Climate Matsu Beigan Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fuzhou Changle International Airport (ZSFZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	43.4	41	47	38	71	41
February	43.0	35	39	37	60	52
March	49.0	63	61	41	46	34
April	58.5		46	74	55	75
May	60.0		63	40	53	64
June	62.9		78	61	64	82
July	86.9		81	92	94	92
August	84.9		84	93	80	92
September	80.0		73	89	90	68
October	74.5		67	76	69	83
November	58.5		67	45	66	59
December	53.4		54	48	74	49
Average	61.3	47.1	63.6	62.1	68.6	66.2

37th best VFR conditions of China

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	83.7	78	87	80	94	83
February	82.0	78	82	89	93	81
March	80.8	87	88	81	82	70
April	81.9		83	84	83	92
May	82.5		94	62	75	88
June	80.2		91	78	87	88
July	97.0		97	98	100	99
August	97.7		99	99	91	99
September	97.9		96	99	100	94
October	97.9		97	98	97	97
November	92.6		96	84	92	95
December	93.5		93	94	97	97
Average	88.0	81.1	91.9	86.9	90.8	90.2

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	15	14	14	14	16
February	14.7	15	15	12	18	16
March	18.2	18	18	20	19	18
April	22.1		21	22	22	21
May	26.0		26	23	27	27
June	29.0		31	28	29	31
July	32.7		33	33	34	33
August	32.7		32	34	32	33
September	30.9		31	32	33	29
October	25.7		26	26	26	25
November	21.5		23	22	21	23
December	16.4		17	15	17	15
Average	22.8	16.1	23.8	23.5	24.2	24.0

10th highest temperature of China

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	10.0	10	10	11	9	12
February	9.8	10	10	9	12	11
March	12.5	13	12	13	13	13
April	16.2		16	16	17	15
May	20.8		21	19	22	22
June	24.3		25	24	25	26
July	26.5		27	27	27	27
August	26.8		26	27	27	27
September	25.1		26	26	26	24
October	21.0		21	21	22	21
November	17.1		17	18	16	18
December	11.7		11	11	12	12
Average	17.6	10.5	18.6	18.6	18.8	18.8

31st lowest temperature of China

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	11.5	9	13	19	6	9
February	18.0	17	17	31	10	17
March	14.0	13	13	14	8	21
April	9.8		12	6	11	10
May	13.8		7	39	18	11
June	18.7		10	30	12	10
July	3.8		6	2	2	3
August	4.8		4	1	10	3
September	5.0		7	2	3	15
October	8.1		10	12	11	7
November	14.3		6	29	20	5
December	12.3		12	25	6	12
Average	11.4	13.0	9.5	17.0	9.6	10.1

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	10.0	10	10	10	11	8
February	10.0	9	11	11	10	9
March	8.9	9	9	9	9	8
April	9.1		8	10	11	10
May	9.3		10	9	9	9
June	9.2		8	9	9	12
July	11.5		12	11	12	12
August	10.3		9	10	11	11
September	10.7		11	12	10	9
October	13.6		12	17	14	16
November	10.9		10	9	9	15
December	11.0		10	11	11	12
Average	10.2	9.4	10.0	10.5	10.4	10.8

10th highest wind speed of China

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	037°	031°	034°	032°	040°
February	049°	036°	031°	036°	039°
March	055°	047°	044°	048°	044°
April		061°	055°	042°	047°
May		067°	039°	135°	106°
June		147°	175°	156°	186°
July		149°	173°	145°	174°
August		126°	125°	140°	098°
September		046°	048°	056°	052°
October		031°	035°	034°	033°
November		030°	028°	024°	031°
December		031°	026°	031°	029°

Prevailing wind direction

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