Beauvechain Air Base

EBBE · Brabant Wallon, Wallonia, Belgium

Climate Beauvechain Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Beauvechain Air Base (EBBE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 42.5 43 34 41 32 42
February 61.3 42 50 57 69 63
March 71.4 71 60 77 76 71
April 79.8 61 81 81 87
May 82.8 74 84 86 98
June 84.6 87 89 74 89
July 86.1 77 96 80 80
August 84.3 71 92 78 90
September 80.4 83 78 81 83
October 75.3 76 82 77 70
November 58.7 51 68 42 67
December 43.6 38 39 36 46
Average 71.9 53.4 65.9 77.3 71.5 77.2

6th 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 71.5 76 72 66 54 69
February 84.3 77 74 83 81 92
March 90.4 91 85 93 91 90
April 91.8 84 94 92 96
May 93.5 89 94 97 100
June 94.6 93 98 89 98
July 94.6 92 99 87 96
August 93.5 88 96 92 97
September 90.3 91 88 91 93
October 92.8 92 95 91 96
November 81.1 82 86 71 83
December 70.9 73 59 63 77
Average 88.3 81.7 85.5 90.0 86.0 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 5.6 6 7 6 4 7
February 8.3 10 8 9 8 10
March 11.1 12 10 13 11 10
April 14.1 12 14 11 17
May 18.4 18 20 15 19
June 22.8 25 22 23 22
July 23.4 23 24 21 22
August 23.5 22 26 20 26
September 19.9 23 19 20 21
October 15.8 17 18 15 14
November 9.8 10 11 8 12
December 6.9 8 3 7 7
Average 14.3 9.3 15.2 15.8 13.7 15.5

5th 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 1.5 1 3 2 1 3
February 2.8 6 3 4 2 4
March 4.1 6 4 4 4 3
April 5.0 5 5 2 6
May 8.8 8 10 7 8
June 13.3 14 13 14 13
July 14.1 14 14 14 13
August 14.6 14 15 13 16
September 11.4 14 12 12 12
October 9.6 11 11 8 9
November 4.8 6 6 4 6
December 3.0 5 -1 3 3
Average 7.3 4.3 8.3 8.1 7.1 8.0

11th 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 17.6 22 26 17 28 11
February 13.1 26 6 20 13 15
March 12.7 15 27 4 9 12
April 7.6 16 10 6 2
May 6.2 9 7 13 2
June 5.5 6 10 7 4
July 6.0 14 1 11 7
August 6.5 14 3 10 4
September 8.2 9 19 3 7
October 10.2 17 10 12 12
November 16.0 32 14 11 6
December 19.3 30 15 20 19
Average 10.6 20.7 16.2 9.8 10.7 7.4

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 9.5 11 11 8 9 10
February 10.8 12 8 14 10 16
March 9.3 8 11 6 9 10
April 7.5 8 9 7 7
May 7.1 7 7 10 7
June 6.4 6 7 5 6
July 7.2 10 6 7 8
August 6.5 7 6 7 7
September 7.1 6 7 6 7
October 9.0 9 8 9 11
November 8.7 12 10 7 9
December 9.5 12 5 9 9
Average 8.2 10.1 8.7 7.6 7.6 8.4

5th 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 230° 222° 235° 235° 215°
February 212° 260° 231° 169° 225°
March 213° 226° 068° 252° 222°
April 264° 018° 356° 059°
May 011° 253° 230° 011°
June 024° 242° 305° 242°
July 231° 282° 241° 252°
August 244° 017° 247° 227°
September 198° 231° 197° 243°
October 211° 209° 206° 211°
November 217° 195° 228° 205°
December 224° 107° 213° 202°

Prevailing wind direction

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