Climate Lozoyuela Heliport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Base Aérea de Colmenar Viejo (LECV) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	79.1	57	86	94
February	85.8	77	89	93
March	77.0	68	96	68
April	93.8	95	98	89
May	96.0		93	100
June	95.7		92	100
July	99.7		100	100
August	100.0		100	100
September	88.9		84	94
October	81.6		75	89
November	68.1		62	75
December	59.1		80	33
Average	84.3	74.6	88.9	89.3

45th 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	86.7	70	92	98
February	93.1	83	100	97
March	89.4	84	97	88
April	96.3	96	100	93
May	98.2		97	100
June	97.8		96	100
July	100.0		100	100
August	100.0		100	100
September	96.1		94	98
October	91.3		87	96
November	76.4		72	81
December	66.4		82	47
Average	90.6	84.0	93.8	94.1

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	9.3	10	8	10
February	11.4	11	10	13
March	12.5	12	15	11
April	17.3	17	21	15
May	21.6		20	23
June	26.2		25	27
July	32.0		31	33
August	31.0		32	31
September	23.0		23	24
October	19.3		19	20
November	12.8		13	13
December	9.0		9	9
Average	17.1	12.5	19.3	19.4

57th 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	4.0	6	2	4
February	5.0	6	3	6
March	6.1	6	7	5
April	8.5	8	11	7
May	12.8		12	14
June	17.8		17	18
July	21.8		21	23
August	20.3		20	21
September	15.1		15	15
October	13.4		13	14
November	8.1		8	8
December	5.0		5	6
Average	10.0	6.4	11.6	11.9

27th 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	4.8	9	4	2
February	3.8	6	1	5
March	8.9	12	3	13
April	1.9	1	0	5
May	1.3		2	1
June	2.1		4	1
July	0.3		1	0
August	0.0		0	0
September	3.8		5	3
October	8.3		9	8
November	8.4		8	9
December	13.9		4	27
Average	4.8	6.9	3.0	4.6

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	3.9	3	6	3
February	4.8	6	5	4
March	6.5	7	6	7
April	5.6	5	6	7
May	5.7		6	5
June	5.1		4	6
July	5.2		6	5
August	5.3		5	5
September	4.2		4	5
October	4.4		5	4
November	5.3		6	5
December	3.1		3	3
Average	5.1	5.3	5.1	5.0

57th 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	190°	335°	084°
February	267°	071°	090°
March	214°	227°	078°
April	197°	234°	125°
May		065°	165°
June		208°	203°
July		215°	175°
August		205°	177°
September		168°	200°
October		222°	186°
November		244°	230°
December		031°	194°

Prevailing wind direction

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