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 Reggio Calabria Airport (LICR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.6 97 97 92 91 100
February 97.0 95 97 98 97 100
March 96.8 94 97 99 93 97
April 97.7 97 96 100 99 100
May 98.3 97 96 98 99 100
June 99.2 100 98 98 99 100
July 99.7 100 100 100 99 100
August 99.7 100 100 100 100 100
September 99.0 98 100 98 98 100
October 98.7 98 99 97 98 99
November 97.5 97 98 92 99
December 97.6 98 99 95 95
Average 98.3 97.6 97.9 98.1 97.0 99.1

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 99.7 100 100 100 98 100
February 99.6 100 100 100 99 100
March 99.6 100 100 100 99 100
April 99.7 99 100 100 100 100
May 99.5 98 100 100 100 100
June 99.6 100 100 98 99 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
September 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
October 99.6 99 100 100 99 99
November 99.5 100 100 98 100
December 99.8 100 100 100 99
Average 99.7 99.4 99.9 99.7 99.2 99.7

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 15.4 17 16 15 16 16
February 16.2 18 16 16 17 17
March 17.5 19 19 16 17 16
April 20.0 21 19 20 19 20
May 23.7 24 22 25 24 24
June 29.3 30 28 32 30 27
July 32.5 34 34 33 32 31
August 32.4 34 32 32 34 32
September 28.8 29 29 30 29 29
October 24.6 26 27 25 23 23
November 20.6 22 21 21 20
December 17.0 18 20 16 17
Average 23.4 25.1 23.5 23.9 23.1 22.6

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 8.8 10 9 9 10 9
February 9.2 11 8 9 10 10
March 10.5 12 10 9 9 10
April 12.4 13 11 12 11 13
May 16.0 16 15 16 16 16
June 21.1 22 20 23 21 19
July 24.7 25 25 25 24 27
August 24.5 26 24 24 25 25
September 21.0 21 21 22 21 21
October 17.1 18 19 17 15 16
November 13.8 15 14 14 13
December 11.0 12 13 10 11
Average 16.0 17.3 15.7 16.0 15.4 15.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.5 8 9 7 7 0
February 5.3 9 1 8 5 0
March 6.3 5 4 9 11 12
April 4.3 7 13 4 6 3
May 3.9 7 12 2 4 1
June 1.6 2 4 1 2 3
July 0.4 0 1 0 2 2
August 1.0 1 1 2 1 2
September 2.9 6 3 4 5 2
October 4.2 4 1 2 15 3
November 6.7 4 13 9 4
December 6.3 5 12 8 6
Average 3.8 4.5 4.9 4.5 5.7 2.8

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 9.1 9 8 10 9 9
February 10.2 11 10 11 9 12
March 9.9 10 10 10 9 9
April 9.8 10 9 11 10 9
May 10.0 10 8 10 11 10
June 10.4 11 9 10 10 10
July 11.3 12 10 11 12 12
August 10.1 10 11 9 10 11
September 8.8 9 10 8 8 8
October 8.7 9 9 9 7 9
November 8.0 9 7 8 7
December 9.0 8 8 9 9
Average 9.7 10.1 9.3 9.7 9.5 9.6

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 003° 358° 357° 088° 357°
February 020° 348° 349° 341° 354°
March 001° 350° 192° 343° 348°
April 341° 343° 326° 324° 340°
May 333° 321° 345° 348° 335°
June 352° 348° 351° 347° 352°
July 354° 344° 349° 350° 346°
August 350° 355° 350° 345° 350°
September 338° 347° 326° 338° 348°
October 223° 352° 347° 326° 357°
November 355° 009° 174° 359°
December 004° 176° 354° 116°

Prevailing wind direction

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