Climate Jinan Qihe Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport (ZBSJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	37.0	43	65	34	52	14
February	50.3	39	45	82	58	50
March	56.2	63	62	52	32	71
April	67.9		63	74	69	85
May	74.3		75	85	73	68
June	77.9		96	77	66	79
July	60.6		79	73	63	45
August	65.6		64	64	63	66
September	63.4		51	74	48	70
October	56.1		71	57	64	57
November	50.7		68	42	60	52
December	54.3		44	73	77	67
Average	58.8	49.1	65.7	65.9	60.5	60.6

30th 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	52.0	58	83	56	75	25
February	63.9	61	57	94	73	62
March	71.8	84	76	65	50	84
April	86.0		85	85	91	97
May	86.7		89	93	86	79
June	91.6		99	95	82	93
July	78.5		94	87	82	66
August	82.4		89	77	80	79
September	79.4		68	91	66	83
October	71.3		80	74	75	72
November	64.2		82	53	70	60
December	70.4		65	94	86	85
Average	74.5	68.2	81.4	80.2	76.4	74.3

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	3.4	3	5	3	4	4
February	7.6	6	8	6	12	8
March	15.9	16	19	14	14	16
April	21.2		20	23	21	21
May	27.7		26	28	27	27
June	33.3		36	33	32	33
July	32.4		35	32	32	30
August	30.5		32	30	30	30
September	27.9		28	29	26	27
October	20.2		24	20	19	21
November	11.9		11	12	13	12
December	4.7		3	4	8	4
Average	18.4	8.3	20.4	20.0	19.8	19.4

24th 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	-9.8	-7	-9	-8	-10	-7
February	-5.3	-5	-3	-6	-4	-3
March	2.6	3	4	2	4	3
April	8.7		8	9	9	8
May	14.6		15	13	14	15
June	20.4		20	21	20	21
July	23.2		24	23	24	22
August	21.9		23	21	21	22
September	16.7		18	16	18	17
October	8.2		10	8	8	7
November	0.3		-1	2	1	2
December	-8.4		-9	-9	-6	-8
Average	6.7	-4.9	8.2	8.3	8.4	8.0

10th 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	2.7	1	3	6	2	2
February	4.3	8	6	3	4	5
March	2.6	4	1	2	5	2
April	5.0		9	0	3	2
May	4.5		8	3	5	8
June	2.8		2	2	5	1
July	7.6		8	7	11	3
August	7.9		6	12	4	14
September	5.7		6	1	16	7
October	7.0		0	8	14	0
November	2.3		2	4	3	4
December	2.1		7	0	0	0
Average	4.6	4.4	4.8	4.2	6.1	4.1

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	4.2	4	4	4	5	3
February	5.0	4	5	5	5	5
March	6.1	6	6	6	6	7
April	6.7		6	7	7	7
May	6.2		6	6	7	6
June	5.9		7	6	5	6
July	4.7		6	4	4	4
August	4.3		5	4	5	4
September	4.5		4	5	4	4
October	4.4		4	5	4	5
November	4.4		5	4	5	4
December	4.4		4	5	4	4
Average	5.1	5.0	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0

24th 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	345°	306°	122°	330°	166°
February	094°	097°	121°	152°	032°
March	175°	153°	099°	143°	157°
April		175°	148°	159°	175°
May		162°	194°	160°	125°
June		182°	108°	348°	158°
July		126°	117°	097°	141°
August		151°	120°	156°	182°
September		136°	164°	147°	002°
October		215°	136°	024°	202°
November		354°	002°	307°	028°
December		030°	271°	280°	300°

Prevailing wind direction

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