Guarda Hosp Hel

LPGA · Guarda, Portugal

Climate Guarda Hosp Hel 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ovar Air Base (LPOV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.1 65 75 80 63 65
February 78.4 66 91 85 70 71
March 77.6 70 74 83 91 73
April 81.2 83 80 89 76
May 80.4 83 83 81 80
June 78.0 75 85 76 79
July 74.2 81 80 68 83
August 73.6 80 65 72 71
September 80.3 87 83 84 87
October 75.6 72 65 78 78
November 72.5 49 70 92 79
December 67.9 71 77 65 66
Average 75.2 67.1 77.2 78.4 77.6 76.1

14th 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 85.9 88 91 90 73 81
February 91.9 91 99 94 90 87
March 94.8 97 94 94 99 90
April 94.6 92 93 97 97
May 93.2 98 93 92 92
June 92.1 91 97 91 90
July 87.4 92 86 85 90
August 84.1 90 81 82 82
September 89.7 96 95 95 95
October 88.7 90 87 86 89
November 88.4 78 84 96 95
December 85.6 90 89 82 85
Average 89.9 92.2 92.0 90.3 89.2 89.3

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 14.3 16 14 16 12 14
February 15.9 17 16 16 16 17
March 16.6 17 17 17 18 16
April 17.7 20 17 19 17
May 20.5 22 22 18 22
June 21.3 23 22 21 21
July 23.2 23 26 22 24
August 23.2 24 23 22 23
September 23.1 24 23 23 24
October 21.1 23 21 21 19
November 16.9 18 18 16 18
December 15.2 15 16 16 14
Average 19.0 16.4 19.9 19.7 18.7 19.0

16th 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 5.8 9 7 5 5 7
February 7.0 10 4 6 10 9
March 8.6 10 9 9 8 9
April 10.4 11 10 11 13
May 12.7 13 14 11 15
June 14.3 16 15 14 14
July 15.6 15 17 15 15
August 15.2 16 16 15 16
September 14.6 16 17 16 15
October 12.4 15 14 12 12
November 9.6 13 11 7 11
December 7.7 8 11 9 8
Average 11.1 9.5 11.8 12.0 11.0 11.8

3rd 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 14.0 15 14 6 19 17
February 8.5 10 3 3 17 6
March 9.7 16 8 10 1 11
April 10.9 7 4 9 15
May 4.1 3 3 7 3
June 4.4 2 4 6 2
July 1.4 1 0 4 0
August 1.8 2 2 2 1
September 2.8 4 5 5 2
October 9.5 18 9 10 10
November 14.4 19 22 3 12
December 14.6 14 15 15 20
Average 7.8 13.7 7.1 6.0 7.4 7.4

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 6.0 6 7 5 6 7
February 6.7 7 5 6 8 6
March 8.0 8 7 8 7 8
April 7.6 7 9 6 8
May 8.5 9 8 9 8
June 8.0 8 8 8 8
July 8.0 9 7 8 8
August 7.7 9 7 6 8
September 6.8 7 8 6 6
October 6.5 7 7 5 7
November 6.3 7 6 5 6
December 6.1 6 6 7 7
Average 7.3 7.1 7.3 7.2 6.9 7.2

16th 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 181° 318° 333° 241° 173°
February 266° 348° 320° 193° 257°
March 252° 218° 324° 342° 333°
April 314° 311° 303° 257°
May 331° 314° 328° 304°
June 317° 308° 331° 326°
July 325° 321° 335° 332°
August 327° 311° 329° 320°
September 259° 285° 309° 311°
October 212° 203° 273° 288°
November 220° 209° 001° 172°
December 173° 166° 202° 215°

Prevailing wind direction

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