Sunan Shuofang International Airport

ZSWX · Jiangsu, China

Climate Sunan Shuofang International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (ZSSS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 54.1 54 68 59 74 29
February 60.8 41 69 75 69 67
March 65.7 73 72 70 56 70
April 73.0 78 79 66 90
May 72.3 73 78 76 67
June 66.4 67 78 65 58
July 77.2 81 93 71 58
August 78.2 75 84 75 87
September 74.1 76 71 73 81
October 83.5 89 87 79 90
November 73.7 86 60 89 70
December 67.5 66 78 81 73
Average 69.1 56.5 75.1 76.2 72.4 69.8

15th 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 79.7 82 89 84 89 72
February 86.9 73 85 99 91 88
March 88.4 91 94 90 80 93
April 90.7 99 91 83 98
May 92.8 98 90 91 91
June 91.0 88 95 89 90
July 96.0 98 100 91 91
August 97.2 94 99 96 99
September 93.7 96 93 98 94
October 97.4 99 98 97 98
November 90.3 98 90 96 85
December 87.3 81 85 92 88
Average 90.1 82.3 93.4 93.1 90.9 90.7

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 9.7 11 11 10 10 10
February 11.1 10 11 9 15 14
March 16.7 17 18 19 16 17
April 22.0 23 22 21 21
May 26.6 27 25 27 27
June 29.4 30 31 29 29
July 33.5 34 36 33 30
August 33.8 34 36 32 35
September 29.1 30 28 31 28
October 23.7 25 23 25 23
November 18.7 19 20 18 19
December 11.6 12 11 13 11
Average 21.1 12.6 22.6 22.8 22.4 22.0

17th 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 3 4 3 5
February 4.5 4 5 3 7 6
March 8.9 8 10 10 10 9
April 13.8 14 14 14 13
May 18.7 19 18 19 20
June 22.8 23 24 23 23
July 26.9 27 28 27 25
August 27.0 27 28 27 28
September 22.8 24 22 24 22
October 16.7 17 16 18 16
November 11.7 11 13 11 13
December 4.5 4 5 5 4
Average 14.0 5.0 15.2 15.7 15.5 15.3

26th 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 14.9 9 14 16 9 26
February 14.3 29 12 14 17 8
March 11.0 6 8 13 14 11
April 6.4 4 8 10 4
May 8.7 8 10 11 7
June 14.8 16 13 17 18
July 9.1 9 3 15 17
August 8.0 13 2 12 4
September 13.9 15 14 12 13
October 6.0 4 3 10 5
November 8.2 4 10 5 13
December 9.3 11 11 4 4
Average 10.8 14.1 9.7 9.5 11.4 10.8

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 8.0 8 8 7 9 8
February 8.5 9 8 8 8 8
March 8.6 9 8 9 8 9
April 8.8 9 8 9 9
May 8.7 9 8 9 9
June 7.9 8 9 7 7
July 8.7 8 8 11 7
August 8.9 8 8 8 10
September 8.4 7 9 9 8
October 8.7 8 9 9 9
November 8.2 8 8 8 9
December 8.3 8 9 7 9
Average 8.5 8.5 8.1 8.2 8.5 8.4

17th 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 335° 343° 025° 347° 351°
February 348° 031° 029° 056° 050°
March 001° 079° 081° 068° 059°
April 126° 081° 091° 071°
May 144° 127° 175° 149°
June 159° 167° 143° 148°
July 176° 194° 138° 159°
August 059° 153° 108° 176°
September 059° 016° 052° 029°
October 045° 036° 053° 037°
November 303° 063° 326° 027°
December 321° 344° 342° 001°

Prevailing wind direction

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