Mukdahan

VTUB · Mukdahan, Thailand

Climate Mukdahan 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Savannakhet Airport (VLSK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 46.3 60 51 55 28 52
February 41.9 56 55 35 18 40
March 33.6 50 48 37 12 25
April 30.7 52 23 16 20
May 32.9 60 21 31 43
June 35.6 41 58 38 39
July 27.7 51 45 37 39
August 26.5 31 33 40 22
September 30.2 34 40 28 29
October 42.1 51 53 35 20
November 45.8 54 61 51 34
December 49.1 57 59 59 47
Average 38.8 55.3 48.5 42.3 32.6 34.0

5th best VFR conditions of Laos

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 87.3 92 88 88 87 88
February 87.1 92 90 88 87 84
March 85.6 90 88 86 85 83
April 85.6 88 86 85 85
May 86.4 93 89 87 86
June 87.8 90 92 87 88
July 82.9 89 93 84 86
August 85.1 88 90 87 82
September 84.4 86 90 85 83
October 84.6 90 89 85 67
November 88.3 95 91 89 83
December 88.0 91 89 89 87
Average 86.6 91.3 89.7 89.2 86.3 83.5

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 30.3 32 28 31 28 32
February 32.2 34 33 30 31 33
March 34.2 35 34 34 35 35
April 35.0 37 33 35 35
May 34.2 35 31 35 37
June 33.1 33 33 33 34
July 31.9 33 33 32 33
August 31.6 32 32 33 31
September 31.7 31 31 32 32
October 31.5 32 31 31 29
November 31.2 32 32 31 30
December 29.6 31 29 29 29
Average 32.3 33.5 32.4 31.7 32.0 32.5

3rd highest temperature of Laos

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 17.3 18 16 18 14 19
February 19.2 21 20 18 18 19
March 23.0 24 22 22 23 25
April 24.7 26 23 25 24
May 26.0 28 25 26 27
June 26.3 25 26 26 27
July 25.2 26 26 26 25
August 24.9 26 24 26 25
September 24.6 23 25 24 26
October 23.0 24 22 23 23
November 21.1 22 22 20 21
December 17.9 18 18 17 18
Average 22.5 20.7 23.1 22.4 22.3 23.2

4th lowest temperature of Laos

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.1 0 1 1 0 0
February 0.3 0 0 1 0 0
March 1.3 2 0 1 1 2
April 1.1 0 3 2 0
May 2.8 2 7 1 1
June 3.9 7 3 8 1
July 12.2 4 4 7 4
August 9.1 10 8 1 15
September 9.5 18 11 12 5
October 6.8 4 3 9 25
November 0.5 0 2 0 1
December 0.2 0 0 0 0
Average 3.6 0.6 3.9 3.7 3.4 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 3.7 4 5 4 4 3
February 3.5 4 4 4 3 3
March 3.2 4 4 3 3 3
April 3.1 4 4 3 3
May 3.0 4 3 3 3
June 3.3 4 4 3 3
July 3.3 4 4 3 3
August 3.3 4 4 3 3
September 2.8 3 3 3 3
October 3.3 3 5 4 3
November 3.8 4 4 5 4
December 4.4 5 5 5 4
Average 3.5 4.2 4.1 3.7 3.4 3.1

3rd highest wind speed of Laos

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 048° 049° 050° 046° 051°
February 088° 056° 082° 056° 057°
March 135° 092° 083° 091° 128°
April 185° 109° 120° 067°
May 195° 140° 193° 185°
June 198° 184° 199° 196°
July 203° 167° 196° 184°
August 208° 181° 193° 193°
September 188° 107° 110° 181°
October 044° 031° 071° 034°
November 050° 045° 054° 039°
December 046° 040° 029° 039°

Prevailing wind direction

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