Climate Shah Mokhdum Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport (VEDG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	1	0	0
March	0.1	0	0	1	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0
May	0.4		0	1	0
June	0.4		0	2	0
July	1.7		0	7	0	0
August	0.3		0	1	0	0
September	0.1		0	0	1	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.1			1.1	0.0

24th 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	4.6	4	5	9	5	2
February	22.2	33	30	50	13	6
March	30.7	30	32	75	16	15
April	35.4		51	53	20
May	36.3		46	40	19
June	25.4		26	39	3
July	35.3		44	60	27	0
August	22.1		21	39	29	21
September	23.3		28	22	50	47
October	25.7		30	44	33	17
November	16.0		16	27	17	24
December	6.4		6	8	13	9
Average	20.1	22.4	28.2	39.9	20.1	15.0

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	23.9	23	26	23	23	24
February	27.4	27	30	25	27	27
March	32.1	32	33	35	34	31
April	35.5		37	39	36
May	34.4		37	35	33
June	34.3		37	35	32
July	32.8		34	34	34	35
August	32.3		32	32	33	35
September	32.2		32	32	32	33
October	31.1		31	31	31	34
November	28.9		30	29	28	30
December	25.2		25	27	25	25
Average	30.1	27.3	32.0	31.4	30.4	28.2

37th 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	15.0	11	13	16	15	15
February	18.2	14	17	18	17	16
March	23.0	20	23	24	23	20
April	27.2		28	28	26
May	27.3		28	26	28
June	27.9		29	27	28
July	27.7		28	27	29	34
August	28.0		27	27	29	32
September	27.5		27	27	28	30
October	25.3		25	24	26	28
November	20.3		18	18	22	20
December	16.0		14	16	17	14
Average	22.4	15.0	23.1	23.2	23.6	19.0

45th 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	0.5	0	0	4	0	1
February	0.7	3	0	1	1	0
March	0.7	2	1	0	1	0
April	0.2		1	0	0
May	1.7		2	1	7
June	5.2		8	2	20
July	8.5		10	6	11	0
August	9.2		11	14	7	11
September	8.6		10	9	8	4
October	3.4		5	1	1	2
November	0.9		0	0	4	0
December	2.1		6	0	1	0
Average	2.9	1.6	4.5	3.5	3.7	0.9

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	4.5	4	5	5	4	5
February	5.0	5	5	6	4	5
March	5.2	5	5	6	5	5
April	6.2		6	7	6
May	7.0		7	7	7
June	6.6		7	7	6
July	7.2		7	8	6	4
August	6.3		6	7	6	3
September	6.0		6	6	7	7
October	4.7		5	6	4	5
November	4.5		4	5	4	5
December	4.7		5	5	5	4
Average	5.4	4.5	5.8	6.3	5.1	4.7

37th 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	338°	343°	326°	336°	008°
February	333°	305°	321°	335°	314°
March	319°	329°	270°	332°	308°
April		289°	163°	166°
May		206°	140°	118°
June		152°	177°	179°
July		119°	123°	146°	180°
August		201°	106°	190°	001°
September		101°	124°	112°	163°
October		018°	026°	344°	009°
November		353°	344°	356°	350°
December		331°	323°	002°	333°

Prevailing wind direction

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