Dhekelia Station Sports Fields Helipad

CY-0048 · Larnaka, Cyprus

Climate Dhekelia Station Sports Fields Helipad 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Larnaca International Airport (LCLK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 95.0 95 95 96 96 99
February 95.1 96 99 99 98 90
March 96.0 100 99 98 98 96
April 95.5 99 84 99 99
May 96.8 96 95 96 99
June 96.1 97 96 98 97
July 95.7 96 98 95 93
August 96.6 95 97 100 96
September 98.9 100 98 99 99
October 98.4 100 99 99 100
November 97.8 98 100 95 99
December 95.5 99 95 95 97
Average 96.5 97.2 97.4 95.8 97.4 96.9

3rd best VFR conditions of Cyprus

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 99.2 99 100 98 100 100
February 98.4 99 100 100 99 96
March 99.0 100 100 99 100 99
April 99.0 100 99 100 100
May 98.8 99 97 98 100
June 98.6 99 100 99 98
July 98.7 99 99 98 99
August 99.1 100 98 100 99
September 99.7 100 100 100 100
October 99.7 100 99 100 100
November 99.5 100 100 99 100
December 98.1 99 98 97 99
Average 99.0 99.4 99.5 98.9 99.1 98.9

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 2021 2020
January 17.6 19 19 16 19 16
February 18.1 20 17 18 19 17
March 20.0 22 21 16 20 20
April 23.4 23 25 24 23
May 27.8 27 28 28 29
June 30.3 30 31 31 30
July 33.8 35 34 35 33
August 33.7 34 33 35 34
September 32.1 33 32 32 34
October 29.0 30 29 29 31
November 24.3 25 24 25 24
December 20.2 22 22 19 21
Average 25.2 20.2 26.2 25.8 26.3 26.0

2nd highest temperature of Cyprus

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 8.4 10 10 7 9 8
February 8.3 9 7 8 9 8
March 9.7 11 10 6 9 11
April 12.8 12 13 13 12
May 17.4 17 17 18 18
June 20.5 20 21 20 20
July 23.5 25 23 24 23
August 23.9 25 23 25 24
September 21.9 22 22 22 23
October 18.8 20 19 17 20
November 14.9 15 15 15 15
December 11.1 12 13 10 12
Average 15.2 10.1 16.3 15.7 15.9 16.1

2nd lowest temperature of Cyprus

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.1 7 6 8 3 11
February 4.8 7 5 3 3 7
March 4.5 3 4 9 3 7
April 1.4 1 0 2 2
May 0.9 1 1 0 1
June 0.2 1 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.1 1 0 0 0
October 1.3 1 2 1 0
November 1.7 0 3 2 2
December 4.7 1 3 8 3
Average 2.3 5.3 1.6 2.1 1.6 2.3

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 2021 2020
January 8.3 9 9 8 8 9
February 8.1 7 8 8 9 10
March 9.1 10 9 9 10 8
April 8.8 10 8 9 9
May 9.3 9 9 9 10
June 10.3 11 11 11 10
July 10.0 9 10 9 9
August 10.2 9 11 10 10
September 9.0 9 9 10 8
October 7.9 7 8 8 7
November 8.0 8 8 8 8
December 7.1 7 5 8 7
Average 8.9 8.7 8.9 8.9 9.0 9.0

2nd highest wind speed of Cyprus

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 254° 020° 231° 329° 326°
February 013° 330° 199° 025° 295°
March 212° 196° 280° 221° 252°
April 180° 164° 203° 203°
May 170° 174° 188° 208°
June 181° 184° 206° 203°
July 170° 176° 199° 198°
August 178° 183° 200° 204°
September 196° 180° 196° 197°
October 189° 191° 166° 198°
November 210° 016° 024° 020°
December 023° 030° 013° 026°

Prevailing wind direction

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