Messina

LICF · Sicily, Italy

Climate Messina 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Messina (LICF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.9 93 96 95 88 99
February 91.8 87 96 93 89 97
March 92.8 90 95 97 93 85
April 94.7 91 100 96 93
May 97.0 93 99 97 96
June 98.3 97 98 100 99
July 98.5 99 100 97 99
August 98.7 100 97 100 98
September 98.6 99 99 99 98
October 96.6 98 99 95 97
November 94.4 96 93 94 97
December 92.5 95 92 93 91
Average 95.2 90.0 96.2 97.2 95.7 95.9

8th 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 99.3 100 100 100 100 100
February 99.1 99 100 100 100 100
March 99.6 99 100 100 100 100
April 99.7 99 100 100 100
May 99.9 99 100 100 100
June 99.6 98 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 99 100 100
September 99.5 99 100 99 100
October 99.9 100 100 100 100
November 99.6 100 100 100 100
December 99.5 100 99 100 99
Average 99.6 99.1 99.5 99.8 99.9 99.8

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 14.5 16 15 14 15 15
February 15.1 17 14 15 16 17
March 16.3 18 17 14 15 16
April 18.7 18 19 18 19
May 22.7 22 24 23 24
June 27.8 27 30 29 26
July 30.7 33 32 31 30
August 31.0 31 31 33 31
September 27.8 28 28 29 28
October 23.6 26 24 22 22
November 19.8 21 20 20 21
December 16.4 17 18 15 17
Average 21.4 16.7 22.4 22.6 22.1 22.0

20th 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 10.2 12 11 9 11 11
February 10.7 13 10 10 11 12
March 11.3 13 12 10 9 10
April 13.2 13 13 12 13
May 16.8 18 17 17 17
June 21.7 22 23 22 20
July 24.8 27 25 25 23
August 24.8 25 25 26 25
September 22.1 23 22 22 22
October 18.5 22 19 17 17
November 14.9 16 15 15 16
December 12.0 13 14 11 12
Average 16.2 12.6 17.6 16.9 16.3 16.5

87th 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 6.8 6 6 8 7 0
February 4.8 6 0 7 6 0
March 6.4 5 3 4 10 12
April 3.4 9 3 6 1
May 2.2 5 1 2 2
June 1.0 2 0 1 2
July 0.2 0 0 1 0
August 0.5 1 1 0 1
September 1.3 0 1 1 4
October 4.2 1 1 10 4
November 6.3 2 10 6 5
December 8.2 3 10 7 11
Average 3.7 5.2 2.6 3.1 4.2 3.2

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 5.9 5 5 6 6 5
February 6.5 6 6 6 7 6
March 6.7 7 7 8 6 6
April 6.8 6 7 7 5
May 7.1 7 7 7 7
June 6.7 6 6 6 7
July 6.9 6 6 6 7
August 6.4 7 5 6 7
September 6.1 5 5 5 6
October 6.1 6 5 5 5
November 5.8 4 5 7 5
December 5.9 4 6 6 5
Average 6.4 5.7 5.6 5.9 6.1 5.9

20th 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 346° 304° 359° 248° 324°
February 291° 015° 001° 282° 330°
March 292° 344° 255° 305° 241°
April 001° 302° 243° 347°
May 270° 062° 335° 297°
June 036° 045° 030° 338°
July 046° 051° 025° 013°
August 037° 019° 034° 014°
September 034° 270° 334° 009°
October 336° 035° 275° 332°
November 320° 297° 247° 311°
December 341° 271° 329° 237°

Prevailing wind direction

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