Climate Pantnagar Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dehradun Jolly Grant Airport (VIDN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0			0
February	0.5	0		0	0
March	0.3	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0		0
July	0.0		0	0		0
August	0.0		0		0	0
September	0.0		0			0
October	0.0		0			0
November	0.0		0		0	0
December	0.0		0
Average	0.0

47th 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	35.0	3			11
February	57.2	62		58	40
March	82.4	83	88	100	73	0
April	70.9		83	100	80
May	66.0		73	47	0	100
June	59.6		69	44		63
July	43.2		46	22		49
August	35.3		12		0	50
September	35.4		42			35
October	59.2		63			68
November	44.8		43		0	38
December	41.6		29
Average	55.8	49.7	53.5	52.2	60.9	51.3

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	19.0	18			21
February	22.1	21		20	25
March	27.4	26	26	24	30	16
April	32.5		30	33	32
May	34.4		32	33	25	39
June	34.4		33	36		32
July	30.5		30	30		31
August	30.5		29		23	30
September	30.9		31			32
October	29.8		29			31
November	25.3		25		15	27
December	21.3		22
Average	27.9	21.6	28.8	28.2	27.9	30.9

74th 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	7.8	6			12
February	9.8	8		7	12
March	13.4	13	14	10	15	14
April	18.4		17	33	17
May	22.2		20	24	25	39
June	23.5		23	23		25
July	23.6		24	25		24
August	24.2		24		23	24
September	23.1		23			24
October	17.2		16			17
November	12.8		12		15	13
December	8.1		8
Average	16.4	8.8	18.3	16.6	14.4	22.0

5th 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
February	3.5	3		6	1
March	2.2	2	8	0	0	50
April	1.2		1	0	0
May	2.6		6	5	100	0
June	3.5		6	3		4
July	12.3		16	0		5
August	13.9		18		0	14
September	5.7		6			1
October	0.2		1			0
November	0.3		0		0	2
December	0.2		0
Average	3.3	1.5	6.5	4.4	0.6	4.5

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	3.9	4			4
February	4.1	4		4	3
March	4.8	5	5	4	4	3
April	4.9		5	3	5
May	5.1		5	5	3	5
June	4.6		5	5		3
July	3.4		4	4		3
August	3.3		4		0	3
September	3.0		4			2
October	2.9		4			2
November	3.6		4		0	3
December	3.7		4
Average	3.9	4.2	4.2	4.4	3.9	2.4

74th 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	178°			183°
February	254°		257°	257°
March	251°	259°	260°	254°	206°
April		253°	153°	276°
May		238°	218°	206°	270°
June		263°	247°		220°
July		259°	210°		203°
August		197°		360°	210°
September		232°			213°
October		273°			272°
November		250°		360°	170°
December		252°

Prevailing wind direction

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