Lagos Airfield ULM

PT-0025 · Faro, Portugal

Climate Lagos Airfield ULM 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Faro Airport (LPFR) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 91.8 88 91 96 85
February 91.7 89 93 98 79
March 88.2 83 91 83 98
April 93.5 94 100 97 90
May 95.6 98 99 94 98
June 95.1 92 97 98 93
July 97.3 97 99 97 98
August 96.8 97 99 93 95
September 96.8 95 95 96 98
October 92.0 88 93 91 93
November 92.8 92 94 93 95
December 87.7 98 92 75 74
Average 93.6 92.8 95.6 93.4 92.0

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
January 97.6 99 100 97 91
February 98.8 98 100 100 98
March 97.5 98 96 97 100
April 98.6 99 100 100 100
May 99.6 100 100 99 100
June 99.1 100 100 99 98
July 99.5 98 100 100 100
August 98.7 99 99 98 99
September 99.2 98 100 99 100
October 98.4 97 98 98 99
November 98.7 100 100 99 100
December 97.8 100 99 95 95
Average 98.7 98.6 99.2 98.5 98.4

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
January 16.2 17.6 16.6 16.5 14.6
February 17.2 18.6 16.3 18.3 16.6
March 18.4 18.0 19.5 17.1 19.1
April 20.2 21.3 23.6 19.1 20.1
May 23.6 23.5 23.8 24.3 24.1
June 25.4 24.6 27.1 26.0 24.5
July 28.4 28.3 30.0 29.3 28.8
August 28.8 29.3 31.1 26.5 27.8
September 25.7 25.3 25.1 24.6 25.3
October 23.3 22.5 24.0 23.6 24.0
November 19.5 20.5 20.0 20.3 18.6
December 17.3 17.8 17.0 17.8 17.6
Average 22.0 22.3 22.8 22.1 21.8

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 8.9 11.5 9.4 9.5 8.0
February 10.3 11.8 9.4 10.6 11.5
March 11.4 11.5 11.5 11.4 11.5
April 13.3 13.6 15.0 12.3 14.0
May 15.8 14.8 16.5 17.1 15.0
June 18.2 18.3 20.1 18.3 17.3
July 20.1 20.0 20.6 21.8 19.3
August 20.6 21.6 21.8 19.1 20.1
September 19.0 18.5 18.8 18.3 18.8
October 16.8 16.6 18.1 18.3 17.3
November 13.0 15.1 12.9 13.8 10.6
December 10.5 10.5 9.9 13.5 11.8
Average 14.8 15.3 15.3 15.4 14.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 2.0 3 1 0 3
February 3.2 6 2 3 4
March 5.7 8 4 12 1
April 3.2 1 0 5 0
May 0.8 0 1 0 1
June 0.5 1 1 1 1
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.9 1 2 2 0
October 3.7 5 6 4 2
November 2.6 5 1 2 1
December 3.7 0 1 12 5
Average 2.0 2.3 1.4 2.9 1.1

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
January 8.4 9 9 9 8
February 9.0 10 10 8 9
March 10.0 11 8 10 9
April 9.8 10 9 10 9
May 9.3 10 10 9 9
June 9.6 10 9 10 9
July 8.7 9 9 9 9
August 8.0 7 8 8 8
September 8.2 9 8 9 8
October 8.4 9 9 7 8
November 8.2 9 8 8 9
December 8.2 8 7 10 10
Average 8.9 9.1 8.5 9.0 8.7

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 106° 325° 067° 272°
February 273° 072° 085° 187°
March 246° 227° 038° 082°
April 186° 201° 255° 188°
May 255° 236° 209° 250°
June 236° 221° 248° 238°
July 234° 249° 185° 254°
August 214° 243° 234° 241°
September 219° 199° 233° 225°
October 225° 173° 145° 142°
November 091° 248° 247° 344°
December 054° 077° 222° 099°

Prevailing wind direction

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