Statistics Ulmodrome de Limoux 2019-2022

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Carcassonne Airport (LFMK) between 2019 and 2022.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	63.1	66	70	64	58
February	63.6	71	37	75	68
March	75.1	57	77	76	88
April	74.8	71	81	59	78
May	79.5	87	89	76	78
June	84.1	83	79	85	86
July	90.8	97	86	96	88
August	90.5	94	93	86	93
September	85.0	83	73	91	90
October	69.7	65	85	68	75
November	64.1	71	56	59	76
December	64.8	56	70	57	71
Average	77.0	77.4	76.4	75.8	80.3

70th 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	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	88.4	80	95	90	88
February	90.6	95	80	95	92
March	93.8	86	96	92	98
April	93.0	95	93	85	95
May	96.8	99	99	95	95
June	97.4	98	95	99	98
July	98.9	99	99	100	97
August	99.0	100	99	99	100
September	96.4	97	92	98	95
October	89.8	89	95	92	90
November	90.4	93	87	84	94
December	88.2	85	89	84	93
Average	94.2	94.0	93.8	93.3	95.1

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	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	9.5	9	9	12	8
February	13.2	14	14	16	14
March	15.1	14	15	15	17
April	18.1	17	17	19	17
May	22.1	25	21	23	20
June	26.6	26	27	25	27
July	29.7	33	28	30	31
August	30.1	33	29	30	30
September	25.6	26	26	26	26
October	20.5	24	20	18	21
November	14.1	16	12	16	13
December	11.4	10	12	11	13
Average	19.7	21.0	19.1	19.8	19.7

23rd highest temperature of France

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	2.8	1	2	4	2
February	5.1	5	8	6	4
March	6.0	8	6	7	5
April	8.1	8	7	10	7
May	11.6	13	9	13	10
June	15.2	13	16	15	15
July	17.7	17	17	18	19
August	17.8	19	16	18	17
September	14.5	15	16	14	14
October	11.6	15	10	9	12
November	6.7	8	6	8	5
December	4.5	4	4	4	6
Average	10.2	10.8	9.7	10.5	9.7

90th lowest temperature of France

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	21.6	12	22	24	26
February	17.8	10	25	13	12
March	16.2	21	7	22	8
April	12.9	12	14	15	15
May	12.1	2	18	9	22
June	5.2	5	4	3	11
July	4.7	2	7	5	5
August	3.6	1	4	4	4
September	9.8	9	15	12	10
October	11.5	1	5	21	14
November	18.9	18	24	9	30
December	20.6	5	19	39	19
Average	11.9	7.7	12.7	13.2	13.8

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	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	11.0	10	12	10	13
February	11.3	12	12	11	11
March	12.2	13	13	12	13
April	11.6	12	12	12	12
May	10.4	11	10	11	12
June	10.2	10	11	10	11
July	10.1	10	10	11	10
August	10.1	10	10	11	9
September	9.8	10	9	10	10
October	10.6	11	10	10	10
November	10.0	9	10	10	9
December	9.5	8	10	9	11
Average	10.6	10.5	10.6	10.5	10.9

23rd 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	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	274°	279°	330°	277°
February	286°	079°	287°	002°
March	083°	291°	339°	289°
April	286°	352°	077°	319°
May	315°	287°	308°	284°
June	356°	307°	293°	070°
July	288°	286°	285°	293°
August	293°	289°	298°	296°
September	297°	061°	294°	289°
October	077°	324°	287°	329°
November	293°	279°	080°	281°
December	005°	284°	279°	285°

Prevailing wind direction

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