Ibaraki Airport / JASDF Hyakuri Air Base

RJAH · Ibaraki, Japan

Climate Ibaraki Airport / JASDF Hyakuri Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ibaraki Airport / JASDF Hyakuri Air Base (RJAH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 90.8 91 90 91 81 87
February 86.5 75 88 91 96 85
March 78.0 73 72 83 81 73
April 78.7 75 69 90 80
May 73.6 76 66 72 66
June 63.6 58 58 75 59
July 59.6 79 58 50 40
August 64.6 60 66 67 77
September 61.9 57 58 60 52
October 72.7 81 78 72 73
November 84.2 78 87 92 87
December 86.5 83 82 89 90
Average 75.1 79.4 73.9 72.4 76.3 71.4

60th best VFR conditions of Japan

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 95.9 96 96 94 97 90
February 92.4 84 93 96 96 92
March 89.4 83 89 93 91 85
April 91.9 94 87 94 88
May 89.3 89 83 89 90
June 85.6 80 88 94 81
July 84.0 98 79 76 75
August 91.2 97 85 87 98
September 89.1 89 89 86 88
October 86.7 88 88 90 85
November 92.7 92 94 96 95
December 94.9 90 99 95 96
Average 89.8 87.0 91.1 88.6 90.6 88.2

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 9.5 11 9 9 9 11
February 10.7 12 11 9 13 12
March 14.6 14 17 15 17 14
April 18.5 20 19 19 16
May 22.7 22 22 23 23
June 25.3 26 26 26 26
July 29.1 32 30 28 26
August 30.6 33 30 30 32
September 26.9 30 27 25 27
October 21.1 22 21 22 20
November 17.2 18 18 18 17
December 11.6 14 12 12 11
Average 18.9 12.2 21.2 20.1 20.0 19.6

44th highest temperature of Japan

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 -3.4 -2 -2 -4 -2 0
February -1.1 0 -1 -3 -1 0
March 3.3 2 6 3 5 4
April 7.9 10 9 7 6
May 13.2 12 13 14 14
June 17.8 19 18 18 19
July 22.1 23 23 22 21
August 23.2 25 23 23 24
September 19.4 22 20 18 20
October 12.3 11 12 12 12
November 6.2 6 7 6 6
December -1.9 1 1 -1 -1
Average 9.0 0.1 10.9 10.4 10.0 10.4

19th lowest temperature of Japan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.1 9 9 6 12 17
February 11.4 24 13 9 4 7
March 18.2 24 23 14 12 23
April 15.6 19 25 12 18
May 16.8 20 22 22 19
June 19.1 22 18 12 26
July 18.4 7 20 23 40
August 11.2 10 12 21 1
September 17.3 15 18 22 21
October 21.3 15 23 20 27
November 10.3 15 13 6 8
December 8.4 5 14 8 9
Average 15.2 19.1 14.5 16.5 14.8 18.1

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 6.7 7 6 7 8 5
February 7.6 8 8 7 8 7
March 8.4 9 8 8 9 9
April 9.6 10 9 10 10
May 8.6 9 8 8 9
June 8.2 7 9 8 8
July 8.0 8 8 7 9
August 8.3 9 9 8 8
September 8.5 9 9 9 10
October 7.7 7 8 8 7
November 6.0 6 7 6 6
December 6.1 6 7 7 6
Average 7.9 7.9 7.7 8.0 7.9 7.9

44th highest wind speed of Japan

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 322° 288° 316° 336° 357°
February 003° 355° 319° 270° 336°
March 297° 099° 088° 113° 337°
April 173° 081° 124° 074°
May 135° 134° 150° 151°
June 135° 107° 115° 126°
July 158° 134° 100° 167°
August 152° 138° 147° 128°
September 117° 075° 063° 069°
October 023° 033° 032° 043°
November 289° 035° 063° 019°
December 319° 330° 312° 338°

Prevailing wind direction

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