Climate Debrecen International Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Debrecen International Airport (LHDC) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	52.1	71	46	42
February	75.7	86	73	69
March	81.7	87	86	72
April	76.9		77	78
May	94.5		90	99
June	95.1		93	98
July	95.9		97	95
August	93.5		95	93
September	90.5		97	85
October	77.3		92	65
November	47.9		71	31
December	48.6		58	36
Average	80.3	81.9	83.1	75.8

8th best VFR conditions of Hungary

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	69.7	82	71	57
February	89.2	93	88	87
March	94.0	95	93	94
April	88.5		84	93
May	97.9		96	100
June	98.2		98	99
July	99.0		99	99
August	96.6		98	95
September	95.1		99	91
October	84.1		98	73
November	64.5		86	49
December	66.8		72	61
Average	89.2	90.8	91.3	85.6

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
January	4.7	4	7	3
February	9.3	13	6	9
March	12.7	14	13	11
April	14.5		14	15
May	22.9		22	24
June	27.1		25	29
July	29.6		29	30
August	30.0		30	31
September	23.5		27	20
October	18.5		20	17
November	9.6		9	10
December	5.2		6	5
Average	15.0	10.4	17.4	17.3

6th highest temperature of Hungary

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	-2.6	-2	2	-4
February	0.4	4	-2	-1
March	1.7	5	2	-1
April	4.5		5	4
May	9.8		10	9
June	14.2		14	15
July	16.1		17	16
August	17.3		17	18
September	12.9		14	12
October	8.1		9	8
November	3.2		3	4
December	-1.8		1	-1
Average	5.4	1.9	7.6	6.7

4th lowest temperature of Hungary

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	13.0	14	14	11
February	9.3	6	10	12
March	7.9	7	8	9
April	19.7		21	19
May	10.7		15	6
June	7.2		11	3
July	4.6		4	5
August	3.9		3	5
September	9.4		5	14
October	5.0		8	3
November	18.0		23	15
December	24.4		20	30
Average	9.9	8.7	11.3	9.8

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	7.7	9	7	8
February	8.5	8	9	9
March	8.1	7	9	9
April	7.6		7	8
May	6.7		7	6
June	6.4		6	7
July	6.6		6	7
August	6.5		6	7
September	6.6		7	7
October	6.1		8	4
November	5.5		8	4
December	6.7		8	6
Average	7.2	7.9	7.1	6.7

6th highest wind speed of Hungary

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022
January	240°	159°	228°
February	206°	285°	203°
March	196°	234°	026°
April		010°	354°
May		050°	290°
June		013°	023°
July		271°	354°
August		213°	030°
September		055°	254°
October		205°	195°
November		214°	069°
December		215°	099°

Prevailing wind direction

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