A6 Tunnel Western Entrance Helipad

CY-0074 · Limassol, Cyprus

Climate A6 Tunnel Western Entrance Helipad 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAF Akrotiri (LCRA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.9 96 97 98 83 96
February 94.7 96 98 99 98 88
March 95.6 98 99 99 99 91
April 96.4 100 97 99 94
May 95.4 95 99 100 87
June 95.5 99 98 99 89
July 95.0 98 98 98 85
August 96.2 97 99 100 89
September 98.2 100 100 100 97
October 97.1 99 99 100 94
November 97.4 97 98 98 97
December 94.0 98 100 97 88
Average 95.9 96.9 97.9 98.5 97.9 90.9

1st 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 96.0 99 98 99 84 98
February 97.1 100 100 100 99 94
March 97.1 100 100 100 100 92
April 97.7 100 100 100 95
May 96.2 98 99 100 88
June 96.3 100 99 100 90
July 95.6 98 99 100 86
August 97.1 99 100 100 90
September 98.4 100 100 100 97
October 97.8 99 99 100 94
November 98.4 100 99 99 98
December 96.2 100 100 99 90
Average 97.2 99.6 99.3 99.4 98.5 92.1

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 17.0 18 18 16 18 16
February 17.4 19 16 17 18 17
March 18.9 20 20 16 19 19
April 22.1 21 23 22 22
May 26.1 25 25 27 27
June 28.3 28 29 28 27
July 31.8 33 32 32 31
August 31.6 32 31 33 32
September 30.3 31 30 29 32
October 27.6 28 27 27 29
November 23.5 24 23 24 23
December 19.4 21 21 18 20
Average 23.8 19.0 24.7 24.2 24.7 24.5

3rd 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 9.2 11 9 8 11 9
February 9.1 10 7 9 9 9
March 11.0 13 11 8 11 12
April 13.7 13 14 14 14
May 17.9 17 17 18 19
June 20.7 21 21 19 20
July 23.7 25 24 25 23
August 24.0 25 24 25 23
September 22.0 22 22 21 23
October 18.6 19 19 18 20
November 14.7 16 15 15 15
December 11.5 12 13 11 12
Average 15.7 11.2 16.5 16.2 16.3 16.4

4th 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 14.3 14 11 22 8 15
February 8.8 8 11 13 6 10
March 7.4 3 7 14 6 7
April 2.7 5 0 3 3
May 0.8 1 1 0 1
June 0.1 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.1 0 0 1 0
October 2.1 1 5 1 0
November 4.0 5 4 8 3
December 9.0 2 5 17 6
Average 4.1 7.6 3.1 4.7 3.6 3.2

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 9.2 9 9 9 10 9
February 9.0 9 8 8 9 10
March 10.0 11 10 10 11 10
April 9.6 10 10 10 10
May 10.0 10 11 10 10
June 10.1 10 10 10 11
July 9.8 9 10 10 9
August 9.9 10 10 9 10
September 8.9 8 9 9 9
October 8.0 7 8 8 8
November 8.4 8 8 9 8
December 7.8 8 5 10 8
Average 9.3 9.6 9.2 9.2 9.6 9.4

3rd 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 257° 065° 258° 067° 313°
February 136° 309° 242° 060° 242°
March 249° 248° 278° 254° 269°
April 242° 240° 248° 251°
May 222° 236° 237° 252°
June 241° 240° 246° 252°
July 227° 244° 242° 245°
August 249° 242° 238° 245°
September 236° 243° 243° 249°
October 237° 226° 236° 249°
November 250° 052° 076° 071°
December 061° 076° 015° 077°

Prevailing wind direction

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