Sultan Ismail Petra Airport

WMKC · Kelantan, Malaysia

Climate Sultan Ismail Petra Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (WMKC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.4 96 94 100 96 99
February 95.8 98 99 91 99 98
March 97.3 98 100 97 99 100
April 97.4 99 99 100 94
May 98.4 100 98 98 99
June 98.0 99 99 100 99
July 97.2 100 99 98 99
August 96.0 98 98 98 98
September 95.2 99 99 98 99
October 95.0 100 99 80 99
November 89.5 88 97 89 88
December 88.6 92 71 93 95
Average 95.4 97.1 97.2 96.3 95.8 97.3

8th best VFR conditions of Malaysia

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 97.6 99 98 100 100 100
February 98.8 100 100 97 100 100
March 99.3 100 100 100 99 100
April 99.4 100 100 100 99
May 99.5 100 99 99 100
June 99.2 100 99 100 99
July 99.1 100 100 100 100
August 98.5 99 100 99 100
September 97.8 99 99 99 100
October 96.6 100 100 81 100
November 95.7 94 99 96 98
December 95.6 97 87 97 98
Average 98.3 99.3 98.9 98.7 97.5 99.4

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 29 29 30 29 30
February 29.9 31 30 30 30 30
March 31.2 32 31 31 31 32
April 32.2 33 32 32 32
May 32.7 33 32 32 33
June 32.3 33 32 33 32
July 32.1 33 32 32 32
August 31.8 32 32 31 32
September 31.4 32 31 31 32
October 30.9 31 30 31 31
November 29.5 29 30 29 30
December 28.8 29 27 29 29
Average 30.9 30.6 31.1 30.7 30.9 31.2

23rd highest temperature of Malaysia

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 23.9 25 24 23 24 24
February 23.8 24 24 24 23 24
March 24.3 25 24 24 25 25
April 25.1 26 25 25 26
May 25.4 25 25 25 26
June 24.5 25 24 25 25
July 24.7 25 25 25 25
August 24.5 25 24 24 25
September 24.3 25 24 25 25
October 24.3 25 24 25 24
November 24.1 24 24 24 24
December 24.1 25 24 24 24
Average 24.4 24.7 24.6 24.1 24.3 24.6

12th lowest temperature of Malaysia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.5 11 18 1 14 3
February 5.1 3 3 19 1 5
March 2.0 2 1 4 2 1
April 2.7 1 2 1 10
May 1.9 1 3 3 2
June 1.7 0 2 3 3
July 1.5 1 2 3 2
August 2.3 1 3 6 1
September 3.6 3 2 4 3
October 4.8 2 10 4 3
November 20.8 25 9 31 22
December 23.8 25 54 20 24
Average 6.5 5.4 6.3 7.3 7.3 6.2

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 7.3 8 6 7 8 8
February 7.9 8 7 8 7 9
March 7.3 8 8 6 8 7
April 6.3 6 6 6 7
May 5.4 5 5 5 6
June 5.0 5 5 5 5
July 4.9 5 5 5 5
August 4.9 5 5 5 5
September 4.9 4 5 5 5
October 5.0 5 5 5 5
November 4.8 4 5 4 5
December 6.2 8 4 7 5
Average 6.1 8.1 5.7 5.3 5.7 5.9

23rd highest wind speed of Malaysia

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 074° 058° 077° 076° 077°
February 081° 075° 075° 074° 078°
March 078° 077° 073° 073° 076°
April 056° 066° 058° 084°
May 040° 050° 060° 073°
June 034° 033° 020° 051°
July 020° 048° 030° 068°
August 054° 039° 036° 060°
September 048° 359° 021° 045°
October 017° 341° 009° 334°
November 036° 044° 032° 050°
December 065° 074° 058° 049°

Prevailing wind direction

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