Climate Mafé - Gibraleón Airfield 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Base Aérea de El Copero (LEEC) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	87.4	76	89	96
February	89.8	71	98	100
March	82.9	82	82	85
April	93.1		100	86
May	96.6		97	96
June	97.7		97	99
July	95.0		97	93
August	95.4		100	91
September	97.0		98	96
October	88.9		88	90
November	81.5		80	83
December	78.5		88	63
Average	86.6	76.4	92.7	90.6

30th 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	93.2	88	96	96
February	92.0	76	100	100
March	89.7	93	85	93
April	96.7		100	93
May	98.4		100	97
June	99.3		99	100
July	99.4		99	100
August	100.0		100	100
September	98.6		100	97
October	96.1		96	96
November	90.4		91	90
December	91.9		93	91
Average	92.7	85.7	96.2	96.2

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
January	16.2	17	15	17
February	18.3	18	17	20
March	19.8	19	23	18
April	22.7		27	19
May	28.0		28	29
June	30.7		31	30
July	35.2		35	35
August	33.8		36	32
September	28.4		29	28
October	26.0		26	27
November	20.3		20	21
December	15.7		15	17
Average	22.5	17.8	25.2	24.6

8th 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	7.5	9	6	7
February	8.0	10	7	8
March	9.9	10	10	10
April	11.1		13	10
May	15.1		15	15
June	17.8		19	17
July	20.6		21	21
August	20.3		21	20
September	17.5		18	17
October	17.2		17	18
November	12.0		11	13
December	9.3		7	13
Average	12.5	9.7	13.7	14.1

43rd 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	1.6	4	1	0
February	2.9	8	2	0
March	7.8	8	7	9
April	3.2		0	7
May	0.3		1	0
June	0.0		0	0
July	0.0		0	0
August	0.0		0	0
September	0.3		0	1
October	2.2		4	0
November	6.8		9	5
December	6.6		6	8
Average	3.7	6.3	2.4	2.3

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	6.5	6	6	7
February	5.7	6	6	5
March	5.2	6	5	5
April	5.1		5	5
May	4.2		4	4
June	4.2		5	4
July	4.4		4	4
August	3.6		4	4
September	4.0		4	4
October	5.0		6	5
November	5.2		6	5
December	6.0		5	7
Average	5.2	5.7	4.8	4.9

8th 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	021°	022°	045°
February	341°	052°	026°
March	305°	297°	042°
April		032°	252°
May		002°	039°
June		216°	318°
July		216°	046°
August		059°	227°
September		248°	220°
October		250°	035°
November		023°	286°
December		033°	218°

Prevailing wind direction

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