Climate 5-chome-3-1 Ohashicho Helipad 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kobe Airport (RJBE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	94.6	97	90	98	93	95
February	92.6	86	91	100	99	92
March	91.2	82	92	91	93	90
April	91.4	87	87	89	91	95
May	92.1		93	96	88	94
June	89.9		88	95	94	82
July	91.0		92	94	94	81
August	95.3		96	97	87	98
September	95.4		98	98	94	97
October	94.6		99	96	97	97
November	95.3		94	96	98	94
December	96.7		93	98	100	98
Average	92.7	87.9	92.6	95.2	93.7	92.4

2nd best VFR conditions of Japan

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	98.5	100	98	100	96	99
February	98.0	98	97	100	100	99
March	98.0	93	100	98	98	99
April	97.4	98	96	97	97	98
May	97.1		95	100	95	99
June	96.2		95	99	99	93
July	96.8		97	98	96	94
August	98.3		97	100	95	100
September	98.5		100	99	99	98
October	98.1		100	98	99	100
November	98.8		98	98	100	99
December	99.5		99	100	100	99
Average	97.8	97.1	97.5	98.7	97.6	97.9

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	9.1	10	9	8	9	11
February	9.7	11	10	9	12	10
March	13.4	12	15	14	15	13
April	17.9	20	18	19	18	16
May	21.9		22	22	22	22
June	25.0		26	26	26	25
July	28.9		30	30	29	26
August	30.8		32	31	30	31
September	27.9		30	29	27	28
October	22.3		23	22	23	22
November	17.2		18	18	17	18
December	11.6		13	12	12	12
Average	18.9	13.2	20.4	20.2	19.9	19.4

37th highest temperature of Japan

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	3.8	5	4	3	4	6
February	4.3	6	5	3	6	5
March	8.0	7	10	8	9	8
April	13.0	15	13	14	13	11
May	17.5		17	18	17	18
June	21.1		22	22	22	21
July	25.2		26	26	25	23
August	26.6		28	27	26	27
September	23.7		26	24	23	24
October	17.5		17	18	18	17
November	12.0		12	13	12	13
December	6.3		7	7	6	6
Average	14.1	8.1	15.5	15.5	15.1	14.8

56th lowest temperature of Japan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.5	12	13	10	16	8
February	14.8	22	14	10	8	17
March	15.3	17	10	14	19	19
April	13.4	15	15	12	16	12
May	15.1		19	14	25	11
June	17.0		23	13	17	18
July	15.8		9	12	13	32
August	11.1		12	7	26	3
September	14.7		6	12	18	19
October	14.1		6	12	7	14
November	8.0		9	11	9	9
December	7.2		7	6	5	3
Average	13.7	16.2	12.1	11.4	15.2	14.0

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	9.9	10	10	9	11	10
February	9.4	8	8	11	10	10
March	8.8	9	8	8	9	9
April	9.0	8	9	9	9	11
May	8.2		9	7	9	9
June	8.4		8	9	7	9
July	9.1		10	8	8	10
August	9.6		10	9	10	9
September	8.8		9	10	7	9
October	8.4		8	8	7	8
November	8.0		9	8	10	8
December	9.8		10	10	11	10
Average	8.9	8.6	8.7	8.7	8.9	9.2

37th highest wind speed of Japan

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	298°	276°	289°	276°	298°
February	353°	325°	270°	264°	289°
March	288°	256°	269°	303°	264°
April	274°	260°	250°	260°	255°
May		244°	225°	238°	234°
June		241°	243°	235°	226°
July		233°	237°	235°	218°
August		222°	232°	219°	228°
September		225°	075°	223°	214°
October		312°	022°	350°	015°
November		288°	021°	275°	313°
December		281°	285°	283°	275°

Prevailing wind direction

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