Climate Lyudao Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Taitung Airport (RCFN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	87.6	85	81	84	95	92
February	84.8	67	82	86	87	90
March	79.4	65	83	77	79	75
April	79.2		61	79	79	87
May	75.7		67	66	85	71
June	86.4		67	88	93	96
July	93.4		79	95	97	97
August	90.8		84	93	92	94
September	91.5		82	96	93	94
October	88.1		79	82	87	97
November	92.2		93	90	95	88
December	91.4		86	92	91	89
Average	85.3	72.4	78.3	85.3	89.3	88.9

1st best VFR conditions of Taiwan

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	98.0	98	99	95	99	100
February	98.5	97	99	97	98	100
March	98.1	97	100	98	100	96
April	98.7		95	100	98	99
May	95.2		94	96	100	90
June	96.9		92	99	99	100
July	97.1		90	97	100	99
August	96.1		96	97	96	99
September	96.6		89	100	97	98
October	95.4		96	92	91	99
November	98.5		100	99	99	95
December	98.7		99	100	97	99
Average	97.3	97.5	95.3	97.3	97.8	97.6

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	22.9	23	23	23	21	24
February	23.7	25	24	23	24	24
March	25.3	25	26	26	26	26
April	26.8		28	27	27	26
May	29.2		29	28	31	30
June	31.7		31	33	32	33
July	32.6		32	33	33	34
August	31.8		32	32	31	32
September	31.2		31	31	32	31
October	28.7		29	29	29	29
November	26.8		27	28	26	27
December	24.0		25	25	23	24
Average	27.5	24.4	28.0	28.1	28.0	28.1

3rd highest temperature of Taiwan

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	16.8	17	17	18	15	17
February	17.3	18	18	17	17	17
March	18.8	19	18	19	20	20
April	20.8		21	21	21	20
May	23.6		23	23	25	24
June	25.2		25	25	25	26
July	25.4		25	25	26	26
August	25.2		25	25	25	25
September	24.3		24	24	24	25
October	22.8		23	23	23	23
November	20.9		20	22	20	22
December	18.2		19	19	18	19
Average	21.2	17.7	21.5	21.8	21.5	21.8

5th lowest temperature of Taiwan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	16.9	14	23	33	12	12
February	17.3	23	16	28	18	15
March	17.2	19	7	27	16	16
April	20.3		23	34	29	18
May	27.8		35	52	11	28
June	16.3		31	11	13	6
July	11.4		25	8	10	4
August	17.7		25	17	18	13
September	13.1		20	15	10	14
October	17.6		29	28	19	14
November	15.9		10	22	21	23
December	16.0		15	8	26	33
Average	17.4	18.7	21.8	24.0	16.7	16.1

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	6.4	6	6	6	7	6
February	6.4	6	7	6	7	6
March	6.2	6	7	6	6	6
April	6.1		6	6	7	6
May	5.6		6	5	6	5
June	5.5		5	5	5	6
July	6.0		6	6	6	6
August	5.4		5	5	5	5
September	5.9		6	6	6	5
October	7.4		7	8	8	8
November	6.8		7	6	6	8
December	7.0		6	7	6	7
Average	6.2	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.2	6.1

3rd highest wind speed of Taiwan

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	034°	035°	034°	031°	040°
February	069°	037°	038°	052°	046°
March	066°	061°	059°	063°	062°
April		072°	072°	056°	044°
May		061°	067°	146°	093°
June		140°	125°	119°	136°
July		096°	151°	117°	133°
August		107°	134°	130°	093°
September		092°	063°	088°	082°
October		045°	032°	039°	034°
November		040°	046°	034°	031°
December		030°	030°	023°	029°

Prevailing wind direction

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