Climate Amendola Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Amendola Air Base (LIBA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.5	92	79	96	92	88
February	84.2	88	82	93	80	98
March	88.1	91	90	89	87	89
April	91.5		92	97	94	91
May	93.0		85	95	99	94
June	98.5		95	98	99	99
July	99.2		100	99	100	99
August	99.2		100	100	100	100
September	97.1		97	95	100	99
October	90.6		94	87	95	94
November	84.4		95	91	74	70
December	87.6		94	81	94	77
Average	92.0	90.2	92.2	94.2	93.9	92.5

32nd best VFR conditions of Italy

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	95.6	99	93	98	100	95
February	94.2	93	96	98	91	100
March	95.4	97	97	97	96	92
April	97.9		98	99	99	97
May	98.4		96	98	100	100
June	99.7		99	100	100	100
July	99.7		100	99	100	100
August	99.7		100	100	100	100
September	99.4		99	99	100	100
October	95.4		98	93	100	97
November	93.3		99	99	89	84
December	95.1		98	93	99	87
Average	97.2	96.4	97.8	97.9	98.1	96.5

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	12.2	14	13	13	11	13
February	14.2	17	13	15	14	15
March	15.8	18	18	13	15	15
April	18.7		18	19	18	19
May	24.3		23	27	25	24
June	30.6		29	33	32	28
July	33.4		36	34	34	32
August	33.3		33	32	34	33
September	28.3		30	28	28	29
October	23.2		27	25	21	22
November	17.5		19	18	17	18
December	13.7		16	15	13	14
Average	21.5	16.4	22.8	22.8	21.9	21.8

19th highest temperature of Italy

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	3.8	6	4	3	4	3
February	4.4	6	3	4	5	4
March	5.6	7	6	3	5	5
April	7.8		8	8	6	7
May	12.6		13	14	12	13
June	18.1		17	20	18	17
July	20.0		21	21	21	18
August	20.1		20	19	21	21
September	17.0		18	16	17	18
October	12.6		14	13	12	11
November	9.3		9	9	11	9
December	5.7		6	7	6	6
Average	10.9	6.3	11.7	11.6	11.4	10.9

47th lowest temperature of Italy

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.9	4	10	5	13	0
February	6.1	9	3	5	6	3
March	6.0	6	3	6	9	6
April	4.6		7	1	5	7
May	4.3		12	2	2	2
June	1.4		4	2	0	2
July	0.6		0	1	0	1
August	0.3		0	1	0	1
September	2.5		2	4	1	1
October	4.6		2	3	5	9
November	8.8		7	11	12	5
December	7.0		3	9	6	14
Average	4.3	6.1	4.4	3.5	4.2	3.9

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	7.7	8	8	8	7	8
February	8.2	7	7	9	8	9
March	8.1	8	7	8	8	7
April	7.9		8	9	8	7
May	7.8		7	6	9	8
June	8.4		8	8	8	9
July	8.3		8	8	9	9
August	8.3		9	9	9	9
September	8.0		9	8	7	8
October	7.1		7	7	9	7
November	6.4		7	5	7	8
December	7.5		7	6	8	6
Average	7.9	7.7	7.8	7.6	8.1	7.9

19th highest wind speed of Italy

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	283°	294°	299°	280°	293°
February	291°	321°	303°	289°	290°
March	268°	270°	345°	302°	312°
April		304°	289°	316°	332°
May		351°	067°	262°	315°
June		324°	005°	010°	308°
July		115°	352°	304°	328°
August		284°	309°	284°	354°
September		340°	275°	335°	293°
October		206°	299°	305°	269°
November		262°	290°	285°	303°
December		286°	294°	290°	255°

Prevailing wind direction

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