Climate Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport (LECH) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	94.4	92	98	94
February	92.0	98	87	90
March	81.7	92	94	59
April	89.3		94	85
May	92.6		93	93
June	92.6		93	92
July	85.7		79	93
August	94.9		93	97
September	83.0		78	88
October	86.5		89	84
November	94.6		100	89
December	87.1		99	68
Average	90.5	93.7	90.6	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	98.6	98	100	99
February	97.3	100	94	98
March	90.3	95	96	80
April	94.3		96	92
May	97.8		97	99
June	97.2		97	98
July	97.1		95	99
August	99.4		99	100
September	96.4		95	98
October	94.8		95	94
November	98.5		100	97
December	94.9		99	88
Average	96.6	97.4	96.7	95.6

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	14.6	16	14	14
February	15.4	18	13	16
March	16.6	18	19	13
April	18.6		20	17
May	22.4		21	24
June	26.7		26	28
July	28.7		28	30
August	29.8		29	31
September	24.9		24	26
October	22.7		22	23
November	18.8		19	19
December	14.4		15	14
Average	19.8	17.1	20.8	21.4

46th 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	4.1	7	3	3
February	5.1	7	3	5
March	7.6	8	8	7
April	9.1		10	9
May	11.9		12	12
June	17.2		17	18
July	19.4		19	20
August	19.3		19	20
September	15.4		14	17
October	13.4		13	14
November	9.0		8	10
December	5.4		5	7
Average	10.0	7.2	10.8	11.9

30th 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	2.1	3	1	2
February	4.9	3	9	3
March	11.1	5	2	26
April	4.8		1	8
May	5.6		9	3
June	3.6		5	3
July	1.7		2	1
August	1.3		1	1
September	4.0		3	5
October	2.3		0	5
November	2.1		0	4
December	4.6		1	11
Average	4.2	3.9	3.0	5.6

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
January	5.9	6	6	6
February	5.9	7	5	5
March	7.6	8	6	9
April	7.9		7	9
May	6.5		7	6
June	6.2		6	6
July	6.5		7	6
August	7.3		8	7
September	6.0		6	6
October	5.6		6	5
November	6.6		7	6
December	4.9		6	4
Average	6.6	6.9	6.4	6.5

46th 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	246°	312°	045°
February	296°	070°	130°
March	188°	120°	051°
April		115°	065°
May		104°	113°
June		116°	116°
July		111°	124°
August		112°	141°
September		106°	113°
October		182°	118°
November		237°	178°
December		298°	107°

Prevailing wind direction

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