Sultan Mahmud Airport

WMKN · Terengganu, Malaysia

Climate Sultan Mahmud Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sultan Mahmud Airport (WMKN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 95.7 96 94 100 93 98
February 98.4 99 99 93 99 99
March 97.5 100 100 86 100 99
April 98.4 100 100 99 99 95
May 98.8 99 98 100 99
June 99.1 99 100 100 99
July 98.9 98 100 100 99
August 96.9 98 99 99 99
September 93.8 97 99 100 98
October 97.7 100 98 98 98
November 88.8 87 98 89 76
December 88.1 86 79 91 90
Average 96.4 98.7 96.4 96.1 97.3 95.8

10th 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 99.1 99 98 100 100 100
February 99.5 100 100 96 100 100
March 98.0 100 100 86 100 100
April 99.7 100 100 99 100 99
May 99.7 100 99 100 100
June 99.6 100 100 100 99
July 99.7 99 100 100 100
August 99.6 100 100 100 100
September 96.9 98 100 100 99
October 99.7 100 100 100 100
November 97.0 94 99 98 93
December 96.2 95 93 98 97
Average 98.8 99.7 98.5 97.8 99.5 98.9

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 29.4 30 29 30 29 30
February 30.1 31 30 30 30 30
March 31.3 32 31 31 31 32
April 32.3 34 33 32 32 32
May 32.6 33 32 32 33
June 32.4 32 32 33 32
July 32.1 32 32 32 32
August 31.9 32 32 31 32
September 31.6 32 31 32 32
October 31.2 32 30 32 31
November 30.0 30 31 30 30
December 29.1 30 28 29 29
Average 31.2 31.5 31.2 30.9 31.0 31.2

19th 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 24.4 26 24 24 24 25
February 24.3 25 25 25 23 25
March 24.7 25 25 25 25 25
April 25.3 26 26 25 25 25
May 25.4 25 25 25 26
June 24.9 25 25 25 25
July 24.8 25 25 25 25
August 24.7 25 25 25 25
September 24.6 25 24 25 25
October 24.7 25 24 25 25
November 24.5 25 25 24 25
December 24.6 25 24 24 25
Average 24.8 25.5 25.0 24.6 24.5 24.9

19th 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 13.1 15 18 3 20 4
February 6.7 2 5 28 2 6
March 2.5 2 2 5 4 2
April 3.5 1 1 7 1 13
May 2.6 2 4 3 2
June 2.5 2 4 2 4
July 2.7 4 3 4 4
August 2.9 2 2 10 3
September 3.7 3 5 3 6
October 6.6 2 14 6 5
November 23.0 27 13 30 31
December 27.3 31 48 30 25
Average 7.5 4.9 7.8 9.7 9.1 8.5

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 5.8 6 6 5 6 6
February 5.5 5 6 6 5 6
March 4.8 4 5 4 5 5
April 4.3 4 4 4 4 4
May 4.1 4 4 4 5
June 4.2 4 4 5 4
July 3.9 4 4 4 4
August 3.9 4 4 4 4
September 4.1 4 4 4 4
October 4.5 5 5 5 4
November 4.5 5 4 4 4
December 5.8 6 4 6 6
Average 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.7 4.6

19th 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 032° 021° 036° 046° 048°
February 039° 036° 043° 042° 050°
March 047° 045° 030° 053° 055°
April 073° 050° 045° 077° 054°
May 138° 186° 034° 145°
June 175° 014° 005° 198°
July 182° 171° 211° 175°
August 183° 079° 268° 153°
September 179° 004° 019° 012°
October 007° 337° 001° 004°
November 354° 008° 348° 352°
December 029° 021° 022° 002°

Prevailing wind direction

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