Oita Airport

RJFO · Oita, Japan

Climate Oita Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of JASDF Hofu Airfield (RJOF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 59.5 50 45 82 100 75
February 65.6 43 65 91 100 80
March 51.0 32 59 73 67 0
April 33.7 27 31 0 0
May 38.4 35 40 0 100
June 42.7 34 54 100 33
July 39.8 30 50 60 43
August 64.5 57 73 50 33
September 62.2 53 75 100 33
October 90.6 80 96 100 0
November 80.7 88 79 50 100
December 79.5 62 100 100 100
Average 61.1 40.1 46.1 66.5 75.0 58.8

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 84.1 84 81 88 100 100
February 85.8 69 97 94 100 80
March 79.8 68 98 83 83 0
April 66.2 65 63 0 0
May 73.0 72 72 100 100
June 74.3 70 81 100 67
July 75.3 74 81 80 43
August 95.6 97 96 100 100
September 86.8 73 94 100 100
October 100.0 100 100 100 0
November 98.0 100 100 100 100
December 97.9 96 100 100 100
Average 82.8 72.3 81.6 85.9 93.7 82.3

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 7.2 9 7 6 5 9
February 8.3 11 10 6 7 11
March 13.0 11 15 14 14 11
April 16.5 16 17 15 17
May 20.0 21 20 19 22
June 24.0 24 25 23 23
July 27.2 28 28 27 24
August 28.3 30 29 26 29
September 24.9 27 27 24 23
October 19.8 20 20 23 18
November 15.7 14 17 14 22
December 8.0 8 8 5 7
Average 16.9 10.4 18.2 18.5 17.9 19.3

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 4.6 7 4 2 3 9
February 5.8 8 6 2 6 9
March 10.3 9 12 10 14 11
April 14.9 14 15 15 17
May 18.4 19 18 19 20
June 22.1 22 22 22 23
July 25.5 25 25 26 24
August 26.7 27 27 25 29
September 23.9 25 25 24 23
October 17.5 17 17 23 18
November 13.0 10 15 14 22
December 6.0 6 5 5 7
Average 15.7 7.7 15.4 15.5 17.5 18.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.0 53 62 27 67 50
February 41.7 53 38 35 100 20
March 49.6 60 46 30 50 0
April 63.7 68 66 0 0
May 65.3 80 52 0 0
June 48.0 54 39 0 67
July 37.3 46 26 60 43
August 44.0 51 46 50 0
September 49.1 47 44 50 83
October 18.6 13 21 0 0
November 26.9 16 37 50 0
December 34.6 42 18 50 50
Average 43.1 55.9 50.8 37.1 50.0 41.1

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 10.6 9 14 9 11 7
February 9.2 9 6 12 16 12
March 8.4 8 8 10 8 0
April 8.7 11 6 0 0
May 9.2 10 7 7 10
June 7.7 7 9 8 7
July 7.9 6 9 7 11
August 8.7 12 6 6 10
September 7.5 7 9 5 6
October 9.1 10 9 10 0
November 10.0 11 10 9 9
December 11.9 12 12 14 15
Average 8.7 8.3 9.1 8.8 8.8 9.5

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 289° 288° 301° 293° 270°
February 041° 323° 301° 288° 277°
March 356° 042° 206° 110° 360°
April 129° 102° 360° 360°
May 123° 160° 108° 153°
June 125° 116° 109° 125°
July 124° 143° 173° 174°
August 112° 191° 180° 146°
September 071° 022° 119° 348°
October 287° 274° 319° 360°
November 283° 320° 255° 137°
December 303° 297° 300° 280°

Prevailing wind direction

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