Climate Yushu Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (ZUUU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	31.7	30	39	29	29	39
February	49.2	56	37	47	60	64
March	66.1	70	64	72	66	78
April	77.9		91	75	74	85
May	78.9		82	80	78	89
June	79.3		86	73	72	87
July	85.2		91	97	86	77
August	88.5		93	95	82	84
September	72.1		86	71	80	75
October	59.0		60	59	60	62
November	44.8		47	42	46	47
December	32.5		33	38	30	36
Average	63.5	53.3	68.8	66.9	64.5	69.3

29th 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	55.6	51	62	62	62	66
February	72.4	85	58	80	80	85
March	85.8	87	89	88	85	94
April	92.5		99	92	88	96
May	95.2		97	95	94	98
June	93.6		96	93	89	98
July	96.1		99	100	97	95
August	97.3		99	100	97	94
September	90.3		97	92	98	92
October	81.8		84	87	82	84
November	69.3		76	76	64	76
December	57.3		50	69	67	59
Average	82.2	75.1	84.8	87.2	84.2	87.1

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	11.1	12	11	11	11	12
February	13.6	13	14	10	18	15
March	19.7	20	20	23	19	20
April	24.2		25	24	22	23
May	27.3		27	26	27	30
June	29.9		31	31	29	31
July	32.0		33	34	32	30
August	32.1		32	35	31	31
September	26.5		28	25	29	26
October	20.8		22	22	20	20
November	16.9		18	19	15	17
December	11.6		13	11	12	9
Average	21.3	14.8	22.9	23.0	22.0	21.9

15th 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	4.2	5	3	5	3	6
February	6.1	5	8	4	8	7
March	11.3	12	11	13	12	12
April	15.0		16	14	15	14
May	18.7		19	18	19	20
June	21.8		22	22	22	23
July	23.8		24	25	24	23
August	23.9		24	26	23	23
September	20.4		21	19	22	20
October	15.4		16	16	16	15
November	10.7		11	13	9	12
December	5.2		4	6	6	4
Average	13.9	7.3	14.8	15.4	14.8	14.9

25th 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	10.4	11	3	11	9	19
February	11.5	11	11	30	3	8
March	8.2	7	5	6	8	7
April	9.0		7	13	12	5
May	9.9		9	15	6	7
June	10.4		7	9	11	9
July	14.2		9	6	12	26
August	14.0		12	7	24	23
September	15.4		7	15	11	22
October	14.3		13	10	16	12
November	7.3		4	3	12	6
December	9.6		0	5	13	19
Average	11.0	9.4	7.2	10.6	11.5	13.7

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	3.2	3	3	4	3	3
February	3.6	4	4	4	3	3
March	4.1	5	4	5	4	4
April	4.2		6	5	4	4
May	4.3		5	5	4	5
June	4.1		5	4	4	5
July	4.1		5	5	4	4
August	4.1		5	5	4	4
September	3.9		4	4	4	4
October	3.5		4	4	3	4
November	3.1		4	4	3	3
December	3.0		3	4	3	3
Average	3.8	4.2	4.3	4.2	3.5	3.7

15th 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	006°	072°	027°	058°	030°
February	027°	023°	025°	046°	087°
March	035°	049°	031°	032°	036°
April		023°	042°	028°	037°
May		018°	035°	207°	030°
June		227°	208°	318°	252°
July		342°	317°	195°	001°
August		316°	351°	024°	347°
September		331°	010°	066°	019°
October		330°	021°	033°	038°
November		348°	057°	119°	032°
December		001°	027°	020°	030°

Prevailing wind direction

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