Donggang

RCMJ · Taiwan, Taiwan

Climate Donggang 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kaohsiung International Airport (RCKH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 51.5 74 67 47 63 52
February 59.7 84 72 49 57 70
March 70.8 79 85 65 64 72
April 77.3 76 77 71 80
May 73.1 81 53 86 73
June 73.1 72 80 57 89
July 71.6 73 69 66 82
August 62.6 50 89 60 63
September 75.3 63 86 76 79
October 71.1 71 85 84 76
November 64.6 86 52 79 67
December 62.8 78 79 60 57
Average 68.7 78.7 72.1 69.2 68.4 71.8

3rd 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 80.8 91 92 76 81 85
February 86.0 98 87 81 86 92
March 89.5 96 96 84 86 91
April 94.1 94 95 92 96
May 91.7 97 83 97 89
June 92.8 91 95 85 99
July 93.2 89 97 89 99
August 87.8 88 97 81 89
September 95.2 86 99 98 99
October 92.7 91 94 96 97
November 86.1 98 83 95 91
December 88.6 95 96 88 83
Average 90.3 94.6 91.8 89.9 89.5 92.4

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 2020
January 24.7 25 25 25 23 25
February 25.6 27 26 24 25 26
March 27.4 27 27 28 28 28
April 29.0 30 29 29 28
May 30.8 31 30 32 32
June 32.0 32 32 31 33
July 32.6 33 33 32 33
August 31.7 32 33 31 32
September 32.1 32 32 32 33
October 30.5 31 31 31 31
November 28.9 29 30 29 29
December 25.9 26 26 25 26
Average 28.9 26.5 29.3 29.4 29.0 29.6

1st 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 16.7 16 17 17 15 17
February 17.5 18 17 16 17 18
March 20.2 20 19 21 21 21
April 22.8 24 23 23 21
May 25.6 25 24 27 26
June 26.4 27 27 26 27
July 26.7 27 27 27 27
August 26.2 27 27 26 26
September 26.1 26 26 26 26
October 24.4 25 24 25 25
November 22.1 21 24 21 23
December 18.4 19 18 17 19
Average 22.2 18.3 22.7 22.9 22.5 22.9

6th 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 3.0 0 0 10 3 4
February 2.2 0 0 9 1 1
March 3.1 3 0 5 1 3
April 4.5 3 5 9 2
May 12.3 11 29 7 12
June 16.8 15 10 30 7
July 18.3 21 24 15 15
August 25.4 25 13 29 25
September 10.8 26 9 9 4
October 6.2 11 8 9 3
November 2.6 0 0 3 5
December 3.4 3 6 3 5
Average 8.4 0.9 10.5 11.1 10.2 7.3

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 7 7 6 7 7
February 7.0 8 7 6 8 7
March 7.3 7 8 8 7 7
April 7.8 8 8 8 8
May 7.6 8 6 9 8
June 7.9 9 8 7 9
July 8.1 9 8 8 7
August 7.7 8 8 7 8
September 7.6 8 9 7 7
October 6.9 7 7 6 7
November 6.3 7 6 7 6
December 6.3 6 7 6 6
Average 7.3 7.2 7.6 7.3 7.2 7.4

1st 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 315° 313° 325° 311° 318°
February 276° 304° 325° 289° 282°
March 262° 289° 294° 285° 266°
April 269° 264° 276° 290°
May 257° 265° 236° 253°
June 232° 239° 233° 246°
July 236° 245° 264° 254°
August 260° 241° 238° 232°
September 239° 291° 277° 266°
October 280° 275° 272° 266°
November 290° 283° 311° 285°
December 326° 324° 313° 323°

Prevailing wind direction

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