Climate Gioia Del Colle Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gioia Del Colle Air Base (LIBV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	73.6	75	72	82	80	80
February	72.2	66	60	77	73	91
March	74.9	71	80	66	82	72
April	78.4		71	92	72	83
May	81.4		55	92	94	84
June	93.7		84	99	94	92
July	98.2		99	99	99	99
August	96.3		96	99	98	97
September	91.9		93	90	94	91
October	77.1		77	77	81	84
November	67.7		88	74	42	58
December	73.9		74	41	89	66
Average	81.6	70.4	79.5	85.4	85.1	84.3

67th 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	89.4	90	88	94	90	93
February	87.9	88	81	92	86	97
March	88.2	85	91	84	91	93
April	91.1		94	97	87	92
May	92.7		79	96	97	93
June	98.3		96	100	100	96
July	99.5		100	100	100	100
August	98.9		99	100	100	99
September	97.7		97	97	100	99
October	90.3		86	91	90	94
November	85.6		96	92	71	81
December	88.6		96	62	99	84
Average	92.4	87.5	92.1	93.8	93.4	94.1

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	10.1	12	12	11	10	12
February	11.8	14	12	12	12	14
March	13.8	16	15	11	13	14
April	16.6		15	16	15	17
May	21.8		20	24	23	22
June	27.9		26	30	30	25
July	31.1		33	31	33	29
August	31.0		31	29	32	31
September	26.3		28	26	26	27
October	21.5		25	22	20	21
November	16.7		18	17	17	17
December	12.2		13	14	13	13
Average	19.3	13.6	20.5	20.5	20.3	20.1

59th 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	3.1	5	5	4	3	4
February	3.7	6	3	4	4	4
March	4.8	7	5	2	4	4
April	6.8		6	6	6	7
May	11.3		11	11	11	11
June	16.2		15	18	16	14
July	18.7		20	19	19	17
August	19.4		20	19	20	20
September	16.1		18	15	16	17
October	11.9		14	12	12	11
November	9.4		10	9	11	9
December	5.7		5	9	6	6
Average	10.0	6.0	11.0	10.6	10.7	10.3

27th 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	8.8	8	12	7	11	1
February	6.0	7	5	6	8	5
March	7.0	5	6	13	8	7
April	6.0		13	5	8	5
May	4.4		12	2	0	2
June	2.0		4	1	1	5
July	0.5		0	1	0	1
August	0.3		0	1	0	1
September	1.7		1	3	3	1
October	4.5		4	5	6	6
November	8.1		5	11	10	9
December	6.6		5	10	7	8
Average	4.6	6.3	5.3	4.8	4.3	3.8

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	2021	2020
January	9.5	10	9	10	9	9
February	9.9	10	9	10	10	10
March	10.1	11	10	9	10	9
April	9.5		9	10	10	8
May	8.8		9	8	9	11
June	8.4		8	8	8	9
July	8.5		9	8	8	8
August	8.6		10	9	9	9
September	8.8		10	10	7	10
October	8.4		9	8	8	9
November	9.2		10	8	10	7
December	9.7		8	10	11	9
Average	9.2	10.2	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0

59th 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	299°	276°	331°	224°	330°
February	158°	344°	322°	311°	310°
March	172°	230°	346°	325°	359°
April		317°	268°	177°	350°
May		111°	104°	258°	330°
June		339°	343°	339°	313°
July		333°	349°	341°	347°
August		336°	338°	348°	357°
September		004°	235°	350°	347°
October		156°	340°	337°	193°
November		217°	241°	164°	356°
December		265°	165°	299°	178°

Prevailing wind direction

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