Climate Ankang Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (ZLXY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	32.7	42	43	18	63	16
February	36.1	23	25	44	59	42
March	52.8	64	63	46	34	68
April	66.1		64	87	58	75
May	81.8		75	87	90	91
June	82.0		90	100	89	65
July	78.1		88	89	90	55
August	76.5		87	93	78	66
September	62.4		71	80	64	66
October	42.4		46	38	42	54
November	39.7		61	24	53	32
December	44.1		42	50	59	41
Average	57.2	43.2	64.0	65.2	65.7	57.0

33rd best VFR conditions of China

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	51.2	65	65	38	80	33
February	53.3	40	36	62	69	58
March	77.7	85	87	76	69	92
April	84.1		81	98	80	88
May	93.1		88	97	100	96
June	90.6		95	100	97	79
July	88.3		92	97	96	74
August	89.4		94	95	89	82
September	81.5		88	92	79	80
October	63.1		69	63	65	70
November	60.3		81	39	73	50
December	69.0		73	74	76	59
Average	74.6	64.0	79.8	79.0	81.5	72.7

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	5.8	6	7	5	8	6
February	9.6	7	9	8	14	12
March	17.3	18	18	18	16	18
April	22.0		21	24	19	22
May	26.7		24	27	28	29
June	31.0		30	34	31	29
July	32.2		32	32	32	29
August	31.0		31	32	30	29
September	25.5		26	26	26	26
October	18.1		20	17	17	17
November	13.1		14	13	14	13
December	6.9		7	7	8	5
Average	18.8	10.3	19.9	20.5	20.1	19.5

23rd highest temperature of China

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	-6.4	-5	-6	-3	-7	-4
February	-3.4	-2	0	-1	-2	-4
March	4.5	5	5	7	5	4
April	9.7		10	10	10	8
May	14.5		15	15	15	15
June	19.7		20	21	21	20
July	22.4		23	23	23	21
August	21.8		22	24	21	21
September	16.6		18	17	18	16
October	9.0		10	9	10	9
November	1.7		1	5	0	3
December	-6.7		-5	-4	-4	-6
Average	7.8	-1.3	9.4	10.6	9.1	8.6

16th lowest temperature of China

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.9	7	1	17	1	11
February	8.3	20	9	9	10	4
March	6.7	7	6	4	9	3
April	10.8		16	6	18	7
May	11.5		29	5	5	5
June	11.8		11	5	9	20
July	10.8		10	9	8	16
August	10.5		11	11	14	11
September	18.5		18	11	29	12
October	16.2		16	17	15	20
November	7.4		2	6	7	12
December	3.2		2	0	6	7
Average	10.4	10.9	11.1	8.5	10.8	10.7

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	5.0	5	5	6	5	5
February	5.6	6	6	6	6	5
March	6.4	7	6	6	7	6
April	6.6		7	7	8	6
May	6.2		6	6	7	6
June	5.8		6	7	6	5
July	6.4		7	7	6	6
August	6.6		7	8	6	7
September	5.8		7	6	6	6
October	5.3		5	6	6	5
November	5.1		5	5	6	6
December	4.8		6	5	5	4
Average	5.9	6.0	6.1	6.2	6.2	5.6

23rd highest wind speed of China

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	060°	352°	052°	137°	068°
February	052°	059°	055°	064°	077°
March	066°	062°	069°	062°	069°
April		029°	063°	054°	103°
May		055°	050°	014°	230°
June		091°	066°	197°	090°
July		073°	062°	073°	054°
August		047°	054°	071°	046°
September		058°	061°	057°	055°
October		071°	070°	086°	098°
November		082°	065°	254°	054°
December		069°	037°	102°	064°

Prevailing wind direction

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