Climate Khanbumbat Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hohhot Baita International Airport (ZBHH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	70.0	51	86	71	79	27
February	83.1	76	71	90	93	81
March	84.5	92	92	86	72	88
April	90.3		80	98	85	98
May	94.0		90	98	92	95
June	96.1		98	99	95	99
July	93.2		96	100	96	89
August	92.8		98	91	86	88
September	92.7		89	99	94	91
October	87.3		91	87	94	98
November	82.8		93	83	89	77
December	76.8		62	93	88	76
Average	86.0	73.7	87.6	91.7	88.8	84.8

2nd 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	83.7	76	96	77	88	50
February	91.9	84	84	94	100	90
March	92.8	97	94	92	91	97
April	96.2		95	100	93	99
May	97.3		95	100	96	99
June	98.4		98	100	98	100
July	97.8		100	100	99	97
August	98.1		100	97	96	97
September	97.0		96	100	98	96
October	94.4		100	96	97	99
November	93.9		99	90	97	91
December	88.5		77	98	96	91
Average	93.6	86.1	94.7	95.5	95.7	92.7

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	-5.9	-5	-4	-2	-4	-6
February	1.0	-1	3	-1	5	2
March	10.3	10	12	10	11	10
April	17.0		15	18	15	17
May	23.7		23	24	23	24
June	28.5		29	30	28	29
July	28.8		30	30	29	28
August	27.1		28	27	26	26
September	23.1		24	24	24	22
October	14.4		18	15	14	13
November	4.7		4	6	5	5
December	-5.5		-5	-6	-2	-7
Average	12.7	1.3	14.9	15.2	14.4	13.5

35th 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	-19.5	-21	-19	-16	-18	-19
February	-15.9	-15	-11	-18	-11	-12
March	-5.3	-5	-6	-4	-3	-5
April	2.4		2	2	3	0
May	8.9		9	7	9	9
June	14.5		13	15	14	15
July	17.4		17	17	18	17
August	15.0		15	16	14	15
September	9.5		10	8	12	8
October	0.2		1	-1	1	-2
November	-9.4		-10	-7	-9	-7
December	-18.0		-18	-19	-17	-20
Average	-2.8	-14.6	0.2	0.7	1.1	-1.9

2nd 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	3.7	4	2	8	2	8
February	4.3	12	4	6	0	0
March	3.0	3	2	5	1	2
April	5.4		11	3	7	2
May	3.3		6	1	2	5
June	4.9		1	7	5	7
July	6.7		7	4	5	7
August	6.4		5	9	6	13
September	4.7		3	0	7	4
October	2.2		2	4	2	1
November	4.0		2	8	4	7
December	2.7		7	1	2	1
Average	4.5	6.2	4.4	4.6	3.7	4.8

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	4.9	4	6	5	6	3
February	6.0	5	5	6	6	6
March	7.4	8	7	8	7	8
April	8.9		9	10	9	9
May	9.1		8	10	10	10
June	7.5		8	8	8	7
July	5.6		7	6	6	6
August	5.3		5	6	5	5
September	5.7		5	6	6	6
October	5.9		5	6	6	7
November	5.8		7	5	6	6
December	4.9		5	5	4	5
Average	6.4	5.6	6.3	6.8	6.6	6.5

35th 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	081°	292°	309°	292°	142°
February	034°	308°	296°	293°	306°
March	269°	258°	297°	259°	296°
April		289°	274°	282°	324°
May		266°	291°	290°	302°
June		263°	286°	255°	260°
July		238°	217°	168°	193°
August		203°	220°	228°	165°
September		226°	229°	226°	280°
October		256°	262°	284°	265°
November		298°	317°	271°	306°
December		323°	268°	286°	310°

Prevailing wind direction

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