Climate Marina di Ginosa Heliport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Marina di Ginosa Heliport (LIBH) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	83.7	79	79	94
February	84.7	83	82	89
March	79.6	75	85	80
April	84.9		77	94
May	77.6		67	89
June	93.6		90	97
July	94.4		92	97
August	89.3		87	92
September	87.6		89	86
October	88.9		84	95
November	85.0		85	85
December	78.2		86	65
Average	84.1	78.6	83.6	90.2

51st 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
January	99.4	99	100	100
February	95.8	95	96	97
March	94.8	94	98	91
April	98.9		100	98
May	98.2		97	100
June	99.7		99	100
July	97.6		96	99
August	95.1		91	100
September	95.6		93	99
October	97.9		96	100
November	99.2		100	99
December	96.7		100	91
Average	96.9	95.5	96.8	98.5

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
January	14.3	15	14	14
February	15.3	17	14	15
March	17.4	18	17	16
April	19.5		19	20
May	24.4		23	26
June	30.4		29	32
July	26.3		19	34
August	28.8		25	33
September	29.1		30	28
October	25.0		26	24
November	19.2		20	19
December	15.6		15	16
Average	20.4	16.5	21.0	23.6

9th 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
January	5.8	5	7	6
February	6.0	7	5	6
March	7.4	8	7	8
April	10.4		9	11
May	17.3		16	18
June	23.4		22	25
July	20.0		14	26
August	19.3		16	23
September	19.2		20	19
October	14.8		16	14
November	10.2		10	10
December	7.8		6	10
Average	11.4	6.7	12.3	15.2

78th lowest temperature of Italy

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	3.1	5	4	0
February	2.7	6	1	1
March	2.9	3	2	5
April	5.8		7	5
May	4.6		8	1
June	1.2		1	1
July	0.3		0	1
August	0.3		0	1
September	1.4		0	3
October	2.3		3	2
November	4.9		3	7
December	4.8		3	9
Average	3.2	4.6	2.6	2.4

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	8.1	8	8	9
February	8.1	8	8	9
March	8.3	9	8	9
April	8.3		8	9
May	8.2		9	8
June	7.4		7	7
July	7.4		7	8
August	8.1		8	8
September	7.9		8	8
October	7.1		8	7
November	7.4		8	7
December	6.5		6	7
Average	7.9	8.4	7.6	7.8

9th 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
January	307°	289°	329°
February	171°	336°	323°
March	158°	267°	347°
April		292°	271°
May		154°	150°
June		215°	168°
July		198°	306°
August		247°	323°
September		023°	221°
October		187°	328°
November		253°	302°
December		321°	176°

Prevailing wind direction

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