Climate Konotori Tajima Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Konotori Tajima Airport (RJBT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	64.9	51	56	62	66	86
February	68.1	58	66	60	71	79
March	78.2	59	82	78	77	86
April	84.6		80	85	88	87
May	88.6		82	94	84	91
June	85.1		84	89	82	83
July	84.8		90	86	83	77
August	90.0		95	87	82	96
September	82.2		80	79	84	85
October	82.0		88	86	82	84
November	83.6		81	78	92	80
December	70.0		73	72	69	63
Average	78.0	56.1	80.0	80.1	80.0	83.4

42nd 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	80.4	74	74	81	79	96
February	83.7	80	88	70	87	88
March	92.8	82	93	91	96	98
April	95.5		96	93	97	98
May	95.1		90	98	93	97
June	95.3		95	96	96	94
July	94.0		96	96	92	95
August	97.1		98	97	94	99
September	92.3		95	92	96	95
October	92.0		99	91	94	93
November	91.9		97	87	94	90
December	83.8		86	84	85	76
Average	90.1	78.6	92.3	90.1	92.0	93.6

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	6.1	7	7	5	6	9
February	7.2	8	7	5	10	9
March	12.3	10	15	12	13	13
April	17.2		17	18	17	15
May	22.7		22	23	22	23
June	25.3		26	26	25	26
July	29.1		30	30	29	26
August	30.9		33	31	29	33
September	26.0		28	26	26	26
October	19.8		21	20	21	19
November	15.2		16	17	15	16
December	8.6		10	8	9	8
Average	17.2	8.2	19.3	18.7	18.4	18.5

55th 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	1.9	3	2	1	1	5
February	2.3	4	2	0	4	4
March	6.7	6	9	7	8	7
April	12.0		13	13	12	10
May	17.4		17	17	16	17
June	20.8		21	22	21	22
July	25.3		27	26	25	23
August	26.6		29	26	25	28
September	21.8		24	22	22	22
October	15.2		15	14	16	15
November	9.4		10	10	9	10
December	3.9		5	4	4	3
Average	12.5	3.9	14.3	13.9	13.6	13.7

39th 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	46.2	51	47	56	44	34
February	40.1	48	40	47	33	40
March	28.0	43	19	23	29	25
April	20.1		22	17	20	24
May	15.4		17	11	24	15
June	17.3		22	14	18	21
July	19.0		17	17	17	36
August	12.9		12	11	27	3
September	21.9		17	19	22	23
October	19.9		10	16	23	16
November	22.2		26	21	15	27
December	42.4		28	54	45	42
Average	27.3	47.1	22.4	23.9	26.0	24.8

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	5.1	5	5	5	5	5
February	5.5	6	5	5	7	6
March	6.4	6	6	6	7	7
April	7.0		8	7	8	7
May	6.1		6	6	7	7
June	5.8		6	6	6	6
July	5.2		6	5	5	5
August	5.7		7	5	5	6
September	5.3		5	6	5	6
October	4.8		5	5	5	5
November	4.7		5	5	5	5
December	5.0		5	5	6	5
Average	5.6	5.7	5.8	5.4	5.9	5.6

55th 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	278°	255°	300°	245°	305°
February	351°	343°	290°	229°	307°
March	347°	005°	352°	008°	341°
April		017°	013°	005°	349°
May		020°	360°	225°	027°
June		159°	128°	076°	052°
July		165°	142°	063°	054°
August		147°	003°	166°	086°
September		011°	037°	015°	149°
October		351°	360°	358°	346°
November		232°	298°	240°	241°
December		232°	241°	251°	230°

Prevailing wind direction

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