Climate Huerta Otea Helipad 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Salamanca Airport (LESA) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	71.0	63	68	82
February	81.0	70	90	84
March	79.2	73	85	80
April	89.8		96	84
May	93.9		95	93
June	95.5		96	96
July	97.4		100	95
August	98.6		99	98
September	93.2		92	95
October	86.3		83	90
November	64.2		61	67
December	52.7		51	57
Average	80.9	68.9	86.5	87.2

50th best VFR conditions of Spain

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
January	87.9	82	87	95
February	93.0	92	94	93
March	95.7	97	99	91
April	97.4		100	95
May	98.5		98	99
June	99.6		99	100
July	99.1		100	98
August	99.7		100	100
September	98.5		98	99
October	96.8		97	96
November	86.1		87	86
December	73.0		71	77
Average	93.6	90.5	95.2	95.2

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
January	10.1	11	9	11
February	12.7	13	11	14
March	14.3	14	16	13
April	18.6		21	16
May	23.4		22	25
June	27.2		27	28
July	32.2		31	34
August	31.8		32	32
September	25.2		26	25
October	22.1		22	22
November	14.4		15	14
December	9.5		9	11
Average	17.8	12.9	19.9	20.6

51st highest temperature of Spain

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	-1.4	2	-1	-3
February	-1.4	2	-2	-2
March	3.1	3	3	3
April	4.0		5	4
May	8.9		8	10
June	12.5		13	12
July	13.0		13	14
August	13.1		13	14
September	10.1		11	10
October	8.6		9	9
November	4.3		5	4
December	1.5		0	4
Average	5.1	2.5	6.3	6.4

4th lowest temperature of Spain

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	5.1	7	6	3
February	2.8	7	1	1
March	7.4	10	4	9
April	2.8		0	5
May	2.3		4	1
June	2.0		3	1
July	0.0		0	0
August	0.1		0	0
September	3.9		5	4
October	7.8		9	7
November	9.8		8	12
December	10.5		3	24
Average	5.1	7.9	3.2	4.3

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
January	7.0	7	8	6
February	7.6	10	7	6
March	10.0	11	9	10
April	7.9		8	8
May	7.3		8	7
June	5.9		5	7
July	5.0		5	5
August	5.1		5	5
September	5.9		6	6
October	7.8		9	7
November	9.0		9	9
December	6.2		6	6
Average	7.6	9.2	7.0	6.7

51st highest wind speed of Spain

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022
January	239°	278°	071°
February	264°	079°	021°
March	251°	256°	108°
April		288°	312°
May		064°	319°
June		263°	265°
July		289°	021°
August		322°	291°
September		246°	264°
October		238°	229°
November		263°	253°
December		244°	211°

Prevailing wind direction

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