Climate Kerteh Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kerteh Airport (WMKE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	79.9	93	89	92	34	89
February	90.3	99	96	76	76	93
March	96.1	99	99	97	84	99
April	95.7		98	99	92	92
May	97.2		99	97	98	98
June	93.7		96	97	99	98
July	92.4		98	96	97	97
August	85.6		98	96	96	95
September	85.1		98	97	96	89
October	93.4		93	97	99	87
November	88.4		88	94	91	70
December	77.5		79	77	76	74
Average	90.3	96.5	94.3	93.4	86.3	90.5

18th 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	94.3	96	96	99	85	100
February	98.0	100	100	89	100	97
March	99.3	100	100	99	99	100
April	98.5		100	99	99	95
May	98.7		100	99	100	100
June	97.2		99	99	99	100
July	97.7		99	99	99	100
August	91.4		100	99	99	100
September	91.0		100	99	99	98
October	99.0		99	99	100	100
November	96.0		97	100	98	83
December	92.6		94	92	91	90
Average	96.4	98.4	98.5	97.9	97.3	96.9

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	28.9	29	29	30	28	30
February	29.6	31	29	29	29	30
March	30.7	32	30	31	31	31
April	31.6		33	32	32	31
May	32.0		33	32	32	32
June	31.6		32	32	32	32
July	31.3		32	32	32	32
August	31.3		32	32	31	32
September	31.3		32	32	31	32
October	31.1		32	31	32	31
November	30.1		30	30	30	30
December	29.0		29	28	29	29
Average	30.7	30.4	30.9	30.8	30.6	30.9

20th 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	23.6	25	23	23	23	24
February	23.4	25	24	24	22	23
March	23.2	24	24	24	24	23
April	24.0		24	24	24	25
May	24.4		25	25	25	25
June	24.0		24	24	24	24
July	23.9		25	24	24	24
August	23.7		24	24	23	24
September	23.8		25	24	24	24
October	23.5		25	24	22	23
November	23.0		25	24	24	23
December	23.5		25	24	24	24
Average	23.7	24.5	24.3	24.0	23.5	23.8

8th 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	23.6	31	33	9	28	8
February	11.7	6	24	30	1	7
March	5.6	5	12	10	8	2
April	4.8		3	8	4	8
May	3.1		4	5	5	2
June	4.0		3	6	3	7
July	3.3		4	6	2	7
August	3.8		3	6	9	4
September	5.0		4	5	7	6
October	8.0		2	15	3	4
November	19.8		32	16	22	23
December	32.3		49	62	31	18
Average	10.7	14.0	13.9	13.0	9.9	7.7

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	5.7	6	6	6	6	6
February	5.8	5	6	5	6	7
March	4.8	4	5	4	5	5
April	3.8		3	3	4	4
May	3.6		3	3	4	4
June	3.9		4	3	4	4
July	4.3		3	3	4	4
August	4.4		4	3	3	5
September	3.9		3	3	3	4
October	3.2		3	2	3	3
November	3.5		3	3	3	4
December	4.9		5	3	5	5
Average	4.4	5.0	4.0	3.5	4.1	4.6

20th 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	021°	011°	013°	020°	023°
February	033°	021°	037°	024°	031°
March	037°	033°	037°	042°	045°
April		076°	057°	068°	046°
May		128°	125°	112°	113°
June		144°	129°	159°	156°
July		147°	137°	156°	144°
August		150°	145°	148°	157°
September		151°	146°	128°	153°
October		089°	023°	098°	128°
November		003°	035°	015°	009°
December		021°	014°	012°	005°

Prevailing wind direction

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