Climate Birsa Munda Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Birsa Munda Airport (VERC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.1	0	1	0	0	0
February	0.2	0	2	0	0	0
March	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.4		0	3	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.3		0	3	0	0
Average	0.0		0.1	0.4

31st 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	2021	2020
January	32.6	34	33	24	23	38
February	50.6	45	65	49	44	51
March	54.9	59	50	59	52	50
April	61.7		61	63	50	64
May	58.2		67	56	44	53
June	35.6		56	36	24	24
July	15.0		36	15	11	7
August	13.6		7	18	15	13
September	19.4		5	29	24	16
October	36.6		46	52	30	27
November	19.9		19	30	8	29
December	15.1		22	23	11	23
Average	35.9	46.6	39.2	37.9	27.8	32.4

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	23.5	22	25	21	26	22
February	26.6	25	29	25	28	25
March	31.0	29	30	33	33	29
April	36.0		34	39	37	34
May	36.1		36	36	33	35
June	33.7		36	35	31	31
July	29.8		32	30	30	30
August	29.4		30	29	30	29
September	29.8		30	29	29	31
October	28.9		28	28	29	30
November	26.5		26	26	26	27
December	23.1		22	25	22	25
Average	29.1	25.2	29.9	29.8	29.4	28.8

63rd 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	2021	2020
January	10.3	9	12	10	12	10
February	13.0	13	14	12	13	12
March	17.9	16	18	19	19	17
April	22.5		22	25	23	21
May	23.5		24	23	22	22
June	24.4		26	25	24	24
July	23.5		25	24	23	23
August	23.3		24	23	24	23
September	23.3		23	23	23	24
October	20.2		19	21	21	22
November	14.9		15	14	16	15
December	11.3		11	12	12	11
Average	18.3	12.5	19.5	19.5	19.3	18.5

12th lowest temperature of India

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.1	0	0	4	1	6
February	1.0	1	0	2	0	3
March	1.0	1	2	0	1	3
April	0.1		1	0	0	0
May	2.2		1	2	8	3
June	7.6		14	2	8	14
July	18.4		14	14	16	6
August	17.4		22	25	5	20
September	12.9		16	14	18	6
October	6.2		9	6	6	1
November	1.8		0	0	7	2
December	2.6		7	0	1	2
Average	5.8	0.8	7.5	6.2	6.0	5.8

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	3.5	5	3	4	2	3
February	3.9	6	4	5	3	3
March	4.1	6	4	4	3	3
April	4.4		4	5	3	3
May	4.6		4	6	4	4
June	4.6		5	6	5	4
July	4.7		7	5	6	4
August	4.6		6	5	6	4
September	4.1		5	5	6	4
October	3.4		5	4	5	2
November	2.8		4	3	4	2
December	2.9		4	4	4	2
Average	4.1	5.3	4.8	4.7	4.2	3.1

63rd 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	2021	2020
January	328°	319°	356°	007°	016°
February	321°	304°	324°	359°	303°
March	307°	301°	324°	299°	316°
April		289°	286°	234°	240°
May		272°	248°	248°	206°
June		286°	240°	254°	249°
July		129°	130°	202°	282°
August		284°	133°	241°	193°
September		098°	153°	117°	272°
October		355°	003°	359°	122°
November		010°	337°	008°	042°
December		355°	326°	012°	019°

Prevailing wind direction

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