Climate Aktion National Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aktion National Airport (LGPZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	85.5	89	78	95	82	98
February	90.2	93	97	97	90	86
March	92.9	96	87	97	87	95
April	94.6	90	90	100	97	98
May	96.7		92	96	98	99
June	99.2		99	99	100	100
July	99.6		100	100	100	100
August	99.0		96	100	100	100
September	96.3		92	96	100	92
October	94.8		95	97	82	98
November	88.9		76	94	91	100
December	85.9		92	75	84	80
Average	94.1	91.8	91.8	96.6	93.5	95.9

5th 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	2021	2020
January	99.5	100	98	100	100	99
February	99.6	100	100	100	100	99
March	99.6	100	100	100	100	100
April	99.4	100	100	100	100	100
May	99.8		100	100	100	100
June	100.0		100	100	100	100
July	99.9		100	100	100	100
August	99.8		100	100	100	100
September	99.8		100	100	100	99
October	99.5		100	99	99	100
November	99.6		100	99	100	100
December	99.4		100	98	98	100
Average	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.6	99.7

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	13.4	15	15	13	14	14
February	15.5	17	15	15	16	16
March	17.1	19	17	15	16	17
April	20.2	22	19	20	20	19
May	23.9		23	24	24	25
June	28.5		28	30	28	26
July	31.3		32	33	32	30
August	32.6		33	32	33	32
September	28.7		29	28	29	30
October	24.6		27	25	22	24
November	20.1		21	20	21	20
December	15.6		17	18	14	17
Average	22.1	18.2	23.0	23.0	22.4	22.5

12th 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	2021	2020
January	6.3	7	8	6	8	6
February	7.4	8	6	7	8	7
March	8.6	10	9	6	8	9
April	11.1	13	11	11	10	10
May	14.7		15	14	15	15
June	19.0		20	21	18	17
July	21.2		22	22	22	21
August	21.7		22	22	22	22
September	18.9		20	18	19	20
October	15.5		18	15	15	15
November	12.4		13	13	13	12
December	8.7		9	13	7	10
Average	13.3	9.5	14.3	13.9	13.6	13.5

15th lowest temperature of Greece

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	11.0	8	9	6	16	2
February	6.4	6	0	5	6	6
March	4.9	3	5	3	9	4
April	3.1	3	4	2	2	6
May	3.1		9	1	1	1
June	1.5		2	1	0	2
July	0.2		0	0	0	0
August	0.1		0	0	0	0
September	2.0		2	1	1	5
October	2.6		0	1	7	2
November	8.5		11	5	12	1
December	11.4		3	18	14	13
Average	4.1	4.7	3.6	2.7	4.7	3.2

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	6.5	8	6	6	7	6
February	7.2	7	8	6	6	7
March	7.6	8	7	8	7	7
April	7.6	8	8	9	7	7
May	7.1		7	7	7	6
June	7.4		7	8	8	8
July	7.7		8	9	8	7
August	7.8		8	8	8	7
September	7.9		8	8	7	7
October	6.6		7	7	7	5
November	6.8		7	8	7	6
December	5.9		6	6	6	5
Average	7.3	7.9	7.3	7.5	7.0	6.4

12th 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	2021	2020
January	054°	088°	055°	029°	039°
February	099°	064°	035°	026°	349°
March	279°	278°	049°	313°	304°
April	276°	263°	248°	273°	317°
May		333°	266°	256°	262°
June		275°	267°	262°	249°
July		264°	280°	259°	257°
August		280°	278°	263°	265°
September		015°	286°	297°	311°
October		303°	345°	070°	359°
November		303°	076°	073°	054°
December		060°	080°	066°	092°

Prevailing wind direction

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