Climate Rae Point 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Thule Air Base (BGTL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January		0	0	0	0	0
February	82.5	90	60	94	92	100
March	80.8	70	82	73	88	87
April	77.7		87	73	72	75
May			0	0	0	0
June			0	0	0	0
July			0	0	0	0
August	74.5		68	74	70	65
September	83.8		80	73	88	88
October	81.8		80	68	82	95
November			0	0	0	0
December			0	0	0	0
Average	76.2	74.2	78.9	73.6	81.0	83.3

3rd best VFR conditions of Greenland

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi 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		0	0	0	0	0
February	89.4	98	72	95	97	100
March	88.0	80	86	84	91	92
April	88.0		97	86	79	84
May			0	0	0	0
June			0	0	0	0
July			0	0	0	0
August	86.4		85	84	77	85
September	94.8		88	92	96	100
October	94.9		98	88	95	100
November			0	0	0	0
December			0	0	0	0
Average	87.0	83.9	89.4	87.4	88.4	92.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi 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	-20.8	-20	-20	-16	-16	-22
February	-21.0	-20	-20	-22	-15	-26
March	-20.5	-19	-17	-14	-20	-23
April	-11.8		-11	-12	-8	-7
May	-2.9		-2	-2	1	-2
June	5.3		4	4	8	5
July	8.7		8	9	8	10
August	7.7		8	8	8	8
September	1.3		1	4	-1	-1
October	-5.6		-5	-6	-2	-3
November	-11.1		-6	-12	-11	-12
December	-14.4		-13	-8	-10	-15
Average	-9.9	-20.2	-7.9	-6.6	-5.2	-8.7

6th highest temperature of Greenland

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	-27.3	-26	-28	-24	-23	-31
February	-29.9	-27	-29	-29	-23	-32
March	-27.1	-27	-24	-22	-29	-30
April	-19.9		-21	-19	-16	-15
May	-7.9		-7	-8	-4	-7
June	0.7		0	-1	2	-1
July	4.0		3	4	3	5
August	3.5		4	3	3	4
September	-4.3		-3	0	-7	-5
October	-11.9		-11	-13	-7	-9
November	-18.0		-14	-20	-18	-19
December	-21.1		-20	-18	-18	-22
Average	-14.0	-27.2	-13.6	-12.1	-12.9	-14.5

1st lowest temperature of Greenland

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January		0	0	0	0	0
February	3.6	1	13	0	0	0
March	5.8	10	5	8	4	5
April	5.9		4	9	8	8
May			0	0	0	0
June			0	0	0	0
July			0	0	0	0
August	4.2		8	2	8	4
September	5.2		16	7	3	1
October	6.6		6	15	7	2
November			0	0	0	0
December			0	0	0	0
Average	9.0	8.1	8.3	7.4	5.3	3.8

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		0	0	0	0	0
February	9.6	9	10	8	10	9
March	7.2	7	5	10	8	9
April	7.1		5	8	10	9
May			0	0	0	0
June			0	0	0	0
July			0	0	0	0
August	8.1		11	5	4	10
September	6.7		7	6	8	8
October	9.8		9	11	11	8
November			0	0	0	0
December			0	0	0	0
Average	8.2	7.1	6.9	7.7	8.3	8.7

6th highest wind speed of Greenland

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	360°	360°	360°	360°	360°
February	133°	126°	061°	110°	107°
March	139°	123°	083°	126°	119°
April		134°	093°	143°	141°
May		360°	360°	360°	360°
June		360°	360°	360°	360°
July		360°	360°	360°	360°
August		136°	174°	165°	151°
September		158°	127°	128°	137°
October		123°	132°	132°	125°
November		360°	360°	360°	360°
December		360°	360°	360°	360°

Prevailing wind direction

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