Calais-Dunkerque Airport

LFAC · Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France

Climate Calais-Dunkerque Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Calais-Dunkerque Airport (LFAC) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 57.3 59 56 57
February 48.4 35 45 66
March 61.6 66 51 68
April 71.0 64 78
May 70.3 60 81
June 74.9 67 83
July 84.0 77 92
August 74.3 70 79
September 76.9 72 82
October 82.8 83 82
November 62.0 53 71
December 44.0 42 47
Average 64.8 54.2 63.4 76.7

74th 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
January 91.2 95 91 88
February 80.6 77 75 89
March 86.2 86 90 83
April 92.9 89 97
May 90.1 85 96
June 92.1 89 95
July 97.1 96 99
August 95.0 96 94
September 93.7 92 95
October 96.4 98 95
November 93.3 93 93
December 86.7 87 87
Average 89.9 86.0 90.3 93.4

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
January 8.1 8 9 8
February 10.1 11 9 10
March 11.6 12 11 12
April 12.7 12 13
May 16.7 16 18
June 21.3 22 21
July 23.0 22 24
August 22.8 21 24
September 21.1 23 20
October 17.6 18 18
November 11.9 11 13
December 8.2 10 5
Average 13.8 10.3 15.3 15.9

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 3.7 3 5 4
February 5.6 7 4 5
March 5.4 7 6 4
April 5.9 6 6
May 9.8 10 10
June 12.8 13 12
July 14.8 15 15
August 14.8 14 16
September 13.4 14 13
October 11.6 12 12
November 7.5 8 8
December 4.8 7 2
Average 8.0 5.7 9.4 8.9

54th lowest temperature of France

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 5.8 8 5 5
February 9.9 16 5 9
March 10.7 10 16 6
April 6.1 8 5
May 2.8 3 3
June 2.0 2 2
July 2.2 4 1
August 1.7 3 1
September 5.5 3 9
October 8.5 10 8
November 18.9 23 15
December 11.2 10 13
Average 7.7 11.3 6.7 5.1

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
January 11.5 13 12 10
February 13.6 14 11 15
March 11.7 11 14 9
April 11.9 12 12
May 10.5 12 9
June 10.0 10 10
July 11.4 13 10
August 10.3 11 10
September 9.4 9 10
October 10.5 11 10
November 12.4 13 12
December 12.5 16 8
Average 11.6 12.7 11.8 10.3

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 255° 242° 263°
February 227° 264° 239°
March 206° 242° 086°
April 024° 018°
May 021° 273°
June 009° 275°
July 243° 297°
August 260° 012°
September 205° 317°
October 224° 217°
November 240° 206°
December 239° 138°

Prevailing wind direction

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