May	87.0		95	90	78	87
June	90.1		87	91	88	88
July	86.2		89	83	96	89
August	92.7		89	94	98	91
September	80.3		93	62	65	93
October	61.4		53	52	80	70
November	26.9		28	24	34	9
December	20.2		13	38	25	32
Average	66.9	50.6	70.7	66.8	69.4	71.2

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 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	54.7	57	73	58	42	51
February	65.6	61	70	69	66	64
March	85.3	90	77	84	88	93
April	93.1		94	81	94	100
May	95.6		98	97	94	99
June	97.0		95	98	96	98
July	94.8		96	91	97	96
August	97.8		97	98	100	98
September	91.7		98	77	86	99
October	80.5		79	80	90	86
November	60.4		68	50	74	45
December	45.8		54	49	48	55
Average	82.6	71.3	86.3	82.1	85.0	85.8

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	-3.2	-5	-2	-2	-3	1
February	-2.6	1	-2	1	-6	2
March	4.5	6	6	3	2	10
April	13.4		14	13	13	12
May	19.3		19	17	20	16
June	24.4		22	25	25	26
July	25.7		25	26	28	26
August	26.4		27	28	28	25
September	19.5		22	15	16	23
October	12.1		12	11	12	15
November	3.7		5	3	6	4
December	-1.6		0	-1	-2	-2
Average	10.6	0.7	12.4	11.9	11.7	13.1

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-8.5	-12	-7	-8	-6	-2
February	-7.5	-5	-8	-4	-12	-3
March	-3.3	-2	0	-6	-4	1
April	3.4		5	3	2	3
May	8.7		6	6	9	9
June	13.4		11	13	14	16
July	14.5		14	13	16	14
August	14.2		15	16	15	13
September	8.6		9	7	7	11
October	4.0		3	4	1	7
November	-1.0		0	-1	0	0
December	-4.0		-4	-6	-7	-6
Average	2.6	-7.9	3.7	3.4	2.9	5.2

61st 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	33.0	40	15	52	37	23
February	24.7	20	31	20	30	24
March	13.5	5	16	19	12	7
April	8.2		8	16	9	7
May	7.0		3	7	8	19
June	4.8		9	2	6	6
July	5.7		4	4	2	6
August	2.3		2	2	4	3
September	8.0		0	21	14	1
October	11.3		20	17	3	3
November	14.9		26	13	13	22
December	27.8		34	14	33	21
Average	12.4	19.6	11.6	13.5	11.8	10.3

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	9.2	9	10	9	9	9
February	9.5	11	10	9	8	9
March	9.6	8	11	9	10	11
April	9.6		9	9	9	11
May	8.4		7	9	9	9
June	7.7		8	6	7	8
July	7.0		8	7	6	7
August	7.5		7	10	7	7
September	8.1		6	7	8	10
October	9.1		12	8	8	10
November	9.1		11	8	9	9
December	9.4		11	10	8	9
Average	8.6	9.0	8.7	8.3	7.9	8.9

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	239°	159°	267°	191°	262°
February	172°	279°	249°	284°	233°
March	128°	230°	351°	278°	217°
April		095°	204°	212°	290°
May		032°	298°	187°	247°
June		022°	360°	055°	102°
July		300°	332°	013°	295°
August		161°	092°	113°	338°
September		080°	245°	298°	168°
October		255°	275°	221°	154°
November		206°	117°	237°	186°
December		211°	150°	191°	138°

Prevailing wind direction

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