Grosseto Air Base

LIRS · Tuscany, Italy

Climate Grosseto Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Grosseto Air Base (LIRS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.0 91 91 96 84 96
February 91.9 82 90 97 92 97
March 91.1 80 93 93 97 90
April 93.5 97 93 89 92
May 94.5 92 94 95 96
June 98.4 99 96 100 98
July 98.2 95 100 99 99
August 98.1 97 97 100 98
September 97.2 99 92 98 98
October 94.9 90 96 100 97
November 93.5 99 92 95 92
December 90.8 98 79 88 85
Average 93.8 84.1 94.8 94.6 95.2 95.1

27th 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 98.7 98 98 100 99 100
February 98.7 94 100 100 99 100
March 98.5 96 99 98 100 98
April 98.9 100 99 100 100
May 99.0 98 99 100 100
June 99.8 99 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 99
August 99.7 100 100 100 100
September 99.5 99 98 100 100
October 99.0 99 100 100 99
November 97.8 100 97 99 97
December 98.2 100 90 100 97
Average 98.7 95.7 99.2 98.8 99.6 99.2

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 12.8 14 13 13 11 15
February 14.7 16 14 15 14 17
March 16.5 17 17 15 16 16
April 19.3 18 18 17 21
May 23.1 23 25 22 25
June 29.1 28 31 29 28
July 31.9 32 34 31 32
August 32.0 31 32 31 33
September 27.4 28 26 29 28
October 23.1 26 23 22 21
November 17.5 18 18 18 17
December 14.1 15 14 14 14
Average 21.1 15.8 21.9 22.4 21.2 22.0

24th 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 3.3 5 5 3 3 3
February 3.8 6 3 4 4 3
March 5.1 8 7 4 3 4
April 7.1 7 7 6 8
May 11.7 13 13 10 13
June 16.0 17 18 15 14
July 18.7 21 19 17 18
August 19.1 19 20 18 20
September 15.6 16 16 17 16
October 12.1 14 13 11 11
November 8.5 8 8 10 8
December 4.8 5 7 5 6
Average 10.0 6.4 11.2 11.0 9.9 10.2

37th 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 6.8 6 7 5 16 1
February 6.4 13 2 2 4 0
March 6.1 10 4 6 1 8
April 6.4 6 3 7 9
May 5.5 8 2 3 4
June 0.9 1 0 1 1
July 0.4 0 0 0 0
August 1.1 3 1 0 2
September 1.5 1 2 0 3
October 3.4 5 2 2 3
November 8.2 2 9 7 3
December 8.6 2 19 10 12
Average 4.8 9.6 3.4 3.1 3.7 3.6

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 7.1 7 7 7 8 5
February 7.7 7 7 7 8 7
March 8.6 8 8 8 8 9
April 7.9 8 9 8 8
May 7.2 7 7 8 8
June 7.6 7 8 7 8
July 8.0 8 8 9 8
August 7.9 8 8 8 9
September 7.4 8 7 7 7
October 7.0 8 5 9 7
November 7.0 8 7 7 6
December 6.9 6 7 7 7
Average 7.6 7.3 7.5 7.5 7.7 7.5

24th 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 042° 023° 031° 074° 047°
February 134° 050° 029° 116° 248°
March 165° 150° 065° 022° 039°
April 333° 151° 128° 046°
May 325° 215° 190° 184°
June 234° 215° 231° 229°
July 215° 240° 207° 247°
August 223° 258° 217° 227°
September 019° 180° 224° 232°
October 182° 159° 045° 172°
November 312° 025° 060° 033°
December 051° 099° 050° 124°

Prevailing wind direction

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