Pierrefonds Airport

FMEP · Réunion, Réunion, France

Climate Pierrefonds Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pierrefonds Airport (FMEP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.2 70 97 82 95 85
February 92.8 85 98 85 98 95
March 92.4 90 91 92 88
April 93.0 96 96 89 94
May 96.7 95 96 97 95
June 95.3 98 95 95 93
July 92.5 90 98 96 89
August 94.4 89 98 94 97
September 96.3 99 98 99 94
October 95.6 95 99 93 97
November 94.1 86 99 96 97
December 93.4 91 100 94 90
Average 91.7 76.7 93.5 94.3 94.8 92.5

7th best VFR conditions of France

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 95.5 89 100 88 99 97
February 97.9 94 100 95 100 100
March 98.5 99 99 97 97
April 98.8 100 100 99 100
May 99.2 99 99 100 100
June 99.4 99 99 99 99
July 97.8 98 99 99 95
August 99.3 100 100 99 100
September 99.4 100 99 100 99
October 99.0 99 100 99 100
November 98.3 98 100 100 100
December 98.5 98 100 100 96
Average 97.6 91.2 99.0 97.8 99.1 98.3

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 30.3 30 30 30 31 29
February 30.4 30 31 30 32 30
March 30.3 30 30 30 29
April 29.2 30 29 29 29
May 27.6 28 28 27 27
June 25.8 27 25 25 25
July 24.9 25 25 25 24
August 25.1 25 25 25 25
September 26.0 27 26 25 25
October 27.2 28 27 27 27
November 28.1 28 28 29 28
December 29.9 30 30 30 30
Average 28.1 29.8 28.2 27.5 27.8 27.3

1st highest temperature of France

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 24.2 25 24 24 24 24
February 24.3 24 24 25 25 24
March 24.0 24 25 23 24
April 23.1 24 23 24 22
May 21.0 22 21 21 20
June 19.4 20 19 19 19
July 18.4 19 18 18 18
August 18.4 20 18 18 17
September 19.0 20 19 19 18
October 20.3 22 19 21 20
November 21.6 22 21 22 21
December 23.5 24 24 23 23
Average 21.8 24.3 21.8 21.0 21.4 20.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 23.3 37 15 29 12 33
February 15.1 16 6 25 9 12
March 19.2 22 22 18 23
April 20.3 28 15 36 10
May 8.4 13 7 11 7
June 12.4 12 16 18 11
July 14.0 18 3 13 12
August 9.2 16 5 13 1
September 6.9 0 7 3 14
October 6.5 9 2 13 5
November 8.3 17 5 3 4
December 13.8 26 10 11 12
Average 14.8 27.2 15.1 12.3 13.2 12.1

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 9.8 12 10 9 11 9
February 11.4 13 14 13 12 14
March 10.5 11 11 11 12
April 11.3 8 14 11 14
May 10.9 10 12 9 10
June 12.3 9 12 12 15
July 13.7 11 16 16 13
August 11.4 12 11 11 11
September 12.3 11 15 15 11
October 10.1 9 11 8 11
November 10.2 11 10 9 11
December 10.7 9 13 13 13
Average 11.2 12.0 10.3 12.0 11.4 12.0

1st highest wind speed of France

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 141° 149° 134° 145° 140°
February 134° 132° 127° 137° 130°
March 135° 134° 137° 131°
April 156° 122° 124° 124°
May 131° 123° 128° 128°
June 125° 120° 120° 121°
July 124° 120° 120° 124°
August 128° 129° 129° 130°
September 135° 127° 129° 132°
October 148° 138° 155° 140°
November 134° 142° 169° 138°
December 147° 139° 140° 137°

Prevailing wind direction

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