Gioia Del Colle Air Base

LIBV · Apulia, Italy

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 79.4 87 71 92 72 83
May 80.8 77 55 92 94 84
June 93.6 93 84 99 94 92
July 98.2 98 99 99 99 99
August 96.7 100 96 99 98 97
September 91.6 90 93 90 94 91
October 77.8 83 77 77 81 84
November 67.7 88 74 42 58
December 73.9 74 41 89 66
Average 83.4 84.7 79.5 85.4 85.1 84.3

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 91.6 95 94 97 87 92
May 92.5 91 79 96 97 93
June 98.4 99 96 100 100 96
July 99.5 100 100 100 100 100
August 99.0 100 99 100 100 99
September 97.7 97 97 97 100 99
October 90.7 94 86 91 90 94
November 85.6 96 92 71 81
December 88.6 96 62 99 84
Average 93.2 94.3 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 17.1 20 15 16 15 17
May 22.0 24 20 24 23 22
June 28.2 30 26 30 30 25
July 31.3 33 33 31 33 29
August 31.3 33 31 29 32 31
September 26.3 27 28 26 26 27
October 21.7 23 25 22 20 21
November 16.7 18 17 17 17
December 12.2 13 14 13 13
Average 20.5 23.1 20.5 20.5 20.3 20.1

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 7.0 9 6 6 6 7
May 11.5 13 11 11 11 11
June 16.5 18 15 18 16 14
July 18.9 21 20 19 19 17
August 19.5 21 20 19 20 20
September 16.1 16 18 15 16 17
October 12.1 13 14 12 12 11
November 9.4 10 9 11 9
December 5.7 5 9 6 6
Average 10.8 12.8 11.0 10.6 10.7 10.3

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 6 13 5 8 5
May 4.2 3 12 2 0 2
June 2.0 2 4 1 1 5
July 0.5 0 0 1 0 1
August 0.4 1 0 1 0 1
September 1.8 3 1 3 3 1
October 4.5 5 4 5 6 6
November 8.1 5 11 10 9
December 6.6 5 10 7 8
Average 4.2 3.4 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 9.3 8 9 10 10 8
May 8.9 10 9 8 9 11
June 8.4 9 8 8 8 9
July 8.6 9 9 8 8 8
August 8.5 8 10 9 9 9
September 8.8 9 10 10 7 10
October 8.5 9 9 8 8 9
November 9.2 10 8 10 7
December 9.7 8 10 11 9
Average 9.1 9.3 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0

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 225° 317° 268° 177° 350°
May 170° 111° 104° 258° 330°
June 358° 339° 343° 339° 313°
July 353° 333° 349° 341° 347°
August 353° 336° 338° 348° 357°
September 234° 004° 235° 350° 347°
October 148° 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.