Agathonisi Heliport

GR-0045 · South Aegean, Greece

Climate Agathonisi Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Samos Airport (LGSM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.9 82 91 75 76 92
February 86.1 93 89 86 89 84
March 88.8 94 82 89 84 96
April 95.4 94 91 98 99 95
May 98.2 97 100 99 97
June 98.4 95 100 100 96
July 99.7 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 99 100 100 100
September 99.1 100 97 100 100
October 98.2 98 100 95 98
November 89.3 78 89 91 100
December 78.0 72 74 72 84
Average 93.0 90.7 91.8 93.8 93.0 95.5

16th 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 99.4 99 100 99 100 100
February 99.6 100 100 100 99 100
March 99.7 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.8 99 100 100 100 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 100.0 100 100 100 100
September 100.0 100 100 100 100
October 99.8 100 100 99 100
November 99.6 99 100 100 100
December 99.5 100 98 98 100
Average 99.7 99.3 99.8 99.7 99.7 99.9

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 13.5 15 16 12 15 13
February 14.9 17 13 15 16 15
March 16.7 19 17 13 15 17
April 20.9 24 19 21 20 20
May 25.4 24 25 26 25
June 29.8 30 30 30 28
July 33.5 35 33 34 33
August 33.2 33 33 34 33
September 29.4 31 29 29 30
October 24.5 26 25 23 26
November 20.1 22 20 20 19
December 15.9 18 18 15 17
Average 22.5 18.4 23.8 22.9 23.0 23.0

13th 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 8.0 9 9 7 9 8
February 8.7 9 7 8 9 9
March 9.9 10 11 6 8 10
April 12.7 15 12 12 13 12
May 16.5 15 17 17 16
June 21.0 20 22 21 19
July 24.4 25 25 25 24
August 24.1 23 24 25 24
September 21.1 23 21 20 22
October 16.7 18 17 15 16
November 13.3 14 13 13 12
December 10.4 11 14 9 11
Average 15.0 10.8 15.5 15.4 15.3 15.1

23rd 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 8.4 4 5 11 13 4
February 4.5 3 3 2 5 3
March 3.7 1 5 5 6 4
April 2.1 1 3 1 3 3
May 1.1 3 1 0 1
June 0.9 2 1 1 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.1 0 0 0 0
October 0.8 1 0 1 3
November 4.4 8 5 3 1
December 8.9 6 14 10 7
Average 2.6 1.9 2.7 2.5 3.0 1.9

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 8.9 10 8 9 8 9
February 8.8 8 9 8 9 9
March 7.5 7 8 8 9 7
April 7.1 9 8 6 7 8
May 6.6 7 7 6 7
June 7.5 8 9 6 7
July 9.9 10 11 10 10
August 9.1 7 8 9 10
September 8.6 9 8 9 8
October 7.6 8 9 8 6
November 7.4 9 7 8 9
December 8.3 7 8 9 10
Average 8.1 8.3 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.2

13th 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 029° 107° 042° 167° 019°
February 088° 043° 037° 030° 063°
March 185° 040° 011° 358° 032°
April 002° 174° 147° 009° 017°
May 014° 033° 029° 011°
June 007° 357° 354° 154°
July 358° 359° 360° 008°
August 059° 019° 005° 009°
September 012° 020° 007° 016°
October 021° 003° 026° 119°
November 178° 052° 055° 011°
December 128° 129° 145° 111°

Prevailing wind direction

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