Climate Rieti Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rieti Airfield (LIQN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	80.5	89	63	85	63	80
February	90.3	89	91	91	86	92
March	91.8	88	93	95	89	92
April	93.7		90	94	92	93
May	92.4		87	98	95	96
June	97.9		96	100	97	96
July	99.3		100	99	98	100
August	97.8		92	97	100	97
September	98.1		100	96	99	96
October	92.2		95	90	93	86
November	78.3		84	73	68	78
December	71.4		82	57	59	57
Average	90.9	88.7	89.9	91.4	88.2	89.8

45th 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	91.1	95	80	90	86	90
February	96.4	96	96	99	95	97
March	98.4	98	99	98	97	99
April	98.8		98	99	97	99
May	99.0		96	100	100	100
June	99.6		99	100	99	99
July	99.8		100	100	100	100
August	99.4		98	100	100	99
September	99.5		100	99	100	99
October	97.0		99	94	99	94
November	89.4		95	87	82	88
December	86.0		92	71	82	87
Average	96.6	96.1	96.2	95.9	95.5	96.4

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	10.0	12	10	11	8	11
February	13.3	15	13	14	14	15
March	15.3	16	16	15	14	15
April	18.4		17	18	16	19
May	22.3		22	26	22	24
June	28.8		28	32	29	25
July	31.8		33	34	32	31
August	31.5		31	31	32	32
September	26.2		28	25	28	26
October	21.4		25	23	20	18
November	15.1		15	16	16	16
December	10.9		12	12	10	10
Average	19.7	14.6	20.5	21.7	20.1	20.2

36th 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	3.1	5	4	2	4	3
February	6.2	8	5	6	8	8
March	10.2	11	10	8	9	10
April	12.3		10	11	11	13
May	16.8		15	19	17	19
June	22.7		21	25	23	20
July	25.4		26	26	26	25
August	24.3		23	23	25	25
September	19.1		20	17	21	19
October	13.3		16	12	13	11
November	8.8		9	8	10	8
December	4.6		6	7	4	4
Average	13.2	8.1	13.6	14.0	14.3	13.8

72nd 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	9.3	7	13	3	22	5
February	5.0	9	3	4	5	2
March	6.9	16	4	3	5	7
April	6.2		8	5	9	6
May	7.3		16	2	4	4
June	1.9		8	0	1	3
July	0.7		1	0	2	0
August	1.2		5	0	0	2
September	1.8		1	2	0	4
October	3.4		4	1	3	6
November	10.3		11	7	17	3
December	10.3		3	17	15	10
Average	5.6	10.6	6.4	2.9	6.0	4.1

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	3.9	4	3	4	5	2
February	5.0	5	4	6	4	5
March	6.3	6	6	6	6	6
April	5.5		5	6	5	5
May	5.3		4	6	6	6
June	5.4		5	6	5	6
July	5.6		6	5	6	5
August	5.5		5	5	6	6
September	4.9		5	5	5	4
October	4.4		5	4	5	4
November	3.5		5	2	4	2
December	4.0		4	3	5	4
Average	5.0	4.8	4.9	4.8	5.2	4.8

36th 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	156°	186°	273°	139°	055°
February	147°	356°	298°	296°	285°
March	180°	227°	337°	288°	121°
April		221°	225°	176°	241°
May		176°	160°	188°	242°
June		224°	221°	212°	210°
July		203°	242°	222°	260°
August		232°	234°	199°	234°
September		291°	170°	220°	250°
October		164°	322°	317°	141°
November		169°	120°	133°	282°
December		187°	132°	121°	128°

Prevailing wind direction

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