Huatugou Airport

ZLHX · China

Climate Huatugou Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (ZWWW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.6 3 22 2 6 1
February 16.8 21 14 13 12 36
March 56.5 60 72 64 41 86
April 94.4 96 96 99 95
May 96.7 99 98 96 99
June 98.8 100 100 98 96
July 98.8 100 99 97 99
August 98.2 98 99 97 99
September 95.9 93 93 100 98
October 89.4 99 88 89 96
November 51.8 59 55 59 66
December 11.8 18 31 8 6
Average 68.1 30.7 77.2 75.9 71.9 77.9

17th 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 12.3 16 31 7 15 3
February 27.6 40 23 22 21 45
March 67.2 73 80 74 57 91
April 98.3 99 99 99 100
May 98.8 100 99 98 100
June 99.4 100 100 100 98
July 99.5 100 100 98 100
August 99.3 100 100 98 100
September 98.5 98 96 100 100
October 96.6 100 94 96 99
November 68.9 71 79 77 80
December 20.7 31 34 19 10
Average 74.3 45.3 81.8 80.8 77.6 81.4

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 -11.7 -8 -11 -8 -11 -8
February -6.7 -8 -4 -7 -3 -2
March 7.1 7 10 8 5 9
April 19.7 17 22 19 24
May 25.4 22 29 27 28
June 30.4 32 32 29 29
July 32.9 34 32 34 31
August 30.6 32 29 30 31
September 24.9 24 28 27 23
October 15.3 20 15 14 15
November 3.2 6 3 2 3
December -8.3 -6 -11 -5 -12
Average 11.9 -4.9 14.6 15.2 13.9 14.3

34th 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 -18.5 -16 -19 -14 -20 -16
February -14.8 -17 -11 -15 -11 -10
March -1.2 -2 1 1 -3 -1
April 9.3 7 10 8 13
May 15.0 14 19 16 18
June 20.5 22 22 19 19
July 23.0 24 22 24 22
August 20.8 22 20 21 21
September 14.8 14 17 16 14
October 6.0 10 6 4 5
November -4.1 -1 -4 -7 -3
December -14.1 -13 -17 -12 -17
Average 3.1 -12.6 5.7 6.3 4.8 5.3

7th 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 25.3 33 16 23 24 18
February 13.5 12 12 14 17 8
March 9.7 14 6 12 13 5
April 4.7 5 2 2 1
May 5.0 4 3 4 3
June 4.4 4 3 5 5
July 3.5 6 3 5 6
August 4.1 3 9 4 3
September 4.4 9 5 3 3
October 5.2 1 8 10 2
November 9.8 8 11 10 12
December 25.3 28 44 25 24
Average 9.8 19.3 7.7 9.1 8.9 6.6

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 2.7 3 3 3 3 3
February 3.1 3 3 3 3 3
March 4.4 4 5 5 4 5
April 6.4 6 7 6 8
May 6.9 6 8 7 8
June 6.8 7 7 7 7
July 6.7 7 7 7 7
August 6.3 6 6 6 7
September 6.1 6 6 6 7
October 4.8 5 5 5 5
November 3.8 4 4 4 4
December 2.8 3 3 3 2
Average 5.1 3.6 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.7

34th 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 331° 332° 335° 350° 345°
February 327° 338° 333° 337° 343°
March 324° 354° 345° 340° 355°
April 347° 019° 343° 091°
May 319° 356° 326° 328°
June 328° 337° 324° 329°
July 320° 319° 324° 324°
August 337° 325° 339° 343°
September 329° 341° 351° 347°
October 354° 355° 348° 007°
November 348° 344° 358° 340°
December 338° 331° 335° 350°

Prevailing wind direction

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