Flores Airport

LPFL · Azores, Portugal

Climate Flores Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Flores Airport (LPFL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.3 70 77 92 60 78
February 80.2 79 82 90 75 85
March 77.4 72 80 76 87
April 79.6 78 83 77 78
May 76.9 81 69 78 76
June 80.5 85 71 82 71
July 88.4 89 89 83 93
August 88.2 87 93 95 77
September 84.6 74 89 88 84
October 84.2 81 94 89 85
November 73.9 61 77 65 80
December 77.7 72 77 85 80
Average 80.0 74.5 78.6 83.6 79.5 81.2

10th best VFR conditions of Portugal

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 95.0 96 97 99 88 92
February 97.2 97 96 97 97 99
March 94.4 95 97 91 97
April 93.9 96 93 94 91
May 92.1 97 81 89 92
June 95.7 94 94 96 96
July 97.2 97 97 93 100
August 97.8 99 99 99 96
September 97.0 94 99 95 94
October 96.9 96 99 96 97
November 93.1 87 94 84 99
December 96.0 89 98 98 98
Average 95.6 96.5 94.7 95.5 93.4 95.9

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 2021 2020
January 16.8 17 17 16 18 17
February 16.4 18 16 17 15 17
March 16.7 17 17 17 17
April 17.5 18 17 18 18
May 19.0 20 18 20 19
June 21.4 22 21 22 20
July 24.2 24 25 24 24
August 25.2 25 26 25 25
September 24.0 24 25 23 23
October 21.6 22 21 23 21
November 19.1 19 19 20 18
December 17.5 17 17 18 17
Average 19.6 17.1 20.0 20.0 20.1 19.5

14th highest temperature of Portugal

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 14.8 14 15 14 16 15
February 13.7 16 13 14 13 15
March 14.2 15 15 14 14
April 15.0 15 15 16 15
May 16.5 17 16 17 16
June 18.9 19 18 20 18
July 21.5 21 22 21 22
August 22.6 22 23 23 23
September 21.5 21 22 21 20
October 18.8 18 18 20 19
November 16.5 17 16 18 15
December 15.4 15 15 15 15
Average 17.1 14.8 17.2 17.3 17.6 17.2

15th lowest temperature of Portugal

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.4 19 11 8 24 13
February 14.5 15 12 7 23 8
March 14.7 16 18 18 6
April 12.6 14 15 13 17
May 13.8 8 24 12 13
June 7.2 6 13 8 5
July 5.6 8 5 9 5
August 8.6 3 5 8 15
September 8.9 14 9 6 12
October 14.3 21 9 17 14
November 16.2 26 16 18 11
December 17.6 25 23 20 10
Average 12.9 17.2 13.3 12.3 14.3 10.7

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 10.4 11 10 9 13 11
February 10.5 11 12 8 12 10
March 11.0 13 11 10 11
April 10.9 11 11 11 10
May 9.5 8 10 9 10
June 8.5 8 8 7 10
July 7.3 6 6 7 8
August 7.2 7 6 9 7
September 8.2 8 8 8 8
October 9.4 10 9 8 10
November 10.0 12 9 11 10
December 11.3 12 15 10 10
Average 9.6 10.9 9.5 8.8 9.4 9.6

14th highest wind speed of Portugal

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 224° 172° 067° 182° 182°
February 191° 177° 159° 248° 196°
March 196° 221° 175° 205°
April 196° 210° 181° 227°
May 168° 202° 325° 288°
June 012° 350° 180° 360°
July 050° 029° 347° 161°
August 022° 063° 293° 168°
September 329° 152° 003° 014°
October 233° 327° 184° 329°
November 199° 214° 153° 346°
December 195° 297° 209° 253°

Prevailing wind direction

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