Climate Rota Naval Station Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rota Naval Station Airport (LERT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.6	83	86	97	68	85
February	89.9	85	100	97	77	88
March	86.0	83	86	79	95	90
April	93.1		98	95	92	91
May	93.7		92	97	98	93
June	93.8		91	97	93	95
July	92.5		95	94	97	95
August	94.3		97	87	93	97
September	96.2		93	97	95	98
October	93.3		88	92	95	97
November	87.7		86	88	93	86
December	85.5		86	73	82	83
Average	90.5	83.6	91.9	91.7	90.6	91.9

37th 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	2021	2020
January	94.5	94	94	99	82	94
February	96.5	93	100	99	95	97
March	96.0	96	94	95	100	99
April	98.8		100	99	99	99
May	99.2		99	100	100	99
June	98.9		99	100	100	99
July	98.0		99	99	99	98
August	98.3		98	100	98	100
September	98.9		99	99	99	99
October	97.3		97	95	97	100
November	95.4		95	95	96	94
December	94.1		94	93	95	94
Average	97.0	94.1	97.4	98.0	96.9	97.8

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	15.8	18	16	17	14	16
February	17.7	19	17	19	18	19
March	18.7	19	20	18	19	19
April	20.6		24	20	20	19
May	24.1		23	26	24	25
June	26.0		28	27	25	25
July	28.4		28	32	28	31
August	29.5		31	28	28	29
September	27.3		26	26	27	28
October	25.0		25	27	26	23
November	19.7		21	21	19	21
December	17.2		17	18	18	17
Average	22.0	18.4	23.1	23.3	22.2	22.7

27th 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	2021	2020
January	7.0	9	7	7	8	7
February	9.0	10	8	9	11	10
March	10.6	12	10	11	10	11
April	12.6		13	11	14	13
May	15.4		15	16	15	16
June	18.3		20	19	18	18
July	20.3		21	22	20	21
August	20.5		22	21	20	20
September	18.8		18	18	19	19
October	16.1		18	18	16	14
November	11.5		12	13	9	13
December	9.3		7	14	11	10
Average	13.6	10.3	14.3	14.9	14.2	14.2

51st lowest temperature of Spain

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.2	4	4	1	13	10
February	3.4	4	0	0	6	0
March	9.7	11	3	13	3	6
April	4.2		1	5	1	5
May	2.4		4	0	2	4
June	0.7		1	1	1	1
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.6		1	1	0	0
September	1.0		1	1	1	1
October	4.0		5	2	3	2
November	5.9		6	3	1	9
December	6.1		3	19	7	7
Average	3.7	6.4	2.1	3.1	2.6	3.4

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	7.9	8	8	9	8	7
February	9.0	9	11	8	10	7
March	9.9	10	8	9	10	9
April	10.2		10	10	10	10
May	9.7		10	10	10	10
June	9.6		10	10	9	10
July	8.9		9	10	10	9
August	8.3		9	8	8	9
September	8.5		8	9	8	9
October	8.4		10	8	9	9
November	7.9		8	7	8	8
December	8.0		6	10	10	8
Average	8.9	9.1	8.8	9.0	9.1	8.7

27th 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	2021	2020
January	129°	348°	074°	296°	065°
February	275°	102°	091°	167°	111°
March	235°	246°	161°	096°	217°
April		224°	255°	187°	191°
May		231°	190°	265°	173°
June		213°	247°	233°	241°
July		250°	175°	247°	209°
August		242°	246°	252°	258°
September		201°	245°	220°	191°
October		175°	151°	160°	245°
November		284°	284°	340°	129°
December		026°	205°	135°	298°

Prevailing wind direction

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