Namur-Suarlée Airfield

EBNM · Namur, Wallonia, Belgium

Climate Namur-Suarlée Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Brussels South Charleroi Airport (EBCI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 35.6 46 27 35 26 44
February 55.7 34 53 58 68 51
March 66.4 67 57 88 69 67
April 79.2 62 82 82 87
May 80.5 75 87 80 93
June 83.7 92 89 73 87
July 85.2 80 94 78 78
August 83.8 77 92 73 90
September 78.6 86 78 75 76
October 68.6 72 81 73 59
November 53.2 46 59 41 63
December 35.7 31 45 27 38
Average 68.6 50.2 67.0 78.7 67.2 73.2

5th 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 59.6 72 58 57 47 65
February 77.9 62 79 81 80 87
March 86.3 85 86 98 89 81
April 89.9 81 93 90 95
May 90.7 87 94 95 99
June 92.6 95 98 84 94
July 92.6 91 97 87 90
August 92.8 93 96 88 97
September 89.9 93 89 90 88
October 88.2 87 91 91 88
November 75.7 78 79 64 83
December 63.9 71 61 53 68
Average 84.2 74.0 85.0 89.3 82.4 88.1

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 5.3 5 6 6 4 8
February 8.0 9 8 9 8 9
March 10.7 11 10 13 10 10
April 13.9 11 13 11 18
May 18.1 17 20 15 19
June 22.5 24 21 22 21
July 23.4 22 24 22 22
August 23.3 22 26 20 26
September 19.9 23 19 21 21
October 15.3 16 17 15 13
November 9.4 9 11 8 12
December 6.6 8 2 7 7
Average 14.0 8.4 14.6 15.4 13.5 15.4

9th 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 1.1 1 2 1 1 3
February 2.4 5 2 3 2 4
March 3.7 5 3 3 3 3
April 4.9 4 5 2 6
May 8.5 8 9 7 8
June 13.0 14 12 14 13
July 13.8 14 13 14 13
August 14.2 13 15 13 16
September 11.3 14 11 12 12
October 9.2 10 11 8 9
November 4.5 5 6 3 6
December 2.6 4 -2 3 3
Average 6.9 3.4 7.7 7.5 6.7 7.8

7th 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 27.4 24 34 20 37 21
February 23.8 40 12 29 17 38
March 20.9 21 36 3 20 17
April 12.9 23 15 12 4
May 12.6 12 9 28 4
June 10.3 6 13 11 13
July 10.1 18 3 16 15
August 11.9 20 4 20 9
September 14.3 10 25 5 13
October 17.9 21 12 17 26
November 23.5 37 21 21 12
December 27.3 36 7 30 25
Average 17.6 27.9 20.3 12.4 18.5 14.9

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 9.3 11 11 8 9 10
February 10.8 11 9 13 10 15
March 9.8 9 11 8 9 11
April 8.2 9 9 8 8
May 7.7 8 7 10 8
June 7.3 7 7 6 8
July 7.4 10 6 7 8
August 7.1 7 7 8 8
September 7.3 7 7 6 7
October 9.2 10 9 9 11
November 8.8 12 10 7 9
December 9.7 12 7 9 9
Average 8.5 10.1 9.0 7.8 8.0 8.9

9th 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 221° 220° 232° 220° 209°
February 209° 258° 224° 155° 222°
March 203° 223° 084° 248° 147°
April 023° 043° 012° 064°
May 020° 258° 222° 025°
June 038° 239° 330° 228°
July 228° 298° 234° 247°
August 239° 034° 252° 220°
September 191° 229° 167° 237°
October 206° 202° 203° 207°
November 215° 197° 235° 198°
December 218° 108° 208° 197°

Prevailing wind direction

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