Climate Darchula Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pantnagar Airport (VIPT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0
February	1.6	4	0	0	0
March	3.2	7	0	0	0
April	0.2		0		0
May	0.0		0	0
June	0.0		0	0		0
July	1.0		0	0		0
August	4.0		0			5
September	0.3		0			0
October	0.0		0			0
November	0.0		0			0
December	6.3		8
Average	1.0	3.6	0.6			0.8

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	0.0	0
February	44.7	47	49	53	50
March	62.9	66	69	50	62
April	73.6		85		40
May	65.1		76	75
June	73.6		88	46		77
July	52.2		53	78		32
August	52.3		39			67
September	50.9		66			30
October	41.9		64			37
November	38.6		49			20
December	36.9		38
Average	42.9	37.3	62.5	55.5	55.3	42.0

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	14.6	14
February	22.6	23	27	21	26
March	27.8	28	28	26	29
April	32.3		33		31
May	34.5		33	34
June	34.9		35	36		30
July	31.0		32	32		30
August	31.3		32			31
September	31.4		32			32
October	29.6		30			30
November	26.1		27			24
December	21.8		22
Average	28.1	21.5	30.2	29.0	28.1	30.3

75th 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	9.0	8
February	16.2	12	21	16	21
March	21.8	19	21	22	25
April	25.7		24		24
May	28.8		27	30
June	30.6		29	33		28
July	27.7		28	29		27
August	28.2		27			27
September	27.7		28			27
October	22.1		23			19
November	19.9		17			13
December	14.0		12
Average	23.2	13.0	23.6	24.9	23.2	24.2

53rd 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	0.0	0
February	2.7	3	0	7	0
March	1.7	2	4	0	0
April	0.2		0		0
May	1.6		2	3
June	1.9		4	0		0
July	10.0		9	11		18
August	9.4		12			14
September	2.7		3			0
October	0.0		0			0
November	0.0		0			0
December	0.0		0
Average	2.6	1.4	3.4	3.6		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	2.2	2
February	4.1	4	4	4	4
March	5.2	5	6	3	4
April	5.7		6		5
May	5.5		5	5
June	5.7		6	5		3
July	4.7		5	3		4
August	4.1		4			4
September	2.7		3			3
October	1.9		2			2
November	2.0		2			1
December	2.1		2
Average	3.6	3.9	4.2	4.2	4.2	2.8

75th 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	218°
February	224°	207°	251°	257°
March	235°	251°	250°	286°
April		260°		292°
May		230°	097°
June		265°	246°		122°
July		090°	111°		096°
August		263°			095°
September		357°			102°
October		303°			360°
November		096°			090°
December		238°

Prevailing wind direction

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