Climate Lecce Galatina Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lecce Galatina Air Base (LIBN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	80.3	87	70	83	84	77
February	75.1	67	74	80	65	92
March	83.1	78	88	81	87	84
April	86.5		80	93	85	86
May	89.3		75	93	96	95
June	94.9		85	99	95	98
July	97.7		97	99	97	100
August	96.2		96	95	99	97
September	94.1		94	95	94	94
October	81.2		82	73	87	88
November	76.5		88	79	68	70
December	82.1		74	74	94	66
Average	86.3	76.8	84.2	88.6	89.0	88.6

56th 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	94.9	97	89	97	99	94
February	92.8	86	91	93	90	98
March	95.1	92	96	93	95	96
April	96.2		94	97	99	93
May	97.5		95	97	100	99
June	98.7		95	100	100	100
July	99.5		99	99	100	100
August	98.9		100	98	100	99
September	97.9		96	97	98	99
October	92.6		93	88	97	99
November	93.3		96	95	91	86
December	95.3		93	97	99	88
Average	95.9	91.5	95.0	96.0	97.6	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	12.5	15	13	12	13	14
February	14.1	17	13	14	15	15
March	15.9	17	16	13	15	17
April	18.7		18	18	17	19
May	23.7		23	26	24	24
June	29.7		28	32	31	27
July	32.7		35	33	34	31
August	32.7		33	32	33	32
September	28.2		32	27	28	29
October	23.0		26	22	21	22
November	18.4		20	18	18	19
December	14.5		16	15	14	16
Average	21.3	16.2	22.6	22.0	21.9	22.0

32nd 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	4.1	6	5	4	6	3
February	5.0	6	3	5	7	4
March	6.1	8	6	3	5	6
April	8.4		8	8	7	8
May	12.7		14	13	13	13
June	18.1		18	21	17	16
July	20.1		21	21	21	19
August	20.9		22	22	21	21
September	18.0		21	17	17	18
October	12.9		15	12	12	13
November	10.1		11	9	11	9
December	6.3		7	9	5	7
Average	11.2	6.8	12.6	12.0	11.9	11.5

52nd 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	7.1	4	13	1	9	1
February	6.2	5	1	7	9	4
March	5.8	5	5	7	7	6
April	5.6		11	2	9	11
May	3.5		11	1	1	1
June	1.2		3	0	0	2
July	0.3		0	0	0	0
August	0.4		1	0	1	1
September	1.0		1	2	2	0
October	3.4		3	4	4	4
November	7.3		6	6	6	3
December	5.8		2	15	4	10
Average	3.8	4.4	4.6	2.8	3.7	3.3

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	8.8	9	8	9	9	9
February	9.3	9	8	9	10	10
March	8.9	10	6	8	10	9
April	8.7		8	10	9	8
May	8.2		8	8	9	9
June	7.9		7	8	8	8
July	7.8		5	9	8	9
August	8.2		9	9	8	8
September	8.2		9	9	7	10
October	7.2		5	8	7	8
November	8.2		9	7	9	7
December	8.6		7	9	9	8
Average	8.4	9.5	7.4	8.6	8.4	8.6

32nd 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	336°	270°	348°	269°	344°
February	171°	346°	330°	326°	325°
March	191°	294°	360°	329°	352°
April		298°	304°	273°	350°
May		087°	066°	281°	330°
June		341°	347°	341°	331°
July		346°	344°	343°	356°
August		340°	345°	337°	358°
September		008°	261°	345°	341°
October		351°	345°	327°	293°
November		228°	246°	164°	010°
December		306°	162°	312°	181°

Prevailing wind direction

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