Lecce Galatina Air Base

LIBN · Apulia, Italy

Climate Lecce Galatina Air Base 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lecce Galatina Air Base (LIBN) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 79.7 75 87 70 83 84
February 75.5 79 67 74 80 65
March 80.8 62 78 88 81 87
April 87.2 92 80 93 85
May 88.7 85 75 93 96
June 95.3 98 85 99 95
July 97.6 97 97 99 97
August 96.4 98 96 95 99
September 93.4 89 94 95 94
October 81.5 84 82 73 87
November 77.1 81 88 79 68
December 81.0 74 74 74 94
Average 85.7 71.5 86.7 84.2 88.6 89.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 94.3 90 97 89 97 99
February 93.2 96 86 91 93 90
March 94.3 88 92 96 93 95
April 96.4 98 94 97 99
May 97.4 97 95 97 100
June 98.9 100 95 100 100
July 99.5 99 99 99 100
August 99.0 100 100 98 100
September 97.5 95 96 97 98
October 92.6 92 93 88 97
November 93.5 95 96 95 91
December 94.3 88 93 97 99
Average 95.8 91.1 95.4 95.0 96.0 97.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 12.7 14.8 14.9 13.0 11.9 13.0
February 14.2 14.4 16.6 12.9 13.5 14.8
March 16.0 17.3 17.3 15.5 13.0 15.0
April 19.2 22.1 17.5 18.3 17.1
May 24.0 26.1 22.8 26.0 24.1
June 30.1 33.1 28.3 31.8 30.8
July 33.0 34.8 34.6 33.1 33.5
August 33.0 35.1 32.8 31.6 33.2
September 28.3 28.8 31.6 27.3 27.6
October 23.0 23.5 26.0 21.8 21.1
November 18.3 18.0 19.6 17.8 18.0
December 14.4 14.0 15.6 15.1 13.5
Average 21.5 15.5 23.7 22.6 22.0 21.9

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 4.5 7.4 6.0 4.7 3.7 5.9
February 5.1 5.7 6.2 3.2 4.5 6.7
March 6.4 8.8 8.0 5.9 3.0 5.2
April 8.5 9.5 8.3 8.0 6.9
May 13.1 15.8 14.0 13.0 12.5
June 18.4 20.6 17.8 20.5 17.3
July 20.4 22.5 21.3 21.1 20.8
August 21.2 23.0 21.6 21.5 21.3
September 18.2 19.6 21.0 17.3 17.3
October 13.0 13.6 15.4 12.3 11.8
November 9.7 7.0 11.0 9.0 11.0
December 6.2 5.2 6.7 9.0 5.4
Average 11.5 7.3 13.1 12.6 12.0 11.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.5 10 4 13 1 9
February 5.9 3 5 1 7 9
March 6.0 8 5 5 7 7
April 5.4 4 11 2 9
May 3.4 2 11 1 1
June 1.1 1 3 0 0
July 0.2 0 0 0 0
August 0.3 0 1 0 1
September 1.0 1 1 2 2
October 3.1 1 3 4 4
November 6.7 3 6 6 6
December 6.5 11 2 15 4
Average 4.0 7.1 2.7 4.6 2.8 3.7

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 8.6 8 9 8 9 9
February 9.0 7 9 8 9 10
March 9.0 10 10 6 8 10
April 8.6 8 8 10 9
May 8.3 9 8 8 9
June 7.4 5 7 8 8
July 8.0 9 5 9 8
August 8.1 8 9 9 8
September 8.1 8 9 9 7
October 7.3 8 5 8 7
November 8.1 8 9 7 9
December 8.5 8 7 9 9
Average 8.2 8.1 8.1 7.4 8.6 8.4

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 161° 336° 270° 348° 269°
February 118° 171° 346° 330° 326°
March 146° 191° 294° 360° 329°
April 311° 298° 304° 273°
May 181° 087° 066° 281°
June 355° 341° 347° 341°
July 355° 346° 344° 343°
August 357° 340° 345° 337°
September 255° 008° 261° 345°
October 026° 351° 345° 327°
November 335° 228° 246° 164°
December 335° 306° 162° 312°

Prevailing wind direction

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