Climate Lajes Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lajes Airport (LPLA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	74.0	72	74	83	64	80
February	79.6	75	77	80	77	87
March	81.3	81	73	79	79	84
April	79.9		83	79	76	74
May	79.6		75	76	83	75
June	78.1		79	64	88	63
July	81.4		82	70	76	93
August	81.2		83	88	78	82
September	86.9		84	92	78	84
October	82.4		79	78	86	82
November	75.9		67	74	71	74
December	76.7		70	81	79	75
Average	79.6	76.2	77.6	78.0	78.4	79.3

15th 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	97.2	94	98	97	95	98
February	97.9	97	98	100	97	100
March	96.2	99	93	92	94	96
April	96.1		100	97	100	94
May	95.6		96	94	95	95
June	96.7		97	94	99	90
July	97.5		99	95	97	100
August	96.7		99	99	98	99
September	98.5		96	100	98	99
October	97.6		97	98	100	99
November	94.6		88	89	97	96
December	97.0		91	97	99	100
Average	96.8	96.8	96.1	95.7	97.2	97.0

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	17.4	18	17	17	18	18
February	17.4	19	17	17	17	18
March	17.8	18	19	17	18	18
April	18.6		20	19	19	18
May	20.3		21	19	21	20
June	22.3		23	22	22	21
July	24.8		25	24	25	25
August	25.9		27	26	26	26
September	24.9		25	26	24	24
October	22.6		23	22	24	22
November	19.8		21	20	21	18
December	18.2		18	18	18	17
Average	20.5	18.2	21.3	20.7	20.9	20.5

9th 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	13.3	14	13	13	14	13
February	12.3	15	12	12	12	12
March	12.6	13	14	13	12	13
April	13.5		14	13	14	14
May	14.9		16	14	15	15
June	17.2		18	17	18	16
July	19.4		20	19	19	20
August	20.6		21	21	21	21
September	19.8		20	21	19	19
October	17.5		18	17	19	18
November	15.3		16	15	17	14
December	13.8		14	14	14	14
Average	15.6	13.6	16.2	15.7	16.1	15.6

10th 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	18.3	20	11	15	25	24
February	14.4	17	10	8	16	10
March	15.5	12	19	20	9	15
April	14.4		8	16	18	13
May	13.0		17	16	14	12
June	9.7		9	19	9	14
July	8.6		9	11	14	3
August	9.4		6	8	11	9
September	8.7		13	10	9	6
October	14.9		17	25	13	13
November	20.1		23	26	22	13
December	19.2		22	25	20	14
Average	13.6	15.8	13.3	15.8	14.3	11.7

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	1.4	0	0	0	0	0
February	1.3	0	0	0	0	0
March	1.4	0	0	0	0	0
April	1.4		0	0	0	0
May	1.6		0	0	0	0
June	1.2		0	0	0	0
July	1.1		0	0	0	0
August	1.1		0	0	0	0
September	1.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.2		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.9				0.0

9th 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	360°	360°	360°	360°	360°
February	360°	360°	360°	360°	360°
March	360°	360°	360°	360°	360°
April		360°	360°	360°	360°
May		360°	360°	352°	360°
June		360°	360°	360°	360°
July		360°	360°	360°	360°
August		360°	360°	360°	360°
September		360°	360°	360°	360°
October		360°	360°	360°	360°
November		360°	360°	360°	360°
December		360°	360°	360°	360°

Prevailing wind direction

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