Climate Son Bonet Airfield 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Son Bonet Airfield (LESB) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	89.7	88	94	87
February	89.1	86	88	94
March	87.7	90	97	76
April	95.7		99	93
May	96.6		96	97
June	96.4		98	95
July	97.4		96	99
August	97.8		97	98
September	96.7		95	98
October	95.8		96	96
November	93.3		90	96
December	91.5		93	89
Average	92.3	87.8	95.3	93.7

15th 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	96.8	99	100	92
February	95.2	89	98	99
March	97.5	97	99	97
April	99.2		100	99
May	98.9		99	99
June	99.5		99	100
July	99.6		100	100
August	99.1		100	99
September	98.7		98	100
October	99.5		100	99
November	98.4		97	100
December	99.5		100	100
Average	97.4	94.6	99.1	98.5

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	15.3	17	15	15
February	15.7	16	15	16
March	17.8	18	19	16
April	20.3		21	20
May	24.6		24	26
June	29.3		29	30
July	32.6		33	33
August	32.1		31	33
September	28.7		29	29
October	25.9		25	27
November	20.4		20	21
December	17.2		17	17
Average	21.3	17.0	23.1	23.7

23rd 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	6.3	8	6	5
February	6.2	7	5	6
March	9.5	10	9	10
April	10.6		11	10
May	14.9		14	16
June	20.1		20	21
July	22.5		24	21
August	22.1		22	22
September	19.6		19	20
October	16.7		17	16
November	12.4		12	13
December	9.3		9	11
Average	12.2	8.3	14.0	14.4

44th 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	2.5	3	2	3
February	2.2	0	7	0
March	1.7	0	0	5
April	1.8		0	4
May	1.3		2	0
June	0.1		0	0
July	0.0		0	0
August	0.2		1	0
September	0.9		1	1
October	0.5		1	0
November	1.6		1	2
December	1.9		0	5
Average	1.1	0.8	1.1	1.4

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
January	6.8	7	7	6
February	6.9	7	7	8
March	9.1	10	8	10
April	8.8		8	9
May	7.8		8	8
June	7.4		7	8
July	8.2		8	8
August	8.0		8	8
September	8.0		7	9
October	7.2		8	7
November	8.4		9	8
December	6.9		7	6
Average	7.9	7.9	7.7	8.0

23rd 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	277°	305°	298°
February	254°	001°	313°
March	230°	242°	067°
April		224°	028°
May		158°	180°
June		203°	207°
July		193°	190°
August		197°	211°
September		180°	169°
October		234°	181°
November		261°	280°
December		285°	233°

Prevailing wind direction

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