Climate Matei Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hihifo Airport (NLWW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	89.1	94	83	89	92
February	87.8	89	95	94	80	100
March	93.8	91	96	92	97	94
April	94.8		91	97	98	93
May	93.3		91	95	93	95
June	89.3		87	93	95	82
July	90.5		92	93	90	87
August	91.5		95	97	85	89
September	88.7		94	88	94	78
October	86.0		83	91	92	82
November	91.5		94	93	92	87
December	88.5		93	96	87	80
Average	90.5	91.3	91.0	92.8	91.2	86.3

1st best VFR conditions of Wallis and Futuna

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	96.3	98	94	98	95
February	95.9	99	99	99	90	100
March	99.0	98	100	98	100	100
April	99.0		98	99	99	99
May	98.7		98	99	98	100
June	97.6		98	99	100	94
July	98.1		96	99	99	98
August	98.4		100	98	96	99
September	97.1		99	96	100	93
October	98.0		99	99	98	96
November	98.5		99	98	99	98
December	96.7		99	99	97	93
Average	97.7	98.4	98.3	98.3	97.5	96.8

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	30.6	32	30	30	30
February	30.4	32	31	30	30	30
March	31.0	32	31	31	31	31
April	30.8		31	31	31	31
May	30.5		31	30	30	31
June	29.8		30	30	30	30
July	29.4		30	30	30	30
August	29.1		30	29	29	30
September	29.6		30	30	30	30
October	29.5		30	30	30	30
November	30.3		31	30	30	30
December	29.9		31	31	31	28
Average	30.0	31.7	30.3	30.0	30.1	30.0

1st highest temperature of Wallis and Futuna

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	25.6	26	25	25	25
February	25.1	26	25	25	24	26
March	25.5	26	25	26	25	26
April	25.5		26	26	25	26
May	25.5		26	25	25	26
June	25.3		24	26	25	26
July	25.5		26	26	26	26
August	25.3		26	25	25	26
September	25.1		24	25	26	25
October	25.5		26	25	26	25
November	25.5		27	25	25	25
December	24.7		26	25	25	22
Average	25.8	25.9	25.4	25.2	25.1	25.2

1st lowest temperature of Wallis and Futuna

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	59.7	54	68	56	64
February	62.6	70	52	62	77	80
March	48.1	54	43	55	42	49
April	55.1		65	53	48	55
May	44.4		40	52	48	35
June	44.8		57	51	36	52
July	52.7		41	65	53	64
August	45.9		35	46	65	44
September	40.5		32	38	27	66
October	52.3		55	51	46	56
November	50.2		46	47	42	64
December	50.8		47	47	41	67
Average	53.3	58.8	48.2	51.7	49.1	56.1

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	6.1	6	6	7	7
February	6.1	7	6	5	6	5
March	5.7	5	5	7	6	6
April	6.4		7	7	6	6
May	6.3		7	7	6	6
June	7.3		6	8	7	8
July	8.5		8	10	9	8
August	8.5		8	8	8	9
September	9.0		10	9	9	8
October	8.4		9	8	9	8
November	7.3		8	7	7	7
December	6.7		7	6	7	7
Average	6.9	5.9	7.0	7.4	7.2	7.3

1st highest wind speed of Wallis and Futuna

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	061°	360°	337°	044°
February	286°	054°	058°	005°	165°
March	077°	349°	064°	082°	076°
April		100°	091°	094°	081°
May		096°	099°	095°	088°
June		106°	103°	109°	112°
July		116°	102°	106°	115°
August		112°	102°	124°	108°
September		119°	100°	102°	112°
October		122°	082°	109°	104°
November		102°	085°	103°	095°
December		106°	075°	081°	053°

Prevailing wind direction

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