Climate Nizhny Novgorod Strigino International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nizhny Novgorod Strigino International Airport (UWGG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	32.3	42	44	39	27	23
February	41.2	51	24	49	52	41
March	65.1	71	57	81	64	60
April	76.5		89	73	77	63
May	80.1		86	74	80	68
June	89.5		93	97	98	89
July	79.0		76	88	91	74
August	84.5		92	96	95	79
September	68.5		82	50	55	81
October	54.3		43	54	64	69
November	24.4		28	13	14	30
December	33.1		25	46	48	49
Average	65.1	56.9	68.5	69.8	70.3	65.1

58th 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	73.6	75	89	73	64	75
February	80.1	84	76	90	77	84
March	87.9	91	81	97	90	89
April	92.6		98	92	91	93
May	95.6		97	92	94	97
June	98.3		98	99	100	100
July	94.7		91	97	98	95
August	96.3		97	99	100	95
September	89.7		91	75	91	98
October	85.0		72	80	90	93
November	71.8		77	65	70	71
December	72.1		76	79	71	84
Average	88.4	84.7	88.8	89.2	89.5	91.6

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	-6.3	-9	-6	-6	-5	0
February	-5.9	-6	-4	0	-12	0
March	2.5	4	4	2	0	7
April	11.0		15	11	12	8
May	18.2		19	13	21	17
June	22.6		21	23	27	22
July	24.9		24	26	28	25
August	24.1		25	28	26	22
September	16.6		20	14	13	19
October	9.6		8	10	10	12
November	1.4		3	0	3	2
December	-4.3		-5	-5	-6	-5
Average	8.1	-4.5	10.1	10.1	9.8	10.7

35th 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	-12.5	-16	-12	-12	-11	-4
February	-11.1	-12	-9	-6	-21	-5
March	-6.0	-5	-3	-9	-9	-1
April	0.6		1	2	2	-1
May	6.4		7	4	9	6
June	10.2		7	10	14	10
July	14.3		14	15	15	15
August	12.2		13	14	14	10
September	6.9		8	7	6	7
October	2.5		2	3	2	2
November	-3.4		-2	-4	-1	-2
December	-9.6		-9	-10	-12	-12
Average	-1.6	-11.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	2.1

46th 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	44.6	47	19	62	48	31
February	36.3	34	48	28	39	28
March	19.3	9	30	14	24	18
April	12.5		5	16	14	19
May	10.3		8	20	11	14
June	5.7		5	2	3	4
July	7.1		11	3	3	8
August	5.5		3	2	6	8
September	11.3		5	19	16	6
October	14.9		31	14	9	8
November	27.4		31	33	30	25
December	42.3		58	33	43	33
Average	17.7	27.0	16.9	16.3	16.3	14.4

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	7.0	7	9	7	6	9
February	7.4	7	7	9	7	9
March	7.6	7	8	7	8	9
April	7.6		6	8	9	9
May	6.8		5	8	7	7
June	6.5		6	7	6	6
July	6.1		7	6	5	6
August	5.6		5	4	5	6
September	6.6		5	7	7	8
October	7.5		8	7	8	7
November	7.6		7	8	9	8
December	6.5		6	7	7	6
Average	6.8	6.9	6.5	6.9	6.9	7.2

35th 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	235°	205°	200°	165°	247°
February	195°	210°	211°	300°	211°
March	240°	208°	297°	235°	244°
April		058°	064°	176°	283°
May		314°	279°	190°	211°
June		342°	315°	023°	039°
July		255°	262°	318°	230°
August		358°	142°	195°	324°
September		272°	233°	302°	234°
October		238°	234°	229°	208°
November		199°	332°	230°	216°
December		197°	176°	209°	190°

Prevailing wind direction

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