Statistics St Crescent Heliport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Béziers-Vias Airport (LFMU) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	87.7	92	88	91	79	97
February	79.3	82	91	56	85	84
March	84.6	79	71	91	89	96
April	85.7	88	90	88	74	89
May	90.3	93	92	93	86	95
June	87.9	82	87	81	89	94
July	94.2	91	99	93	95	94
August	89.4	90	89	95	84	89
September	88.7	85	81	78	96	93
October	76.1	79	64	81	83	78
November	82.2		88	89	63	91
December	82.7		71	85	72	83
Average	86.4	86.4	85.3	85.8	83.7	90.6

29th best VFR conditions of France

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 8 km or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	97.4	98	97	99	98	100
February	96.1	98	100	94	97	98
March	96.3	96	95	98	96	100
April	96.0	97	99	96	87	98
May	97.2	100	99	96	98	98
June	98.4	99	98	98	99	98
July	98.7	99	100	98	99	99
August	97.2	97	100	98	96	96
September	97.2	95	96	96	98	99
October	93.6	95	89	99	97	91
November	96.7		99	98	95	98
December	93.4		91	92	90	95
Average	96.7	97.2	97.2	96.9	95.9	97.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 km or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	11.9	12	12	11	13	11
February	14.1	14	15	14	16	15
March	16.1	17	15	16	16	18
April	18.7	20	19	18	18	18
May	22.7	24	25	21	24	21
June	27.6	28	29	28	26	27
July	30.7	31	33	29	31	31
August	30.1	30	32	29	30	30
September	26.0	27	26	26	26	27
October	21.7	24	23	21	20	22
November	15.9		18	15	17	15
December	12.7		12	13	12	14
Average	21.0	22.5	21.7	20.1	20.6	20.6

18th highest temperature of France

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	2.9	3	1	2	4	2
February	4.7	3	6	8	6	4
March	6.3	7	7	6	7	6
April	8.5	9	9	7	10	8
May	12.6	13	14	11	14	11
June	17.2	19	18	18	16	15
July	19.4	20	20	19	19	20
August	18.9	19	21	17	19	19
September	15.4	16	16	17	15	15
October	12.4	13	16	10	10	13
November	7.2		9	6	9	6
December	4.3		3	5	5	6
Average	11.0	12.2	11.8	10.3	11.0	10.4

96th lowest temperature of France

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	6.6	3	0	7	10	5
February	10.5	8	3	23	8	3
March	8.2	2	20	2	10	2
April	9.1	6	8	12	8	11
May	6.4	9	1	8	5	9
June	2.8	3	2	3	1	6
July	1.8	1	1	4	2	2
August	1.7	2	1	4	1	2
September	5.6	2	7	8	8	8
October	10.2	7	6	9	9	12
November	11.6		12	10	11	12
December	10.4		13	6	18	13
Average	6.5	4.1	5.5	7.5	6.8	6.7

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	10.4	11	9	11	9	12
February	9.5	9	11	9	10	8
March	10.2	11	9	10	10	11
April	9.5	11	10	9	7	10
May	9.7	10	9	10	9	12
June	9.1	9	9	9	10	9
July	9.4	10	9	9	10	9
August	9.0	10	9	9	10	9
September	8.4	8	9	8	8	9
October	9.0	8	8	9	10	9
November	9.2		8	10	8	10
December	8.7		6	8	10	9
Average	9.4	9.6	8.9	9.2	9.2	9.7

18th 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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	303°	295°	296°	012°	305°
February	334°	305°	085°	311°	323°
March	307°	108°	315°	279°	286°
April	291°	275°	315°	124°	289°
May	306°	326°	278°	287°	301°
June	244°	219°	296°	285°	153°
July	274°	272°	292°	295°	283°
August	286°	260°	285°	282°	241°
September	119°	284°	134°	257°	292°
October	113°	098°	338°	296°	345°
November		315°	306°	071°	296°
December		355°	294°	297°	289°

Prevailing wind direction

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