Climate Laon - Chambry Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aérodrome de Reims Prunay (LFQA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	43.8	56	34	36	41	54
February	59.8	40	62	64	75	70
March	71.9	67	78	85	79	74
April	82.8		68	81	91	94
May	83.3		78	80	84	96
June	86.7		94	88	77	88
July	88.9		87	96	76	91
August	87.4		82	94	86	94
September	81.9		88	86	74	81
October	68.8		72	72	72	58
November	50.3		49	56	34	61
December	36.7		29	25	37	32
Average	71.9	55.3	72.2	77.1	72.0	78.4

72nd 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	78.7	82	88	71	77	82
February	87.5	91	81	97	90	98
March	93.4	95	98	93	96	95
April	96.4		98	96	97	99
May	93.3		92	87	98	100
June	96.1		97	97	93	98
July	97.0		99	99	91	99
August	97.2		96	99	96	98
September	93.8		98	96	90	89
October	91.8		93	90	89	95
November	81.1		92	76	67	85
December	75.5		76	56	73	79
Average	91.4	89.8	93.5	90.8	89.7	94.3

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	6.6	7	8	7	6	9
February	9.7	11	10	11	10	11
March	12.6	14	12	14	13	12
April	16.0		14	15	14	20
May	19.8		20	22	17	20
June	24.6		27	25	24	23
July	26.1		25	28	24	26
August	25.8		25	29	23	28
September	22.3		25	21	23	24
October	17.2		19	19	16	15
November	10.6		11	12	9	12
December	7.8		9	3	9	8
Average	15.9	10.3	16.9	17.5	15.5	17.2

78th 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	1.0	0	3	1	1	2
February	1.7	5	1	3	2	4
March	2.5	4	4	1	1	2
April	3.4		4	4	1	5
May	7.0		8	8	6	6
June	11.2		12	11	12	10
July	12.7		13	12	13	11
August	12.8		13	14	13	14
September	9.6		12	10	10	10
October	7.8		8	10	6	9
November	3.6		6	5	2	4
December	2.7		5	-2	3	3
Average	5.9	3.1	7.2	6.5	5.8	6.5

3rd lowest temperature of France

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.5	11	11	8	21	9
February	10.0	19	6	8	9	9
March	9.5	13	8	4	5	10
April	4.6		9	5	4	1
May	4.8		8	1	8	3
June	4.4		3	6	7	3
July	3.8		4	1	12	1
August	2.9		6	1	3	2
September	3.7		3	4	3	6
October	10.0		12	6	9	18
November	12.6		21	9	7	4
December	12.4		12	1	13	21
Average	7.6	14.3	7.9	4.1	8.0	6.3

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	7.2	8	10	6	7	7
February	8.4	9	7	10	8	11
March	8.4	8	10	7	8	9
April	7.0		8	8	7	6
May	6.5		8	6	8	6
June	5.7		6	5	5	6
July	6.3		8	6	6	7
August	6.0		7	6	7	6
September	6.2		6	7	5	6
October	7.2		7	7	7	9
November	7.2		10	8	6	7
December	7.6		9	6	6	8
Average	7.1	8.5	7.8	6.6	6.6	7.2

78th 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	239°	239°	256°	247°	208°
February	209°	349°	233°	131°	234°
March	191°	234°	089°	301°	106°
April		331°	021°	008°	087°
May		353°	302°	227°	021°
June		022°	289°	331°	228°
July		237°	329°	273°	284°
August		257°	021°	286°	239°
September		163°	245°	123°	300°
October		186°	170°	187°	212°
November		222°	184°	284°	172°
December		226°	061°	220°	193°

Prevailing wind direction

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