Climate Alcantarilla Air Base 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Alcantarilla Air Base (LERI) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	92.7	97	98	84
February	91.7	98	81	96
March	86.4	96	98	64
April	93.4		96	91
May	96.9		96	98
June	97.0		94	100
July	95.6		94	98
August	98.0		97	100
September	93.2		87	98
October	95.2		99	93
November	96.4		100	94
December	94.2		95	93
Average	94.6	97.0	94.5	92.4

28th 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	97.2	99	100	93
February	97.0	99	94	98
March	95.3	98	100	88
April	98.7		99	99
May	99.5		99	100
June	99.7		100	100
July	99.2		99	100
August	99.7		100	100
September	99.5		100	100
October	98.5		100	98
November	98.8		100	98
December	99.1		100	98
Average	98.4	98.5	99.0	97.6

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	17.0	17	18	17
February	18.5	20	16	20
March	21.3	22	25	17
April	23.7		27	21
May	27.1		26	28
June	32.3		31	34
July	35.8		36	36
August	35.7		36	36
September	31.0		30	32
October	23.6		19	27
November	23.0		23	23
December	17.5		16	19
Average	23.8	19.8	25.6	25.9

4th 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	4.3	6	4	3
February	5.5	6	5	6
March	9.0	9	8	10
April	10.7		12	10
May	14.6		15	15
June	19.7		20	20
July	23.0		24	22
August	21.9		22	22
September	19.5		20	19
October	13.5		11	15
November	9.3		7	11
December	7.1		4	11
Average	11.2	6.9	12.9	13.7

41st 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	2	0	5
February	2.7	2	5	1
March	7.8	3	1	20
April	7.0		1	13
May	5.1		6	4
June	1.9		4	0
July	0.0		0	0
August	0.2		0	0
September	1.1		1	2
October	0.7		1	1
November	0.3		0	1
December	2.1		1	4
Average	2.8	2.3	1.7	4.2

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	4.5	4	6	4
February	5.3	6	5	4
March	6.4	8	6	6
April	6.3		7	6
May	5.9		6	5
June	5.7		5	6
July	6.4		6	7
August	6.6		7	7
September	5.6		6	6
October	3.5		3	4
November	4.8		5	5
December	3.9		4	4
Average	5.7	6.1	5.7	5.4

4th 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	270°	303°	341°
February	308°	024°	075°
March	228°	279°	059°
April		101°	334°
May		091°	109°
June		114°	125°
July		100°	099°
August		102°	111°
September		090°	122°
October		099°	080°
November		266°	301°
December		301°	233°

Prevailing wind direction

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