Climate Zuienkerke Sport Aviation Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ostend-Bruges International Airport (EBOS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	52.5	60	56	48	51	47
February	64.4	50	52	80	71	65
March	69.6	65	58	83	70	79
April	79.9		72	86	80	87
May	80.3		73	88	84	95
June	80.9		86	92	67	84
July	85.2		86	93	77	77
August	85.1		80	89	83	82
September	82.3		79	91	85	77
October	78.5		81	87	75	80
November	66.2		67	65	62	61
December	55.3		54	59	44	56
Average	73.8	58.9	72.6	83.4	72.8	76.9

2nd 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	79.2	89	88	77	79	67
February	83.7	82	81	94	85	87
March	88.6	85	87	92	88	91
April	91.0		87	96	92	96
May	91.2		87	94	94	99
June	91.6		96	97	84	96
July	95.1		94	98	93	91
August	95.4		96	96	96	93
September	94.4		95	98	96	92
October	93.5		93	96	93	95
November	84.2		89	77	90	79
December	78.1		76	86	69	79
Average	89.4	85.3	89.9	93.1	89.3	90.3

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	7	8	7	6	8
February	8.4	11	8	9	7	10
March	10.2	12	10	11	10	10
April	12.6		11	13	9	15
May	15.8		14	17	14	17
June	20.0		21	20	20	19
July	21.3		21	23	20	20
August	21.5		20	24	20	23
September	19.4		22	19	21	20
October	15.5		16	17	15	14
November	10.3		10	11	10	12
December	7.8		9	4	8	8
Average	13.6	9.9	14.2	14.7	13.2	14.6

10th 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	2	3	2	2	4
February	2.8	6	2	3	2	5
March	3.8	6	4	3	3	4
April	5.0		5	5	3	6
May	8.3		9	9	7	8
June	12.2		13	11	13	12
July	13.0		13	12	13	12
August	13.4		13	14	14	15
September	11.2		13	12	12	11
October	9.2		10	9	8	9
November	5.0		6	5	5	6
December	3.3		6	-1	4	3
Average	7.1	4.6	7.9	7.2	7.0	7.8

5th 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	19.3	19	20	11	27	16
February	19.7	35	7	16	16	33
March	17.7	23	32	5	12	14
April	9.8		17	11	6	6
May	9.5		8	5	23	5
June	9.0		3	12	17	11
July	9.1		14	3	13	14
August	10.2		12	3	12	11
September	14.3		10	19	6	13
October	18.5		21	10	21	27
November	25.0		40	22	30	12
December	24.0		29	9	25	31
Average	15.4	25.4	16.1	9.8	16.2	14.6

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	11.1	12	13	10	11	12
February	12.7	13	10	16	11	18
March	11.5	10	13	9	11	13
April	10.3		10	12	11	10
May	9.9		11	9	11	11
June	9.7		10	9	8	10
July	9.7		11	9	9	10
August	9.6		10	9	10	10
September	9.5		8	9	9	10
October	10.8		10	9	11	12
November	10.4		13	11	9	10
December	11.5		14	7	11	11
Average	10.5	11.5	10.9	9.8	10.0	11.2

10th 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	244°	237°	258°	240°	221°
February	215°	269°	240°	143°	237°
March	201°	239°	088°	276°	309°
April		005°	020°	010°	049°
May		019°	297°	262°	004°
June		022°	327°	359°	291°
July		254°	322°	298°	272°
August		276°	009°	299°	272°
September		189°	305°	295°	304°
October		216°	211°	222°	216°
November		231°	193°	277°	206°
December		232°	126°	232°	196°

Prevailing wind direction

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