Climate Palanan Community Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Laoag International Airport (RPLI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	96.0	97	98	95	96	94
February	96.4	96	95	98	97	96
March	95.4	99	95	96	98	94
April	96.5		97	98	95	96
May	93.2		96	90	94	93
June	89.4		84	91	87	97
July	83.2		80	87	63	93
August	74.1		80	84	68	83
September	85.1		83	83	87	95
October	90.1		92	82	89	90
November	95.6		98	99	99	92
December	96.7		98	100	99	98
Average	91.6	97.5	91.0	91.5	88.9	93.4

8th best VFR conditions of Philippines

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	99.2	100	99	98	100	99
February	99.3	99	100	100	100	99
March	99.2	100	99	99	99	100
April	99.4		99	99	100	100
May	98.1		99	99	98	98
June	95.3		97	98	94	99
July	92.3		94	98	79	96
August	87.7		95	94	87	93
September	94.5		97	98	95	98
October	96.2		98	92	95	98
November	99.0		99	100	99	97
December	99.5		100	100	100	100
Average	96.9	99.3	97.9	97.7	95.2	98.0

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	29.8	30	30	29	30	30
February	29.7	30	30	30	30	30
March	30.8	30	31	31	31	30
April	31.8		33	32	31	31
May	32.4		34	32	33	32
June	32.0		32	32	32	33
July	31.3		32	32	31	32
August	30.7		31	31	31	31
September	31.0		31	31	32	32
October	31.5		32	31	32	32
November	31.5		33	32	32	31
December	30.5		31	31	31	30
Average	31.0	29.9	31.4	31.0	31.1	31.1

8th highest temperature of Philippines

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	19.9	19	22	20	21	18
February	20.3	19	22	21	21	19
March	21.4	20	21	24	22	23
April	23.0		22	22	23	24
May	24.0		26	23	24	24
June	24.2		24	23	25	25
July	23.3		22	24	25	22
August	23.7		23	24	23	25
September	23.7		24	24	24	24
October	23.1		22	25	23	24
November	23.0		21	24	22	24
December	21.8		23	22	20	23
Average	22.2	19.0	22.6	22.9	22.6	22.9

1st lowest temperature of Philippines

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.2	0	0	3	2	2
February	0.4	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.3		0	1	0	0
May	4.7		1	7	0	8
June	5.8		4	3	6	1
July	9.7		15	4	12	2
August	15.0		11	7	11	10
September	8.3		11	9	5	1
October	7.3		4	17	11	7
November	3.4		0	0	1	8
December	1.3		1	3	0	2
Average	4.3		4.0	4.5	4.0	3.3

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	7.8	8	9	6	10	8
February	7.6	7	10	7	7	7
March	7.4	8	8	7	7	7
April	7.6		7	8	9	9
May	6.9		8	6	7	7
June	7.3		7	6	8	7
July	7.0		8	6	7	6
August	7.5		10	7	7	7
September	6.5		6	8	6	5
October	6.7		6	9	7	7
November	7.3		8	6	8	9
December	8.8		9	10	10	12
Average	7.4	7.5	7.9	7.0	7.7	7.6

8th highest wind speed of Philippines

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	006°	017°	351°	024°	017°
February	314°	359°	350°	359°	025°
March	332°	343°	317°	343°	344°
April		308°	335°	345°	358°
May		290°	250°	307°	304°
June		228°	245°	234°	274°
July		251°	234°	231°	278°
August		206°	252°	220°	221°
September		233°	230°	287°	317°
October		332°	005°	008°	039°
November		014°	323°	004°	030°
December		008°	011°	030°	015°

Prevailing wind direction

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