Climate Huangyan 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ningbo Lishe International Airport (ZSNB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	39.8	45	68	29	63	22
February	42.4	36	46	39	45	61
March	52.2	61	57	53	44	56
April	63.4		57	76	56	84
May	65.0		72	62	72	57
June	55.9		56	67	56	55
July	72.7		78	91	68	54
August	79.9		71	89	70	91
September	63.7		56	69	70	69
October	68.1		72	72	67	84
November	56.9		77	42	66	63
December	46.5		62	62	64	52
Average	57.9	47.7	64.4	63.5	62.0	62.5

36th best VFR conditions of China

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	74.2	79	95	69	90	66
February	80.8	84	85	85	89	88
March	86.5	91	86	92	85	92
April	91.4		95	98	84	95
May	91.6		97	90	97	88
June	91.9		94	98	95	89
July	96.4		99	99	94	91
August	98.5		100	99	98	98
September	92.7		93	90	97	94
October	93.8		98	95	94	99
November	88.0		99	85	92	95
December	79.7		87	87	92	76
Average	88.5	84.9	93.9	90.9	92.2	89.4

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	10.7	12	12	10	11	11
February	11.8	11	12	9	16	14
March	17.1	18	18	19	17	17
April	22.6		22	23	22	21
May	26.8		27	24	28	28
June	29.2		30	30	29	30
July	34.0		35	37	33	31
August	34.2		33	37	33	35
September	29.5		31	28	32	28
October	23.8		25	23	25	24
November	18.9		20	20	18	20
December	12.3		13	11	13	12
Average	21.5	13.7	23.1	23.0	23.0	22.5

16th highest temperature of China

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	3.3	3	2	4	2	6
February	4.6	5	5	3	8	6
March	8.8	8	9	10	10	9
April	13.4		14	14	14	12
May	18.5		19	17	20	20
June	22.6		23	23	23	24
July	26.3		27	27	26	26
August	26.2		26	27	26	27
September	22.2		24	22	23	21
October	16.1		17	16	18	16
November	11.2		10	13	10	13
December	4.3		4	4	4	5
Average	13.7	5.2	14.9	15.3	15.2	15.1

23rd lowest temperature of China

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.4	9	10	20	2	30
February	20.5	31	10	30	16	13
March	17.0	10	19	20	19	14
April	9.5		12	7	10	7
May	15.0		12	24	16	14
June	21.4		17	18	21	24
July	10.8		15	1	17	16
August	7.5		11	2	12	4
September	14.4		12	21	10	16
October	10.8		9	9	20	5
November	12.7		10	16	12	8
December	13.4		9	19	4	8
Average	14.5	16.3	12.2	15.0	13.3	13.2

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	6.0	6	6	5	6	7
February	6.2	7	6	6	6	6
March	6.7	7	6	7	6	7
April	7.0		7	7	7	7
May	6.7		8	5	7	7
June	6.0		6	7	6	6
July	7.4		7	7	9	6
August	7.4		7	8	7	9
September	6.4		6	7	7	6
October	6.5		6	7	7	6
November	5.8		7	5	6	6
December	6.2		7	7	6	7
Average	6.6	6.8	6.5	6.4	6.5	6.7

16th highest wind speed of China

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	341°	340°	345°	351°	331°
February	334°	002°	352°	020°	014°
March	038°	056°	108°	030°	053°
April		093°	074°	079°	053°
May		147°	114°	147°	139°
June		142°	159°	139°	158°
July		158°	154°	153°	159°
August		035°	151°	147°	156°
September		048°	351°	001°	343°
October		007°	356°	004°	012°
November		315°	011°	329°	348°
December		331°	332°	343°	340°

Prevailing wind direction

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