Climate La Rochelle-Île de Ré Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of La Rochelle-Île de Ré Airport (LFBH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	57.9	51	61	53	53	68
February	66.1	50	72	63	67	63
March	76.0	82	65	83	86	70
April	83.1		75	75	97	76
May	84.5		87	90	76	85
June	81.1		86	81	80	69
July	82.2		75	90	74	85
August	84.7		78	89	81	86
September	87.9		89	86	91	89
October	76.3		81	78	81	79
November	78.0		72	88	68	87
December	57.7		47	59	60	72
Average	76.1	62.7	75.5	80.1	77.2	77.9

48th 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	81.1	78	88	75	78	83
February	84.9	79	86	79	84	91
March	91.9	93	88	96	97	90
April	94.7		93	91	99	91
May	95.9		97	98	96	93
June	94.6		96	98	94	93
July	96.5		95	98	97	96
August	96.9		95	97	98	97
September	96.4		98	96	98	96
October	90.7		93	90	93	90
November	92.3		93	96	87	94
December	77.4		67	90	70	84
Average	91.2	83.8	91.8	92.9	92.1	92.0

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	9.3	10	10	8	8	11
February	11.5	13	11	12	12	13
March	13.7	14	13	15	14	13
April	16.7		16	16	17	19
May	20.3		21	23	18	22
June	23.6		26	24	23	21
July	25.2		24	28	23	25
August	25.0		25	28	23	25
September	23.4		26	23	24	24
October	19.2		21	21	19	17
November	13.5		14	15	12	15
December	10.6		12	7	11	11
Average	17.0	12.1	18.2	18.8	16.9	17.9

48th 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	4.3	5	5	3	3	6
February	5.5	8	3	6	6	8
March	6.9	8	8	7	6	7
April	8.1		8	8	6	10
May	11.5		12	13	11	12
June	15.6		17	16	16	15
July	17.0		17	17	17	16
August	16.7		17	18	16	18
September	14.7		18	14	15	15
October	11.9		13	15	10	11
November	7.5		9	10	5	8
December	5.8		7	2	6	6
Average	10.0	6.8	11.2	11.0	9.6	10.9

93rd 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	28.5	20	35	16	29	33
February	23.4	33	11	16	27	34
March	24.6	35	28	16	10	23
April	16.1		26	15	6	6
May	15.2		18	6	23	6
June	15.3		12	16	19	27
July	9.6		16	2	22	4
August	11.5		14	10	16	15
September	15.1		15	26	19	10
October	24.7		31	25	19	34
November	29.2		44	41	19	12
December	30.4		27	16	27	44
Average	20.2	30.0	21.7	15.8	19.1	19.1

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	2021	2020
January	9.8	10	11	8	11	11
February	10.6	11	10	10	12	13
March	10.9	10	11	10	10	12
April	9.9		11	11	11	9
May	10.4		11	10	12	11
June	9.5		9	9	9	11
July	10.3		11	11	11	10
August	9.8		11	10	11	9
September	9.5		8	10	9	10
October	9.8		11	10	10	11
November	10.2		13	11	9	9
December	10.6		11	11	11	11
Average	10.1	10.3	10.4	10.0	10.4	10.6

48th 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	132°	265°	031°	261°	181°
February	233°	054°	244°	131°	247°
March	217°	230°	117°	327°	350°
April		303°	310°	040°	221°
May		014°	322°	257°	037°
June		316°	286°	285°	259°
July		270°	339°	287°	308°
August		290°	336°	312°	275°
September		217°	294°	305°	299°
October		213°	189°	173°	251°
November		256°	234°	012°	135°
December		234°	077°	195°	250°

Prevailing wind direction

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