Climate Getafe Air Base 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Getafe Air Base (LEGT) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	80.3	69	79	94
February	89.7	81	95	94
March	83.0	77	92	80
April	94.6		99	90
May	96.8		94	100
June	96.7		94	100
July	99.8		100	100
August	98.7		100	98
September	94.2		89	99
October	88.1		82	94
November	69.3		64	75
December	62.8		78	34
Average	85.6	75.6	89.9	91.3

38th 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	89.9	85	86	99
February	98.3	95	100	100
March	94.1	94	96	93
April	99.2		100	99
May	99.3		99	100
June	99.3		99	100
July	100.0		100	100
August	99.6		100	99
September	99.0		98	100
October	95.7		94	98
November	84.9		78	92
December	85.5		91	75
Average	94.8	91.4	95.5	97.4

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	12.1	13	11	13
February	14.9	15	14	16
March	16.2	16	19	14
April	21.4		25	18
May	26.0		24	28
June	31.1		30	32
July	36.5		35	38
August	35.3		36	35
September	27.2		27	28
October	23.8		23	24
November	16.0		16	16
December	11.7		12	12
Average	20.2	14.5	22.7	23.3

26th 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	2.1	4	2	0
February	3.0	5	1	3
March	6.7	6	6	7
April	8.6		10	7
May	13.8		13	15
June	19.0		19	19
July	22.2		22	23
August	20.8		21	21
September	15.9		16	16
October	13.0		13	13
November	7.6		7	8
December	3.9		2	7
Average	9.3	5.1	11.1	11.9

28th 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	2.8	6	1	1
February	3.7	6	2	3
March	9.9	12	1	16
April	4.4		1	8
May	1.9		3	1
June	1.6		3	0
July	0.2		0	1
August	0.3		0	1
September	4.2		6	3
October	6.0		8	4
November	11.1		8	14
December	13.9		1	38
Average	5.6	8.4	2.8	5.7

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	5.7	6	7	4
February	6.4	8	6	6
March	8.6	9	9	8
April	7.2		7	8
May	7.0		7	7
June	6.8		6	8
July	7.1		8	7
August	6.4		7	6
September	6.2		5	7
October	6.3		8	5
November	8.1		8	8
December	5.1		5	6
Average	7.1	7.7	6.8	6.7

26th 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	249°	301°	031°
February	249°	062°	037°
March	224°	244°	062°
April		270°	255°
May		034°	260°
June		216°	232°
July		239°	183°
August		240°	197°
September		176°	242°
October		220°	187°
November		233°	243°
December		253°	178°

Prevailing wind direction

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