Climate Phrae Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Phrae Airport (VTCP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	54.2	64	69	73	42	17
February	38.2	35	45	70	41	21
March	29.2	30	25	65	16	16
April	45.1		34	67	60	31
May	74.6		90	91	93	76
June	82.3		97	98	93	86
July	75.9		90	86	85	91
August	69.8		90	83	91	63
September	65.1		75	76	79	67
October	62.0		73	81	80	68
November	71.0		86	79	88	74
December	70.3		85	78	79	74
Average	59.0	42.7	71.6	79.1	70.5	56.8

27th best VFR conditions of Thailand

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	74.9	85	86	88	71	39
February	63.7	73	71	89	69	50
March	58.3	69	68	93	46	56
April	76.5		75	91	85	71
May	93.5		97	98	99	98
June	94.9		99	99	99	98
July	91.0		98	97	98	99
August	88.7		99	94	99	92
September	86.5		96	91	98	93
October	82.2		88	87	92	96
November	86.9		92	86	92	92
December	86.8		94	87	91	92
Average	80.9	75.8	88.6	92.0	86.7	81.3

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	31.4	31	30	31	30	35
February	33.7	34	33	32	33	36
March	36.8	37	36	35	37	39
April	37.2		40	36	34	39
May	36.1		38	33	36	39
June	34.1		36	34	33	36
July	33.2		34	33	32	35
August	31.9		32	32	32	32
September	32.8		32	32	32	33
October	32.9		32	32	31	32
November	33.1		32	32	32	34
December	31.5		32	31	30	31
Average	33.8	34.1	33.9	32.8	32.8	35.0

7th highest temperature of Thailand

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	16.3	18	15	17	15	16
February	17.7	19	17	19	17	17
March	21.5	22	21	24	23	23
April	24.1		25	24	24	26
May	25.3		25	25	26	26
June	25.3		25	25	26	26
July	24.8		25	26	25	25
August	24.5		25	25	25	25
September	24.4		25	24	25	25
October	23.3		24	22	24	24
November	20.6		21	21	22	21
December	16.9		19	19	16	16
Average	21.7	19.4	22.1	22.6	22.4	22.5

17th lowest temperature of Thailand

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.8	2	0	1	0	0
February	0.4	0	0	3	0	0
March	0.1	0	1	0	0	0
April	1.6		0	1	4	2
May	2.3		2	6	1	1
June	3.5		2	0	8	3
July	7.1		6	9	8	1
August	10.9		12	11	6	16
September	7.2		12	9	13	6
October	3.8		6	5	5	7
November	0.7		0	2	1	0
December	0.4		0	0	0	0
Average	3.0	0.6	3.5	4.0	3.8	3.0

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	2021	2020
January	2.7	3	3	4	2	2
February	3.4	4	4	4	3	3
March	4.7	6	5	5	5	5
April	4.8		6	5	4	6
May	4.2		5	5	4	4
June	5.4		6	6	6	5
July	4.7		5	4	5	4
August	4.4		5	4	5	4
September	3.0		4	3	4	3
October	2.5		3	3	3	2
November	2.2		3	3	3	2
December	2.4		3	3	3	2
Average	3.8	4.4	4.2	4.3	3.9	3.4

7th highest wind speed of Thailand

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	206°	261°	220°	224°	215°
February	204°	205°	216°	197°	210°
March	204°	212°	211°	205°	211°
April		213°	223°	208°	217°
May		213°	216°	211°	209°
June		212°	210°	209°	212°
July		203°	205°	206°	211°
August		202°	208°	206°	208°
September		207°	219°	224°	212°
October		217°	360°	354°	017°
November		013°	348°	352°	002°
December		316°	238°	360°	352°

Prevailing wind direction

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