Climate New Tanegashima Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Miyazaki Airport (RJFM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	90.3	86	89	91	90	86
February	81.6	62	79	88	85	86
March	81.0	81	76	86	82	79
April	85.1		83	72	85	95
May	76.5		76	66	75	74
June	75.1		67	81	75	79
July	79.2		89	78	80	81
August	82.8		68	99	78	91
September	75.1		85	71	79	79
October	87.0		90	91	91	92
November	91.5		97	83	97	94
December	92.1		92	95	99	96
Average	82.2	76.6	82.0	82.7	84.1	85.7

31st 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	96.6	95	97	96	98	93
February	93.4	89	92	94	92	93
March	92.0	89	90	96	95	90
April	93.4		92	87	94	98
May	89.1		96	81	83	90
June	86.7		77	87	84	93
July	92.9		96	93	93	92
August	95.3		90	100	93	100
September	92.2		98	92	89	92
October	96.3		97	97	99	96
November	98.0		100	96	99	97
December	97.0		96	99	100	99
Average	93.2	90.9	93.1	92.7	92.9	94.2

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	13.3	15	13	12	13	15
February	14.1	16	14	12	16	15
March	17.5	18	18	18	19	18
April	20.8		21	21	21	20
May	23.7		23	23	24	24
June	26.2		26	27	25	27
July	29.9		31	30	30	29
August	31.0		30	33	30	32
September	28.3		30	28	29	28
October	24.2		24	24	25	24
November	19.8		21	21	19	21
December	14.4		15	14	14	14
Average	21.2	16.1	22.1	22.2	22.0	22.0

16th 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	4.9	5	4	5	5	7
February	6.3	9	7	4	8	7
March	9.9	10	10	10	12	11
April	14.1		14	14	14	13
May	18.4		17	18	18	19
June	21.7		21	22	22	23
July	25.3		25	26	25	24
August	26.3		26	27	26	27
September	23.3		24	24	24	23
October	17.1		15	17	18	17
November	11.6		11	14	11	13
December	6.0		6	6	5	5
Average	14.5	7.9	15.1	15.8	15.6	15.6

57th 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	8.9	11	10	10	8	14
February	15.4	27	13	12	13	14
March	17.9	20	20	15	15	20
April	14.5		20	17	15	5
May	20.7		16	29	27	15
June	26.4		34	24	30	25
July	17.8		10	21	15	26
August	13.5		24	3	27	4
September	19.7		11	21	19	19
October	11.0		10	7	7	7
November	10.1		3	14	12	8
December	10.3		10	10	7	4
Average	16.1	19.1	15.4	15.6	16.6	13.6

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	9.6	10	10	8	10	9
February	9.9	9	9	10	14	9
March	9.7	11	8	9	10	9
April	9.9		11	9	10	11
May	8.8		9	8	9	9
June	8.1		7	10	8	8
July	8.7		9	10	10	8
August	9.5		10	9	8	9
September	9.5		9	11	9	10
October	9.4		9	10	9	10
November	7.6		9	7	9	8
December	8.8		9	9	10	9
Average	9.2	9.8	9.0	9.2	9.7	9.2

16th 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	286°	284°	295°	293°	301°
February	331°	360°	292°	291°	285°
March	275°	065°	155°	054°	311°
April		098°	073°	069°	241°
May		097°	061°	259°	095°
June		115°	138°	083°	175°
July		172°	160°	066°	193°
August		100°	164°	134°	132°
September		092°	064°	047°	081°
October		023°	031°	041°	040°
November		281°	344°	304°	330°
December		285°	292°	285°	293°

Prevailing wind direction

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