Climate Yotvata Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ramon International Airport (LLER) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	98.6	100	100	98	97	99
February	98.7	100	100	98	98	98
March	95.8	100	98	96	94	95
April	94.0		99	86	99	87
May	97.6		99	96	99	98
June	98.9		97	100	100	100
July	100.0		100	100	100	100
August	99.8		100	100	100	100
September	99.1		96	100	100	100
October	99.7		100	99	100	100
November	98.5		99	97	100	100
December	96.4		98	95	94	99
Average	98.5	99.9	98.8	97.1	98.4	97.9

1st best VFR conditions of Israel

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	99.6	100	100	99	100	100
February	100.0	100	100	100	100	100
March	98.8	100	100	100	97	99
April	98.3		100	97	100	95
May	99.7		100	100	100	100
June	99.8		99	100	100	100
July	100.0		100	100	100	100
August	100.0		100	100	100	100
September	99.9		100	100	100	100
October	100.0		100	100	100	100
November	99.9		100	100	100	100
December	99.4		100	100	98	100
Average	99.7	100.0	99.8	99.5	99.4	99.4

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	20.5	22	22	18	22	19
February	21.6	22	21	21	23	21
March	25.3	27	27	22	26	25
April	30.7		30	34	32	30
May	35.8		34	35	38	36
June	38.1		38	38	38	38
July	40.0		41	39	40	40
August	39.8		40	40	40	39
September	37.1		38	37	36	39
October	32.8		33	32	32	35
November	27.6		29	27	29	27
December	22.9		24	24	22	23
Average	30.6	23.9	31.3	30.7	31.5	30.8

1st highest temperature of Israel

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	10.8	12	11	10	13	9
February	11.5	12	10	11	13	11
March	14.6	15	15	13	15	15
April	18.9		18	21	19	20
May	23.3		22	23	24	26
June	26.2		25	26	26	28
July	28.2		28	28	29	30
August	27.9		28	28	28	28
September	25.9		26	26	26	29
October	22.8		23	22	22	24
November	17.9		19	17	18	18
December	13.1		14	14	13	14
Average	20.9	12.8	20.0	20.0	20.5	20.9

4th lowest temperature of Israel

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.0	0	1	3	0	2
February	1.6	2	0	1	2	3
March	1.2	0	3	0	0	2
April	0.3		1	0	0	1
May	0.2		1	0	0	0
June	0.2		1	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.3		0	0	0	0
November	0.2		0	0	1	0
December	0.3		1	0	0	1
Average	0.4	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.7

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	2021	2020
January	8.8	9	10	8	10	8
February	9.6	9	11	10	10	9
March	10.4	9	9	12	12	11
April	12.1		12	14	13	12
May	12.0		11	12	12	13
June	12.1		12	11	14	12
July	11.7		11	11	11	13
August	11.6		13	12	12	10
September	13.4		13	13	13	14
October	11.8		11	11	13	12
November	10.2		11	10	10	9
December	9.7		10	11	9	11
Average	12.4	8.7	11.2	11.4	11.7	11.1

1st highest wind speed of Israel

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	005°	006°	002°	001°	351°
February	010°	002°	360°	001°	001°
March	003°	352°	003°	004°	337°
April		004°	008°	008°	013°
May		009°	007°	006°	002°
June		007°	007°	009°	005°
July		010°	008°	008°	008°
August		008°	009°	010°	004°
September		010°	009°	008°	009°
October		011°	010°	010°	010°
November		007°	011°	009°	007°
December		009°	006°	359°	012°

Prevailing wind direction

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