Sigonella Navy Air Base

LICZ · Sicily, Italy

Climate Sigonella Navy Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sigonella Navy Air Base (LICZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.1 93 92 99 86 80
February 85.6 89 78 98 80 99
March 86.5 79 97 80 78 84
April 82.9 98 93 72 88
May 90.1 69 93 97 95
June 95.3 95 96 84 98
July 98.0 100 96 95 100
August 97.9 100 95 98 100
September 94.9 98 95 95 95
October 85.9 95 98 75 86
November 83.1 95 89 69 67
December 89.6 96 91 94 78
Average 89.9 86.1 92.6 93.6 85.8 90.2

33rd 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 96.4 99 97 100 89 95
February 93.8 96 87 100 87 100
March 95.1 88 98 95 91 94
April 94.8 100 96 95 100
May 96.5 85 98 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.6 100 99 100 100
September 99.0 99 99 99 99
October 97.1 99 99 94 100
November 95.0 100 96 85 92
December 97.5 99 99 99 95
Average 96.8 94.0 97.0 98.5 95.6 98.1

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 15.5 18 16 15 16 15
February 16.5 19 15 17 18 18
March 18.1 20 18 15 17 16
April 20.3 20 19 19 19
May 24.8 22 25 24 24
June 31.0 28 33 30 29
July 34.3 36 33 34 32
August 34.1 33 33 35 34
September 30.3 31 31 30 29
October 25.7 29 26 23 24
November 21.3 24 22 21 21
December 17.3 19 20 17 17
Average 23.4 18.9 24.1 24.1 23.7 23.1

2nd 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 5.2 8 7 4 8 3
February 5.3 8 5 6 7 4
March 7.1 10 7 7 7 6
April 9.4 10 10 10 9
May 13.2 14 14 12 12
June 18.1 18 20 18 17
July 21.6 22 23 22 22
August 21.8 22 23 23 23
September 19.9 21 22 21 21
October 16.0 18 16 17 15
November 12.1 14 13 15 12
December 7.6 9 11 9 9
Average 12.5 8.4 13.7 13.9 14.0 12.7

70th 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 4.0 3 3 2 4 2
February 6.1 7 9 1 3 1
March 5.0 2 3 8 6 12
April 3.2 5 1 3 3
May 3.7 13 4 1 1
June 0.7 3 0 0 0
July 0.1 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 0 1 0 0
September 1.9 2 2 2 3
October 5.5 0 2 14 3
November 5.9 2 7 9 9
December 4.7 2 4 2 10
Average 3.3 3.7 3.6 2.3 3.3 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 6.7 9 0 7 6 4
February 7.4 9 0 10 8 8
March 7.3 11 0 10 8 9
April 7.6 1 11 10 8
May 9.2 9 8 9 10
June 8.4 8 5 8 9
July 6.8 10 0 0 9
August 7.2 10 0 7 9
September 7.0 8 0 8 8
October 6.0 8 0 9 7
November 5.3 10 0 7 5
December 6.6 8 0 9 7
Average 7.5 9.7 6.1 4.4 7.3 8.1

2nd 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 252° 296° 266° 259° 256°
February 260° 158° 277° 257° 273°
March 264° 360° 068° 353° 070°
April 097° 063° 078° 079°
May 080° 087° 077° 082°
June 074° 080° 080° 080°
July 085° 099° 300° 085°
August 083° 090° 086° 082°
September 078° 250° 094° 068°
October 071° 068° 326° 302°
November 261° 360° 066° 038°
December 274° 360° 266° 264°

Prevailing wind direction

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