Climate Cazaux (BA 120) Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cazaux (BA 120) Air Base (LFBC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	68.5	79	79	61	68	77
February	70.4	57	77	68	66	75
March	77.4	83	67	81	86	71
April	81.9		73	67	94	81
May	79.5		82	88	72	80
June	78.7		83	83	78	74
July	83.0		82	88	74	84
August	86.8		78	82	87	88
September	88.6		90	91	87	91
October	82.3		82	85	89	87
November	81.7		77	84	72	93
December	66.1		72	77	60	80
Average	78.8	73.8	78.7	80.5	78.5	81.6

44th 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	84.2	84	97	74	87	93
February	86.4	80	90	84	83	92
March	92.4	97	90	94	98	88
April	94.3		91	85	100	94
May	94.9		97	97	93	93
June	95.1		96	97	95	95
July	96.9		97	95	95	98
August	98.0		97	97	99	97
September	96.5		96	98	97	97
October	92.7		94	93	95	95
November	92.4		92	94	88	98
December	81.7		80	85	75	94
Average	92.3	87.7	93.4	92.0	93.0	94.5

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	10.7	12	10	11	10	13
February	13.7	14	13	14	15	15
March	15.6	16	16	16	16	15
April	18.3		19	16	18	20
May	20.9		22	24	19	24
June	24.8		26	26	24	22
July	27.0		26	30	24	27
August	27.0		27	30	25	28
September	24.2		21	25	25	26
October	20.9		24	23	20	18
November	15.0		16	17	13	17
December	12.3		13	11	13	12
Average	18.6	13.8	19.3	20.6	18.5	19.7

30th 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	3.1	4	4	1	3	4
February	3.8	6	1	4	7	5
March	5.9	7	7	6	5	5
April	7.4		8	7	6	10
May	10.1		12	12	10	12
June	14.9		16	15	14	14
July	16.0		16	16	15	15
August	16.0		17	18	15	16
September	12.4		11	13	14	13
October	10.4		12	13	8	10
November	5.9		8	8	5	6
December	4.8		5	2	4	5
Average	8.8	5.5	9.6	9.7	8.7	9.6

76th 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	18.7	12	15	0	28	2
February	18.9	27	11	11	30	15
March	22.0	30	24	22	9	26
April	15.2		14	20	5	20
May	13.9		15	6	20	13
June	12.2		12	7	15	18
July	9.1		9	2	16	4
August	6.0		10	5	7	9
September	13.0		9	19	17	12
October	19.9		28	15	16	33
November	23.8		37	34	13	5
December	20.8		29	9	3	24
Average	16.2	23.3	16.7	11.9	14.6	14.9

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	6.7	6	7	5	8	7
February	7.1	9	6	7	8	8
March	8.1	9	7	7	7	8
April	7.4		8	8	8	6
May	7.4		8	7	8	7
June	6.8		6	6	7	7
July	6.8		7	8	7	7
August	6.8		8	7	7	6
September	6.5		6	7	6	7
October	6.5		8	6	6	8
November	6.8		9	8	6	6
December	7.1		6	6	7	8
Average	7.1	7.8	7.2	6.9	6.8	7.0

30th 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	181°	266°	344°	260°	150°
February	250°	035°	264°	175°	249°
March	233°	249°	114°	320°	304°
April		305°	286°	021°	221°
May		330°	313°	263°	358°
June		320°	306°	285°	264°
July		300°	341°	288°	308°
August		299°	307°	327°	280°
September		244°	291°	311°	311°
October		218°	196°	275°	251°
November		267°	244°	358°	123°
December		243°	078°	239°	253°

Prevailing wind direction

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