Statistics Lagos Airfield ULM 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Faro Airport (LPFR) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	92.3	91	96	85	89	97
February	92.1	93	98	79	94	96
March	88.9	91	83	98	85	94
April	93.5	100	97	90	86	96
May	95.3	99	94	98	94	95
June	95.3		98	93	99	94
July	97.1		97	98	95	96
August	96.3		93	95	95	97
September	97.3		96	98	95	99
October	92.6		91	93	95	92
November	92.8		93	95	90	89
December	85.1		75	74	86	80
Average	93.7	95.4	93.4	92.0	92.2	93.9

2nd best VFR conditions of Portugal

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 8 km or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	97.5	100	97	91	97	99
February	99.0	100	100	98	99	100
March	97.5	96	97	100	96	99
April	98.6	100	100	100	97	99
May	99.6	100	99	100	100	100
June	98.9		99	98	100	98
July	99.7		100	100	99	100
August	98.6		98	99	97	98
September	99.3		99	100	98	100
October	98.8		98	99	99	99
November	98.3		99	100	96	96
December	97.2		95	95	99	94
Average	98.7	99.1	98.5	98.4	98.1	98.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 km or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	16.0	17	17	15	16	16
February	17.0	16	18	17	19	17
March	18.4	20	17	19	19	20
April	20.1	24	19	20	19	19
May	23.6	24	24	24	24	25
June	25.3		26	25	25	24
July	28.2		29	29	29	26
August	28.3		27	28	29	28
September	25.9		25	25	26	26
October	23.4		24	24	22	23
November	19.3		20	19	20	19
December	17.2		18	18	17	17
Average	21.6	20.0	22.1	21.8	21.9	21.6

5th highest temperature of Portugal

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	8.5	9	10	8	9	8
February	10.0	9	11	12	11	10
March	11.3	12	11	12	11	12
April	13.3	15	12	14	14	12
May	16.0	17	17	15	17	16
June	17.8		18	17	18	17
July	20.0		22	19	22	19
August	20.2		19	20	20	20
September	19.1		18	19	20	19
October	16.7		18	17	15	16
November	12.6		14	11	14	12
December	10.6		14	12	10	11
Average	14.4	12.4	15.4	14.6	14.9	14.2

9th lowest temperature of Portugal

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	1.8	1	0	3	4	0
February	2.8	2	3	4	1	2
March	5.4	4	12	1	4	1
April	3.5	0	5	0	5	4
May	0.9	1	0	1	3	0
June	0.5		1	1	1	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.6		2	0	1	1
October	3.0		4	2	4	2
November	2.5		2	1	5	3
December	4.9		12	5	7	7
Average	2.0	1.4	2.9	1.1	2.6	1.5

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	8.4	9	9	8	7	9
February	8.8	10	8	9	8	9
March	9.9	8	10	9	9	10
April	9.8	9	10	9	9	11
May	9.3	10	9	9	9	10
June	9.7		10	9	10	10
July	8.6		9	9	8	9
August	8.1		8	8	9	8
September	8.2		9	8	8	8
October	8.2		7	8	8	8
November	8.2		8	9	7	10
December	8.6		10	10	8	9
Average	8.9	8.9	9.0	8.7	8.5	9.2

5th 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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	325°	067°	272°	082°	335°
February	072°	085°	187°	108°	088°
March	227°	038°	082°	261°	096°
April	201°	255°	188°	223°	254°
May	236°	209°	250°	184°	244°
June		248°	238°	238°	246°
July		185°	254°	212°	236°
August		234°	241°	251°	237°
September		233°	225°	184°	185°
October		145°	142°	213°	224°
November		247°	344°	100°	275°
December		222°	099°	279°	217°

Prevailing wind direction

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