Serres Emmanuel Pappas Airfield

GR-0020 · Central Macedonia, Greece

Climate Serres Emmanuel Pappas Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (LGTS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.2 87 85 87 84 86
February 82.7 91 91 86 79 94
March 86.3 81 86 88 87 87
April 92.8 92 94 91 87
May 95.7 87 100 99 96
June 96.8 96 96 99 98
July 97.9 99 97 98 100
August 99.1 99 99 100 99
September 97.7 92 99 99 98
October 90.9 90 96 77 97
November 81.7 86 91 72 87
December 73.3 82 56 86 51
Average 89.9 86.1 91.0 92.4 90.4 91.1

21st best VFR conditions of Greece

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 91.2 98 96 95 94 92
February 94.3 99 99 96 89 100
March 97.8 98 98 99 100 100
April 99.8 99 100 100 100
May 99.7 99 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 99 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 97.9 99 99 95 100
November 96.3 98 99 92 100
December 90.3 95 79 93 83
Average 97.7 98.3 98.7 97.9 97.3 98.2

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 2021 2020
January 10.3 12 14 10 12 11
February 13.2 16 13 13 14 14
March 16.0 18 16 14 14 16
April 19.8 19 20 18 18
May 25.1 22 27 26 25
June 30.0 28 31 30 29
July 32.7 34 33 34 32
August 32.7 33 32 34 32
September 28.2 29 27 28 29
October 22.6 25 23 19 24
November 17.3 18 19 16 17
December 12.6 14 14 12 14
Average 20.9 15.2 22.1 22.0 21.3 21.7

21st highest temperature of Greece

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 1.8 3 6 1 4 0
February 3.8 5 2 4 4 3
March 5.6 8 6 2 5 6
April 8.3 8 8 7 7
May 13.3 13 13 13 13
June 18.5 18 19 18 17
July 21.1 22 21 22 21
August 21.0 21 21 22 20
September 17.0 18 16 17 18
October 12.2 14 11 11 13
November 8.9 9 10 10 7
December 5.1 5 10 4 7
Average 10.6 5.1 11.9 11.4 11.3 11.1

6th lowest temperature of Greece

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.0 8 6 4 11 1
February 7.0 2 3 9 8 4
March 9.3 9 7 14 8 20
April 6.3 8 7 6 13
May 3.2 8 2 1 2
June 3.3 6 5 5 1
July 1.7 0 3 1 1
August 0.7 0 1 1 1
September 2.8 6 2 5 1
October 4.3 3 4 17 0
November 5.9 8 6 3 3
December 8.7 6 15 5 13
Average 5.1 6.5 5.0 5.3 5.4 4.8

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 7.0 7 8 7 9 6
February 6.4 6 8 6 7 7
March 6.5 7 7 6 8 7
April 6.6 8 6 7 6
May 6.6 5 6 7 7
June 7.0 6 7 8 7
July 7.7 8 8 8 8
August 7.2 7 7 7 7
September 6.7 6 7 6 7
October 5.9 6 5 6 7
November 5.5 7 6 5 5
December 6.3 5 4 7 5
Average 6.7 6.5 6.7 6.2 7.0 6.6

21st highest wind speed of Greece

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 326° 318° 345° 327° 328°
February 283° 323° 336° 305° 319°
March 282° 309° 311° 311° 305°
April 304° 252° 251° 273°
May 241° 221° 258° 290°
June 246° 245° 262° 274°
July 273° 271° 254° 266°
August 265° 271° 233° 267°
September 253° 290° 281° 252°
October 295° 292° 310° 300°
November 314° 324° 320° 306°
December 321° 360° 339° 145°

Prevailing wind direction

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