Climate Capo Carbonara 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Capo Carbonara (LIEC) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	87.5	89	87	87
February	87.9	88	86	91
March	88.2	86	96	76
April	90.7		95	87
May	94.1		91	97
June	96.9		95	99
July	99.7		100	100
August	99.3		99	100
September	98.5		99	98
October	95.9		94	98
November	92.1		91	93
December	93.4		91	97
Average	91.8	87.1	93.9	94.5

29th 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	99.7	100	99	100
February	99.4	98	100	100
March	98.6	97	100	100
April	99.7		100	100
May	99.6		99	100
June	99.4		99	100
July	99.7		100	100
August	99.7		100	100
September	99.8		100	100
October	100.0		100	100
November	100.0		100	100
December	100.0		100	100
Average	99.2	98.2	99.6	99.9

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	14.8	16	15	14
February	15.8	17	15	16
March	17.5	18	18	16
April	19.4		20	19
May	23.0		22	24
June	28.5		28	29
July	31.9		32	32
August	30.9		30	32
September	28.3		28	29
October	24.9		26	24
November	19.7		20	20
December	16.7		16	18
Average	20.7	16.5	22.4	23.2

15th 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	9.7	12	9	9
February	10.4	12	9	10
March	11.8	13	11	11
April	12.8		12	14
May	17.5		16	19
June	23.1		22	24
July	26.3		26	27
August	24.8		24	26
September	22.3		22	22
October	19.7		21	19
November	14.5		15	14
December	12.4		12	13
Average	15.5	12.0	16.7	17.7

90th 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	3.6	3	6	2
February	3.2	3	7	0
March	1.7	2	1	1
April	3.0		3	3
May	5.2		6	5
June	1.6		3	0
July	0.0		0	0
August	0.2		0	1
September	0.5		1	1
October	0.6		1	1
November	4.7		4	6
December	2.8		2	4
Average	2.3	2.6	2.6	1.7

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	15.5	18	12	17
February	13.7	15	11	14
March	14.5	13	16	14
April	14.8		13	17
May	11.6		15	9
June	9.6		9	11
July	8.6		9	8
August	11.1		13	9
September	10.5		11	10
October	10.7		13	8
November	15.2		20	10
December	15.0		19	9
Average	13.3	15.5	13.3	11.1

15th 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	288°	290°	316°
February	267°	067°	304°
March	269°	278°	098°
April		281°	047°
May		041°	091°
June		139°	100°
July		303°	152°
August		281°	257°
September		068°	261°
October		243°	081°
November		275°	308°
December		295°	275°

Prevailing wind direction

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