Grosseto Air Base

LIRS · Tuscany, Italy

Climate Grosseto Air Base 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Grosseto Air Base (LIRS) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 92.0 85 91 91 96 84
February 91.9 92 82 90 97 92
March 91.3 94 80 93 93 97
April 93.4 93 97 93 89
May 94.8 96 96 92 94 95
June 98.3 97 98 99 96 100
July 98.2 99 95 100 99
August 98.2 98 97 97 100
September 97.3 98 99 92 98
October 94.1 89 90 96 100
November 94.0 98 99 92 95
December 90.8 91 98 79 88
Average 94.8 93.4 93.3 94.8 94.6 95.2

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 98.6 98 98 98 100 99
February 98.7 99 94 100 100 99
March 98.5 98 96 99 98 100
April 98.8 98 100 99 100
May 99.2 100 100 98 99 100
June 99.6 99 99 99 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.7 100 100 100 100
September 99.5 100 99 98 100
October 98.7 97 99 100 100
November 98.0 100 100 97 99
December 98.5 100 100 90 100
Average 99.0 98.9 98.4 99.2 98.8 99.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 12.9 13.8 14.3 13.0 13.0 11.1
February 14.7 14.6 16.1 13.8 14.8 14.3
March 16.5 16.8 17.0 17.1 15.4 15.9
April 19.4 20.1 18.3 18.1 17.1
May 23.4 25.3 23.6 22.8 25.3 21.6
June 29.2 31.0 28.3 28.3 31.1 28.6
July 32.0 33.2 31.8 34.0 30.8
August 32.2 33.7 31.3 32.2 31.3
September 27.4 26.8 28.1 26.3 29.1
October 23.0 22.1 25.8 23.3 22.3
November 17.6 18.3 17.6 17.8 17.8
December 14.0 13.3 14.9 14.3 14.0
Average 21.7 20.3 22.3 21.9 22.4 21.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 3.5 5.5 4.7 5.0 3.3 3.2
February 4.0 6.0 6.2 3.3 3.5 4.2
March 5.3 7.2 8.4 6.5 3.5 3.2
April 7.2 8.3 7.0 6.7 5.7
May 11.8 11.8 12.4 12.6 12.8 9.6
June 16.2 17.6 16.3 16.8 17.6 15.4
July 18.8 19.3 20.6 19.3 17.3
August 19.4 21.0 19.0 20.0 18.1
September 15.7 16.3 15.8 15.5 16.6
October 12.3 14.4 14.4 13.0 11.0
November 8.3 6.9 7.9 8.0 9.6
December 4.6 3.3 5.4 7.4 4.5
Average 10.5 9.6 11.5 11.2 11.0 9.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.0 9 6 7 5 16
February 6.4 7 13 2 2 4
March 6.6 10 10 4 6 1
April 6.1 4 6 3 7
May 5.1 1 6 8 2 3
June 0.8 0 1 1 0 1
July 0.4 1 0 0 0
August 1.0 0 3 1 0
September 1.8 4 1 2 0
October 4.5 12 5 2 2
November 7.2 1 2 9 7
December 8.1 5 2 19 10
Average 4.2 4.7 4.9 3.4 3.1 3.7

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.3 9 7 7 7 8
February 7.6 6 7 7 7 8
March 8.5 8 8 8 8 8
April 7.8 7 8 9 8
May 7.2 7 7 7 7 8
June 7.5 8 7 7 8 7
July 8.0 7 8 8 9
August 7.8 7 8 8 8
September 7.4 8 8 7 7
October 6.9 6 8 5 9
November 6.9 6 8 7 7
December 6.8 6 6 7 7
Average 7.5 7.7 7.0 7.5 7.5 7.7

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 088° 042° 023° 031° 074°
February 075° 134° 050° 029° 116°
March 104° 165° 150° 065° 022°
April 191° 333° 151° 128°
May 227° 214° 325° 215° 190°
June 220° 216° 234° 215° 231°
July 234° 215° 240° 207°
August 232° 223° 258° 217°
September 188° 019° 180° 224°
October 154° 182° 159° 045°
November 040° 312° 025° 060°
December 029° 051° 099° 050°

Prevailing wind direction

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