Climate Plaridel Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Clark International Airport / Clark Air Base (RPLC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	93.1	98	94		84	82
February	94.6	95	97		85	92
March	93.2	91	96		88	88
April	85.6		67	90	67	97
May	77.3		57	59	70	84
June	68.0		52	64	38	77
July	55.5		45	43	30	64
August	47.7		40	26
September	51.5		33	18		72
October	75.3		65	59	0	72
November	86.3		96	89		86
December	91.7		95	96		84
Average	77.9	94.4	68.6	56.8	70.3	82.8

10th 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	98.8	100	98		99	95
February	99.8	100	100		100	100
March	99.4	98	100		100	98
April	99.3		98	97	100	100
May	97.5		92	94	100	100
June	95.8		93	94	92	100
July	84.4		80	86	41	100
August	83.5		90	76
September	88.0		86	82		100
October	95.7		96	86	0	97
November	98.5		100	98		100
December	99.6		100	100		100
Average	95.6	99.3	94.0	89.4	96.3	98.9

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	30.2	31	30		30	31
February	31.3	32	32		31	31
March	33.4	33	34		34	34
April	34.5		35	34	35	35
May	34.8		35	35	37	35
June	33.6		34	34	34	34
July	31.7		32	33	33	34
August	31.3		33	32
September	31.8		32	32		33
October	32.0		32	32	27	31
November	31.9		33	33		32
December	31.0		32	32		31
Average	32.4	32.0	32.7	32.9	33.1	32.8

1st 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	22.1	21	23		22	23
February	21.4	23	21		20	20
March	22.5	22	23		22	23
April	24.0		23	25	24	23
May	25.7		26	25	25	26
June	24.0		24	23	25	25
July	23.6		24	24	25	24
August	23.8		25	23
September	23.6		23	24		25
October	24.3		23	25	27	24
November	23.4		23	24		23
December	23.0		24	21		24
Average	23.3	22.0	23.5	23.8	23.1	23.5

5th 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	3.4	0	7		3	4
February	1.2	0	1		1	1
March	0.9	2	0		1	1
April	1.0		0	1	1	1
May	3.7		2	4	1	5
June	10.1		8	6	9	5
July	20.0		29	9	3	4
August	22.2		12	17
September	15.0		17	15		3
October	10.3		10	15	0	19
November	5.5		1	2		11
December	6.8		3	2		13
Average	6.8	0.7	7.5	8.2	2.6	5.9

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	6.5	6	7		6	7
February	6.2	6	6		6	7
March	6.0	6	6		6	6
April	5.6		5	5	6	5
May	5.6		5	6	6	5
June	5.6		5	6	5	6
July	5.5		6	5	6	5
August	5.3		6	5
September	4.9		5	4		5
October	5.3		5	6	6	6
November	5.7		6	5		7
December	6.2		7	6		5
Average	5.7	6.1	5.6	5.4	5.9	5.8

1st 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	031°	020°		028°	034°
February	053°	035°		030°	044°
March	083°	072°		065°	077°
April		133°	091°	075°	101°
May		145°	157°	123°	135°
June		169°	154°	167°	159°
July		161°	168°	153°	151°
August		189°	170°
September		167°	149°		128°
October		069°	043°	143°	113°
November		033°	035°		034°
December		034°	020°		017°

Prevailing wind direction

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