Climate Zigong Fengming Airport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (ZUTF) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	29.3	28	38	22
February	48.6	56	43	47
March	74.0	77	70	76
April	86.5		92	81
May	82.5		85	80	86
June	81.3		88	80	74
July	88.8		91	96	80
August	92.9		93	96	90
September	80.4		82	74	85
October	69.1		70	67	70
November	51.3		61	51	42
December	39.3		35	54	35
Average	66.2	54.1	71.6	70.3	68.8

26th 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
January	57.7	63	63	48
February	77.2	87	63	81
March	93.6	96	89	96
April	95.5		98	93
May	93.0		95	91	100
June	92.5		97	93	86
July	96.3		97	100	93
August	98.9		98	100	99
September	93.4		96	86	98
October	87.4		86	89	87
November	72.9		82	78	59
December	66.4		59	81	65
Average	84.8	82.0	85.8	87.0	84.5

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
January	11.3	12	11	11
February	12.6	13	14	11
March	20.8	20	20	23
April	24.7		26	24
May	26.6		27	26	30
June	29.6		30	30	29
July	33.2		33	35	32
August	33.0		32	37	30
September	27.2		29	25	28
October	21.3		22	22	20
November	17.3		19	19	14
December	11.9		13	11	12
Average	21.1	14.9	23.0	23.1	23.5

13th 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
January	3.8	5	2	5
February	5.0	4	8	4
March	11.0	11	10	12
April	14.0		15	13
May	18.0		19	17	24
June	21.9		21	22	23
July	24.3		24	25	24
August	24.1		24	26	23
September	20.3		21	19	21
October	15.4		16	15	15
November	9.8		10	12	8
December	4.5		4	5	5
Average	13.2	6.4	14.4	14.9	17.0

21st 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
January	5.8	11	0	7
February	11.7	5	9	21
March	4.7	3	5	6
April	8.1		6	11
May	10.0		7	14	0
June	8.0		8	7	9
July	9.2		11	6	11
August	10.6		9	6	17
September	12.0		10	18	8
October	9.0		11	8	9
November	3.8		5	3	3
December	3.7		1	1	9
Average	7.9	6.2	6.9	8.9	9.5

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
January	3.3	3	3	3
February	3.9	4	4	4
March	4.6	5	4	5
April	5.1		5	5
May	4.5		5	5	5
June	4.1		5	4	4
July	4.3		5	5	4
August	4.6		5	5	4
September	4.3		4	4	5
October	3.7		3	4	4
November	3.3		4	4	3
December	3.2		3	3	3
Average	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	3.9

13th 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
January	042°	059°	044°
February	043°	047°	048°
March	041°	039°	043°
April		041°	040°
May		019°	037°	190°
June		070°	215°	013°
July		030°	039°	050°
August		009°	018°	029°
September		034°	025°	037°
October		039°	033°	031°
November		040°	048°	069°
December		062°	051°	045°

Prevailing wind direction

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