Terra Guindaldes Heliport

AD-0001 · La Massana, Andorra

Climate Terra Guindaldes Heliport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pirineus - la Seu d'Urgel Airport (LESU) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 94.4 90 95 100
February 91.3 93 89 92
March 91.7 97 86
April 98.5 99 99
May 99.3 99 100
June 97.5 96 100
July 99.7 100 100
August 98.5 100 98
September 99.0 99 99
October 93.4 93 94
November 89.2 89 90
December 87.3 95 72
Average 94.0 91.3 95.8 94.7

7th best VFR conditions of Spain

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
January 97.3 97 95 100
February 95.9 96 94 97
March 96.7 98 96
April 99.5 99 100
May 100.0 100 100
June 98.8 98 100
July 100.0 100 100
August 98.7 100 98
September 99.7 100 100
October 96.6 98 95
November 94.0 94 94
December 89.8 97 76
Average 97.0 96.4 97.8 96.9

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
January 10.1 11 9 11
February 13.7 15 12 14
March 14.8 18 12
April 18.6 20 17
May 22.4 20 25
June 27.8 25 31
July 31.9 31 33
August 30.2 31 30
September 25.7 27 24
October 21.6 23 21
November 14.2 15 13
December 9.5 11 7
Average 17.6 12.5 20.0 20.4

52nd highest temperature of Spain

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January -1.3 1 -1 -2
February 1.8 3 0 2
March 6.0 7 5
April 9.2 11 8
May 13.8 12 16
June 18.6 17 21
July 21.6 21 22
August 19.0 20 18
September 15.0 16 15
October 11.8 13 11
November 4.6 5 4
December 0.8 1 1
Average 7.5 2.0 10.0 10.5

18th lowest temperature of Spain

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 5.7 5 5 6
February 5.3 5 3 8
March 6.7 1 13
April 4.0 4 4
May 3.6 7 1
June 3.1 5 1
July 1.2 0 3
August 2.4 4 1
September 2.5 2 3
October 10.6 9 12
November 6.3 5 8
December 4.0 3 7
Average 4.8 5.2 4.0 5.3

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
January 3.2 3 4 3
February 4.0 4 4 4
March 5.5 6 4
April 7.1 7 7
May 7.2 6 8
June 6.4 5 8
July 6.9 7 7
August 6.5 8 5
September 5.5 6 5
October 4.0 5 3
November 3.7 4 3
December 2.9 3 2
Average 4.7 3.3 5.4 5.2

52nd highest wind speed of Spain

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 313° 341° 283°
February 256° 352° 232°
March 223° 244°
April 236° 229°
May 292° 200°
June 209° 204°
July 205° 207°
August 216° 198°
September 203° 210°
October 206° 210°
November 243° 265°
December 286° 229°

Prevailing wind direction

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