Climate Courela do Outeiro Private Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Beja Airport / Airbase (LPBJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	74.0	66	76	89	67	70
February	81.6	72	91	87	64	79
March	79.9	71	73	80	90	85
April	85.1		96	84	81	79
May	89.4		90	94	92	89
June	91.6		92	95	91	93
July	90.7		97	96	92	94
August	92.4		98	84	92	92
September	90.6		82	84	91	95
October	86.8		85	88	89	87
November	80.0		72	72	89	84
December	70.8		67	65	66	73
Average	83.5	69.3	85.7	86.1	84.6	85.6

5th 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	85.7	88	91	96	73	86
February	92.9	93	98	94	82	91
March	92.6	92	90	89	97	92
April	93.6		97	93	90	91
May	96.0		96	99	96	95
June	97.6		97	97	97	98
July	95.9		98	98	96	96
August	95.4		99	90	96	95
September	96.0		96	93	93	98
October	94.2		95	96	93	93
November	91.7		87	90	94	91
December	85.3		84	89	83	84
Average	93.2	90.9	94.3	93.9	91.5	92.8

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	14.7	17	15	16	13	15
February	16.9	18	16	19	16	19
March	18.4	18	20	17	19	19
April	21.3		27	20	21	19
May	26.0		26	28	25	27
June	29.1		31	29	28	28
July	32.8		33	36	32	36
August	33.4		35	32	33	32
September	29.4		28	28	28	30
October	25.3		26	26	26	23
November	18.4		19	19	18	19
December	15.8		15	17	17	15
Average	22.7	17.3	24.3	24.0	22.9	23.3

1st 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	5.4	8	5	5	5	6
February	6.8	9	5	7	9	8
March	8.1	9	8	8	8	8
April	9.9		11	9	11	11
May	12.4		13	14	10	14
June	14.5		17	15	13	14
July	16.1		16	18	15	17
August	16.5		18	16	16	16
September	15.7		16	16	16	16
October	13.3		15	15	13	11
November	9.3		10	10	7	11
December	7.1		6	10	8	7
Average	10.9	8.4	11.7	11.9	10.8	11.5

1st 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	6.4	11	5	2	10	8
February	5.8	9	2	4	17	1
March	7.9	11	5	12	1	6
April	4.7		1	6	3	8
May	2.1		2	1	1	3
June	1.2		2	1	2	0
July	0.3		0	0	0	0
August	0.3		0	1	0	0
September	2.5		5	5	3	4
October	5.7		11	7	5	5
November	5.8		3	12	2	7
December	7.5		3	15	10	14
Average	4.6	10.1	3.0	4.9	4.1	4.2

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	7.4	7	8	6	8	7
February	7.5	9	7	6	8	6
March	8.5	9	7	8	7	8
April	8.2		7	9	8	8
May	7.5		8	8	8	7
June	7.0		8	9	8	8
July	6.7		8	7	8	7
August	7.0		8	7	7	8
September	7.0		7	8	7	7
October	7.2		8	7	7	8
November	7.7		7	7	7	7
December	7.2		6	9	8	7
Average	7.5	8.3	7.3	7.5	7.6	7.4

1st 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	170°	340°	065°	299°	107°
February	283°	064°	023°	208°	003°
March	253°	277°	359°	048°	331°
April		338°	322°	235°	244°
May		325°	273°	313°	268°
June		278°	286°	289°	296°
July		307°	277°	311°	298°
August		321°	285°	301°	309°
September		215°	277°	300°	276°
October		217°	190°	313°	295°
November		268°	273°	352°	126°
December		051°	206°	221°	290°

Prevailing wind direction

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