Climate Gela Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gela Airport (LICL) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	93.5	95	90	95
February	93.4	97	89	95
March	92.4	88	99	85
April	92.9		99	89
May	93.4		94	93
June	98.7		99	99
July	99.8		100	100
August	98.2		98	98
September	97.1		96	98
October	97.8		98	98
November	94.7		96	94
December	91.7		95	89
Average	95.0	93.5	96.2	95.2

25th 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
January	100.0	100	100	100
February	99.0	99	100	98
March	97.3	97	100	94
April	97.1		100	95
May	98.9		99	99
June	99.5		100	100
July	100.0		100	100
August	99.3		99	100
September	99.6		99	100
October	100.0		100	100
November	99.0		100	99
December	100.0		100	100
Average	99.1	98.8	99.5	98.9

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
January	14.9	15	16	14
February	14.0	15	14	14
March	15.8	15	17	15
April	18.0		19	18
May	21.1		20	22
June	26.1		24	28
July	29.4		30	29
August	29.4		29	30
September	28.5		29	29
October	25.5		27	25
November	21.1		23	20
December	18.1		18	18
Average	19.7	14.7	22.1	22.2

28th 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
January	11.0	11	12	10
February	10.3	11	10	10
March	12.1	12	13	10
April	14.2		14	14
May	17.9		17	19
June	23.3		22	25
July	26.6		27	27
August	26.3		26	27
September	25.0		25	26
October	21.6		23	21
November	17.3		19	16
December	14.8		15	15
Average	16.3	11.6	18.6	18.7

92nd lowest temperature of Italy

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	2.1	6	1	1
February	3.1	3	7	0
March	1.2	1	0	3
April	0.3		1	0
May	3.3		5	2
June	1.0		3	0
July	0.0		0	0
August	0.0		0	0
September	0.8		0	1
October	0.5		0	1
November	4.8		3	6
December	5.0		3	7
Average	2.2	3.3	1.8	1.4

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
January	6.4	6	7	6
February	7.0	7	7	7
March	6.8	7	7	6
April	8.8		9	9
May	7.4		8	7
June	6.9		7	7
July	6.9		7	7
August	7.2		7	7
September	7.1		7	7
October	5.6		6	6
November	6.7		7	7
December	5.8		6	6
Average	6.9	6.7	6.9	6.9

28th 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
January	285°	272°	299°
February	261°	096°	285°
March	260°	263°	266°
April		268°	245°
May		256°	226°
June		247°	239°
July		244°	240°
August		253°	248°
September		261°	237°
October		228°	239°
November		262°	276°
December		308°	243°

Prevailing wind direction

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