Climate Larissa Air Base 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Larissa Air Base (LGLR) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	84.8	89	74	92
February	91.8	96	92	88
March	87.3	86	87	89
April	93.3		91	96
May	95.1		90	100
June	97.5		97	98
July	100.0		100	100
August	99.3		100	99
September	93.3		88	99
October	93.2		90	96
November	86.7		91	82
December	69.1		79	55
Average	91.4	90.1	90.7	93.5

17th best VFR conditions of Greece

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	94.1	98	86	99
February	98.5	99	99	97
March	96.6	95	97	100
April	99.2		99	99
May	99.8		100	100
June	99.5		100	99
July	100.0		100	100
August	99.6		100	99
September	98.0		97	99
October	98.6		98	100
November	95.1		98	93
December	87.6		93	80
Average	97.4	96.9	97.5	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
January	11.6	12	12	11
February	14.5	16	14	14
March	17.3	18	17	16
April	20.3		20	21
May	25.4		23	28
June	31.3		30	33
July	35.2		37	34
August	34.0		35	34
September	29.0		28	30
October	24.3		25	24
November	18.9		19	19
December	13.9		14	14
Average	20.6	15.5	22.8	23.6

5th highest temperature of Greece

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	0.6	1	2	-1
February	1.1	3	-1	1
March	3.7	4	4	1
April	6.3		6	7
May	11.4		12	11
June	17.0		16	18
July	19.5		20	19
August	19.3		20	19
September	15.4		17	15
October	11.0		12	10
November	7.3		7	8
December	4.7		3	8
Average	7.5	2.7	9.8	10.1

3rd lowest temperature of Greece

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	5.4	6	6	4
February	4.4	3	3	8
March	5.8	5	4	11
April	4.9		6	4
May	3.2		6	0
June	2.2		3	1
July	0.8		0	2
August	0.6		0	1
September	3.3		6	1
October	2.9		3	3
November	5.0		3	7
December	5.1		1	11
Average	3.8	4.5	3.4	3.5

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	3.0	3	3	3
February	3.5	3	5	3
March	3.5	3	4	4
April	4.3		4	5
May	4.1		4	4
June	4.3		4	5
July	4.9		5	5
August	4.7		6	4
September	3.9		4	4
October	2.0		1	3
November	1.8		2	2
December	1.2		2	1
Average	3.4	2.9	3.6	3.7

5th highest wind speed of Greece

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022
January	010°	169°	005°
February	086°	027°	009°
March	078°	252°	034°
April		096°	173°
May		082°	085°
June		078°	067°
July		073°	075°
August		080°	074°
September		074°	059°
October		075°	065°
November		287°	306°
December		354°	102°

Prevailing wind direction

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