's Gravenwezel heliport

EBAS · Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium

Climate 's Gravenwezel heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (EBAW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 48.0 61 42 47 56 40
February 62.3 47 54 70 74 61
March 74.7 74 64 94 83 79
April 82.8 73 88 84 88
May 84.4 79 91 85 97
June 85.6 90 91 79 90
July 86.6 81 92 82 79
August 87.9 82 93 83 91
September 81.3 86 67 87 83
October 71.8 78 44 80 76
November 63.8 61 73 57 68
December 50.3 49 52 44 56
Average 74.6 61.5 72.9 79.1 76.9 78.7

4th best VFR conditions of Belgium

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 78.6 89 84 76 85 69
February 85.9 83 84 91 85 91
March 91.7 91 91 98 95 91
April 93.8 90 96 95 96
May 95.0 90 96 97 100
June 94.8 95 94 91 97
July 95.1 91 97 92 94
August 96.5 94 99 94 97
September 91.7 95 76 97 93
October 87.1 91 55 93 94
November 83.2 82 88 83 84
December 78.3 81 80 69 86
Average 90.4 88.1 89.7 88.9 91.0 92.3

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 6.7 6 8 7 6 9
February 9.1 11 9 10 9 10
March 11.6 12 11 13 11 11
April 14.7 13 14 12 18
May 18.8 18 20 16 20
June 23.2 25 22 23 22
July 23.6 22 24 22 22
August 23.7 22 26 21 26
September 20.4 23 19 21 22
October 15.9 17 15 16 15
November 10.5 10 12 10 13
December 7.6 9 4 8 8
Average 14.8 9.7 15.4 15.8 14.5 16.2

6th highest temperature of Belgium

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 2.1 1 3 2 2 4
February 2.7 6 3 4 1 5
March 3.8 5 5 2 4 4
April 5.2 5 5 3 6
May 9.0 9 10 7 8
June 13.6 15 13 14 13
July 14.3 14 14 15 13
August 14.5 14 15 14 16
September 11.0 13 11 12 11
October 8.8 10 8 8 9
November 4.6 5 6 4 6
December 3.2 5 -2 3 3
Average 7.3 4.0 8.4 7.5 7.2 8.2

6th lowest temperature of Belgium

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 18.4 19 26 11 20 11
February 20.2 31 5 24 19 31
March 17.6 15 34 3 13 17
April 10.2 18 9 11 5
May 10.6 9 6 24 5
June 7.6 4 10 8 10
July 10.6 18 5 13 14
August 10.9 14 5 14 10
September 12.9 9 22 6 9
October 16.7 17 8 18 24
November 21.3 35 15 17 14
December 23.2 34 12 19 24
Average 14.7 21.4 16.9 9.9 14.6 13.3

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 8.4 9 9 8 8 9
February 9.4 9 8 12 8 13
March 8.8 8 9 7 9 10
April 7.5 8 8 8 7
May 7.2 7 7 9 7
June 7.0 7 7 6 7
July 7.3 9 7 7 8
August 6.8 8 6 7 7
September 6.6 6 6 6 7
October 8.0 8 7 8 9
November 7.4 9 8 6 7
December 8.3 10 5 7 8
Average 7.7 8.6 8.0 7.2 7.3 8.0

6th highest wind speed of Belgium

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 231° 219° 238° 238° 219°
February 212° 263° 228° 148° 232°
March 199° 226° 084° 270° 186°
April 007° 020° 356° 067°
May 004° 266° 241° 004°
June 028° 257° 322° 246°
July 232° 282° 262° 265°
August 253° 010° 272° 230°
September 176° 229° 182° 249°
October 201° 201° 201° 211°
November 213° 182° 236° 202°
December 223° 100° 205° 198°

Prevailing wind direction

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