Climate Putao 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lilabari North Lakhimpur Airport (VELR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2020
January	23.5	8	18	47
February	9.0	2	1	26
March	3.0	0	3	7
April	2.8		3	3
May	8.6		3	16
June	0.5		1	0
July	6.2		3	10
August	7.0		0	15	0
September	16.1		14	19
October	25.8		12	41
November	62.7		30	97
December	49.7		35	71
Average	6.4	3.3	9.1	26.4

8th best VFR conditions of India

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	2020
January	59.3	66	41	73
February	44.9	38	35	65
March	33.3	19	49	33
April	35.1		42	27
May	40.6		45	36
June	15.7		25	5
July	46.2		46	47
August	36.8		28	47	0
September	56.0		65	48
October	67.9		80	56
November	97.7		96	100
December	88.9		92	84
Average	33.7	40.5	52.1	49.2

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	2020
January	24.0	24	25	24
February	23.4	23	24	23
March	27.5	27	27	31
April	27.4		29	26
May	29.6		30	30
June	29.9		31	29
July	32.0		31	33
August	32.1		31	33	26
September	32.6		34	32
October	30.1		31	30
November	28.9		29	30
December	26.6		26	28
Average	26.4	24.6	29.0	28.9	26.0

69th highest temperature of India

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2020
January	11.3	10	11	11
February	14.4	14	15	12
March	18.0	18	17	18
April	21.6		20	21
May	23.6		22	23
June	25.2		25	25
July	26.2		26	27
August	26.1		26	26	26
September	26.1		26	25
October	22.0		22	22
November	15.7		16	15
December	13.0		13	13
Average	22.2	13.8	20.1	20.1	26.0

17th lowest temperature of India

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2020
January	1.8	2	0	4
February	9.1	8	12	8
March	7.7	7	10	6
April	16.5		8	27
May	14.7		8	22
June	28.6		23	35
July	17.2		22	12
August	14.8		21	9	100
September	7.2		6	8
October	11.1		6	16
November	0.6		1	0
December	0.8		1	0
Average	23.1	5.6	10.3	13.0	100.0

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	2020
January	2.2	2	2	3
February	2.9	3	3	3
March	3.0	3	3	3
April	3.5		3	4
May	3.9		4	4
June	3.9		3	5
July	4.0		4	4
August	3.5		3	4	11
September	3.3		3	4
October	2.8		2	3
November	2.0		2	2
December	2.1		2	2
Average	5.0	2.6	2.9	3.4	11.0

69th highest wind speed of India

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2020
January	110°	089°	097°
February	046°	058°	075°
March	050°	072°	083°
April		072°	072°
May		063°	080°
June		090°	082°
July		073°	135°
August		087°	093°	041°
September		054°	083°
October		066°	034°
November		073°	037°
December		087°	069°

Prevailing wind direction

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