Climate Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (LEXJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	84.0	89	77	79	84	95
February	83.3	75	88	88	82	77
March	85.1	80	91	86	86	82
April	84.1		83	86	95	65
May	76.6		68	74	85	68
June	71.2		76	72	71	72
July	76.4		75	89	80	75
August	80.2		75	72	81	85
September	86.4		87	86	84	93
October	83.7		86	88	93	90
November	86.4		71	91	80	91
December	85.5		88	86	79	86
Average	81.3	81.1	79.6	82.1	83.0	80.4

55th 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	96.3	98	95	95	98	100
February	96.1	95	99	99	96	91
March	97.1	95	99	97	99	95
April	95.9		93	96	100	89
May	95.9		94	98	96	95
June	94.4		96	95	93	96
July	96.8		95	99	98	96
August	97.1		95	95	100	99
September	96.9		99	97	97	98
October	94.5		92	98	98	96
November	95.4		90	97	94	96
December	96.1		99	97	88	96
Average	96.0	95.8	95.2	96.8	96.6	95.6

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	2021	2020
January	13.0	15	13	13	12	14
February	14.8	16	13	14	17	17
March	15.6	16	18	16	16	15
April	16.8		17	16	16	18
May	19.0		20	19	18	21
June	21.3		23	22	20	21
July	23.4		24	25	22	24
August	24.0		25	25	22	25
September	23.2		25	23	23	24
October	20.9		23	24	20	19
November	16.7		18	18	14	18
December	14.7		15	15	16	14
Average	18.2	15.3	19.3	19.2	17.9	19.0

60th 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	6.1	7	6	5	6	7
February	6.8	8	5	6	9	9
March	8.2	9	9	9	8	8
April	9.5		10	9	9	12
May	12.1		13	13	11	13
June	15.3		17	16	15	15
July	17.2		18	17	16	17
August	17.3		18	18	16	18
September	15.7		18	16	16	15
October	13.2		15	17	11	12
November	9.7		11	10	9	10
December	7.5		8	8	7	8
Average	11.1	7.8	12.4	12.0	11.0	12.0

32nd 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	15.7	12	28	10	21	7
February	11.7	18	8	7	14	10
March	9.5	14	5	11	6	9
April	9.1		9	12	6	8
May	8.3		12	3	11	5
June	9.0		8	10	12	9
July	5.7		7	2	5	7
August	6.6		14	10	2	6
September	7.0		6	12	8	4
October	9.9		12	3	2	15
November	17.3		27	18	26	7
December	15.7		11	15	16	29
Average	10.4	14.4	11.7	8.8	9.9	9.1

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	6.6	6	8	5	7	6
February	7.2	10	6	6	9	7
March	7.7	8	7	7	6	8
April	6.4		7	7	6	6
May	6.1		6	6	6	5
June	5.9		5	5	6	6
July	5.1		5	5	5	5
August	5.3		6	6	5	5
September	5.5		5	7	5	6
October	6.3		6	8	5	8
November	7.2		8	8	6	5
December	7.4		7	6	8	10
Average	6.4	7.6	6.3	6.2	6.0	6.4

60th 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	229°	258°	296°	248°	227°
February	277°	058°	271°	237°	269°
March	255°	268°	255°	002°	327°
April		333°	289°	055°	309°
May		322°	345°	305°	026°
June		351°	333°	319°	306°
July		333°	022°	331°	012°
August		320°	337°	016°	327°
September		281°	282°	310°	328°
October		232°	220°	327°	256°
November		269°	260°	284°	184°
December		259°	191°	261°	258°

Prevailing wind direction

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