Noto Satoyama Airport

RJNW · Ishikawa, Japan

Climate Noto Satoyama Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Noto Satoyama Airport (RJNW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.3 55 48 59 52 73
February 65.3 72 62 59 64 63
March 78.7 64 84 78 81 81
April 82.6 88 79 84 86 84
May 82.4 86 87 69 80
June 74.5 76 82 71 79
July 67.4 72 74 70 41
August 77.1 91 74 76 72
September 83.4 83 85 83 78
October 88.8 86 90 89 96
November 85.8 75 90 90 88
December 62.6 57 49 66 62
Average 75.2 70.4 75.6 77.1 74.7 74.2

54th 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 79.2 76 74 83 75 94
February 84.8 89 89 81 85 87
March 93.6 89 96 92 92 97
April 92.7 95 94 90 95 96
May 92.7 92 95 88 94
June 91.2 91 96 92 91
July 89.6 92 98 88 77
August 93.6 100 93 95 92
September 95.9 98 99 94 93
October 96.1 98 96 99 99
November 96.5 98 96 98 96
December 82.6 78 78 83 81
Average 90.5 87.4 91.8 92.0 90.3 91.3

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 3.9 5 4 3 3 7
February 4.7 6 5 3 6 6
March 9.8 8 13 9 11 10
April 15.3 18 16 17 15 13
May 20.8 21 21 20 21
June 23.6 24 25 24 25
July 27.8 29 29 28 25
August 29.2 33 28 28 30
September 25.2 28 26 24 26
October 18.9 19 19 20 19
November 13.4 14 15 13 14
December 6.6 8 6 7 6
Average 15.7 9.2 17.6 17.0 16.6 16.7

59th 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 -1.8 0 -1 -2 -1 2
February 0.4 2 0 -1 1 2
March 4.2 3 6 4 6 4
April 9.0 11 9 10 8 7
May 14.3 14 15 14 15
June 18.6 20 19 19 20
July 23.4 24 24 24 21
August 24.2 27 24 23 25
September 20.0 23 20 19 21
October 13.3 13 13 14 13
November 7.8 9 9 8 8
December 2.2 3 3 2 2
Average 10.6 4.0 12.3 11.8 11.5 11.6

25th 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 49.5 45 58 51 48 41
February 42.4 36 42 48 41 43
March 20.3 28 12 23 19 22
April 17.0 9 16 12 20 21
May 11.3 17 4 22 6
June 14.7 15 13 10 11
July 17.6 12 11 17 36
August 14.6 4 18 24 11
September 16.2 9 10 18 23
October 14.6 12 15 16 10
November 23.9 32 22 29 24
December 50.0 46 63 50 48
Average 24.0 28.6 21.5 21.6 25.1 23.8

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 6.1 6 6 5 6 6
February 7.0 6 6 7 9 7
March 7.9 8 7 7 7 8
April 8.1 6 8 7 7 10
May 7.6 6 7 8 8
June 6.2 6 8 5 7
July 5.9 7 6 5 6
August 6.1 5 8 6 6
September 5.8 6 5 6 6
October 5.9 5 6 6 5
November 6.3 7 6 7 6
December 6.0 6 6 6 5
Average 6.6 6.4 6.4 6.6 6.5 6.7

59th 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 258° 264° 266° 297° 311°
February 332° 262° 271° 249° 255°
March 251° 233° 251° 249° 244°
April 151° 243° 237° 220° 255°
May 244° 231° 237° 236°
June 235° 244° 209° 229°
July 239° 216° 197° 230°
August 251° 243° 222° 238°
September 260° 063° 077° 050°
October 264° 012° 330° 011°
November 243° 227° 242° 242°
December 246° 261° 259° 269°

Prevailing wind direction

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