Climate Nakhon Phanom 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nakhon Phanom Airport (VTUW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	88.4	98	83	89	75	82
February	76.4	74	80	90	72	80
March	60.4	70	54	83	51	62
April	69.1		49	78	79	80
May	82.6		82	82	87	82
June	76.8		65	90	70	85
July	73.6		71	87	82	85
August	66.6		57	79	88	50
September	76.1		62	82	88	64
October	86.6		89	92	86	82
November	90.3		97	98	95	91
December	89.5		94	98	81	89
Average	77.8	80.1	73.0	86.8	79.3	77.3

14th 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	98.4	100	97	99	95	98
February	96.3	98	98	99	94	98
March	94.5	98	97	100	86	95
April	96.5		96	97	97	99
May	98.5		100	98	97	98
June	98.0		98	99	97	99
July	96.2		98	99	99	99
August	95.9		96	96	100	92
September	96.9		98	99	97	96
October	98.8		99	99	99	98
November	99.4		100	100	100	100
December	99.1		100	100	99	98
Average	97.4	98.6	97.9	98.6	96.6	97.4

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	29.1	30	27	30	27	31
February	31.0	34	31	29	31	32
March	33.2	33	34	33	34	34
April	34.0		36	33	34	34
May	33.8		35	31	34	36
June	32.3		32	33	33	33
July	31.3		32	33	32	33
August	30.8		31	31	33	31
September	31.5		31	32	31	32
October	31.2		32	31	31	29
November	31.0		31	32	31	30
December	28.8		30	29	28	28
Average	31.6	32.2	31.8	31.3	31.3	31.8

27th 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	17.6	17	13	17	14	21
February	19.4	20	18	18	18	21
March	22.8	22	20	22	23	25
April	25.3		25	23	25	26
May	25.6		26	24	26	27
June	26.0		25	26	26	27
July	25.3		25	26	26	26
August	25.1		25	25	26	25
September	25.2		24	25	25	26
October	23.9		23	21	24	23
November	21.6		20	20	21	21
December	17.9		17	15	16	16
Average	22.6	19.4	21.6	22.0	22.4	23.6

10th 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	0.6	0	3	1	0	0
February	1.5	0	1	5	3	0
March	1.1	1	1	2	1	2
April	1.4		0	3	2	0
May	3.9		4	8	4	2
June	6.8		8	4	11	5
July	11.8		7	7	11	3
August	14.3		19	11	2	18
September	10.0		15	10	10	8
October	5.5		3	4	8	17
November	1.1		0	1	0	3
December	0.3		0	0	0	0
Average	4.5	0.5	5.2	4.8	4.3	5.0

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	6.1	5	5	5	6	6
February	6.1	6	5	6	6	7
March	5.6	5	5	5	6	6
April	5.2		4	5	6	6
May	4.4		4	5	4	5
June	3.9		4	3	4	4
July	4.0		3	3	4	4
August	4.2		3	3	5	5
September	4.0		4	3	5	4
October	4.4		4	4	5	4
November	5.2		5	3	6	5
December	6.2		6	6	6	6
Average	5.0	5.4	4.3	4.3	5.2	5.1

27th 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	091°	083°	110°	100°	110°
February	114°	096°	109°	110°	109°
March	107°	118°	113°	122°	124°
April		125°	114°	126°	105°
May		151°	138°	165°	182°
June		188°	217°	216°	185°
July		209°	150°	221°	185°
August		237°	181°	202°	188°
September		122°	099°	112°	116°
October		077°	073°	074°	056°
November		071°	088°	090°	066°
December		082°	081°	087°	090°

Prevailing wind direction

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