Climate Poitiers-Biard Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Poitiers-Biard Airport (LFBI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	44.6	43	46	37	40	64
February	60.3	44	63	61	61	65
March	72.3	77	71	80	82	65
April	84.5		78	82	91	78
May	84.2		83	94	80	84
June	84.8		91	89	81	78
July	89.1		84	96	82	92
August	86.1		82	90	81	87
September	85.4		88	87	84	87
October	70.6		81	70	78	64
November	61.3		59	68	52	81
December	43.5		40	40	46	46
Average	72.9	56.7	74.8	78.6	74.0	75.9

58th 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	71.9	72	81	58	71	79
February	84.3	80	84	90	84	88
March	91.0	93	93	93	94	86
April	95.5		94	92	98	95
May	94.6		95	98	96	93
June	94.7		95	95	94	95
July	97.2		96	99	96	98
August	96.2		95	97	97	96
September	93.8		97	96	93	95
October	86.1		93	87	89	88
November	81.3		83	84	82	91
December	69.0		70	71	65	79
Average	88.8	82.6	90.9	90.5	89.7	91.0

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	8.1	9	8	7	7	10
February	11.0	12	11	12	11	12
March	13.7	14	14	15	14	13
April	17.0		16	16	16	20
May	20.5		21	23	18	22
June	25.1		27	26	24	22
July	27.0		26	29	24	27
August	26.8		27	29	24	28
September	24.1		27	23	24	25
October	18.8		21	21	18	16
November	12.3		13	14	10	15
December	9.1		10	6	9	9
Average	17.1	11.5	18.4	18.9	16.6	18.1

44th 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	2.3	3	3	2	1	4
February	3.1	6	2	3	4	5
March	4.5	5	5	5	3	5
April	6.0		6	6	4	9
May	9.3		10	11	8	10
June	13.7		15	14	14	12
July	14.8		14	15	14	14
August	14.5		15	17	13	15
September	12.0		15	11	13	12
October	9.5		10	12	7	9
November	4.8		7	6	3	6
December	3.5		6	0	4	4
Average	7.7	4.5	8.8	8.7	7.2	8.6

49th 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	30.0	26	39	20	33	32
February	27.3	37	12	31	25	43
March	27.5	35	28	21	13	32
April	16.3		24	24	5	8
May	18.7		18	6	33	8
June	18.3		11	19	25	33
July	10.8		15	5	19	3
August	13.3		22	6	19	17
September	17.6		16	34	22	10
October	27.2		31	22	23	45
November	33.3		46	42	29	12
December	33.9		36	10	37	47
Average	22.7	32.9	23.4	18.8	22.9	22.5

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	8.9	9	10	7	9	10
February	9.5	10	7	9	10	13
March	9.5	9	11	8	9	10
April	8.1		9	9	9	7
May	8.1		9	7	10	9
June	7.2		7	7	6	9
July	7.7		9	7	8	8
August	7.3		8	7	8	8
September	7.4		7	8	7	7
October	8.6		9	8	9	10
November	8.4		11	9	7	7
December	9.5		10	8	10	11
Average	8.3	9.2	8.7	7.8	8.4	8.8

44th 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	212°	236°	342°	250°	199°
February	219°	033°	230°	178°	230°
March	216°	230°	127°	312°	343°
April		301°	327°	038°	183°
May		010°	347°	234°	037°
June		356°	248°	231°	229°
July		244°	029°	249°	311°
August		264°	006°	292°	244°
September		207°	267°	203°	291°
October		201°	197°	197°	227°
November		229°	211°	334°	182°
December		222°	058°	217°	219°

Prevailing wind direction

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