Mont-de-Marsan (BA 118) Air Base

LFBM · Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Climate Mont-de-Marsan (BA 118) Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mont-de-Marsan (BA 118) Air Base (LFBM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.8 76 77 62 61 74
February 70.9 65 84 65 69 71
March 81.3 86 80 86 88 73
April 81.3 71 67 91 83
May 78.1 81 80 81 75
June 75.7 76 76 73 72
July 82.6 91 85 76 86
August 90.1 98 84 88 91
September 85.9 88 90 79 87
October 80.5 89 87 87 76
November 74.8 69 83 59 85
December 65.4 58 65 74 71
Average 78.3 76.3 81.0 78.5 78.0 78.9

60th 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 81.4 83 93 72 82 86
February 85.5 83 91 84 84 89
March 93.5 95 91 98 95 90
April 91.4 86 84 95 92
May 90.2 91 89 91 90
June 90.7 92 93 86 86
July 90.9 95 89 91 95
August 95.7 99 91 94 98
September 92.8 93 96 89 92
October 88.7 94 91 91 89
November 86.8 89 92 73 91
December 81.7 74 78 89 91
Average 89.5 87.4 91.3 89.0 88.9 90.9

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 10.5 12 10 11 10 13
February 14.3 14 14 14 15 16
March 16.4 17 18 16 16 16
April 19.1 19 18 18 21
May 22.4 23 25 20 24
June 26.0 27 28 26 24
July 28.3 28 32 26 29
August 29.2 30 32 27 30
September 26.4 29 27 26 27
October 21.6 24 25 21 18
November 14.8 16 16 12 18
December 12.2 13 11 14 12
Average 19.4 14.5 20.8 21.4 19.2 20.4

20th 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 1.8 3 2 -1 1 3
February 2.9 5 -1 3 6 5
March 5.1 6 7 6 4 4
April 6.9 7 7 5 10
May 10.1 10 11 8 11
June 14.8 16 16 15 13
July 15.9 16 15 15 15
August 15.5 14 18 15 16
September 12.7 15 12 14 12
October 9.7 11 13 7 9
November 4.9 7 6 4 5
December 4.0 5 3 4 4
Average 8.2 4.6 9.1 9.3 8.1 8.8

67th 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 22.5 16 24 16 33 13
February 18.5 28 6 21 23 20
March 22.7 28 24 20 14 27
April 19.1 24 27 12 22
May 14.9 18 8 23 14
June 14.8 14 16 15 24
July 4.1 3 0 8 2
August 6.6 2 7 8 10
September 13.8 11 7 23 17
October 16.1 20 0 11 36
November 27.0 43 20 25 6
December 27.9 32 17 33 42
Average 17.2 24.4 17.0 12.5 17.9 18.5

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 4.7 4 4 4 6 5
February 5.4 5 4 6 7 6
March 6.3 6 7 6 6 6
April 5.9 6 7 6 5
May 5.6 6 5 6 5
June 5.2 5 5 5 5
July 5.1 5 5 5 5
August 5.2 6 5 5 5
September 5.0 5 6 4 5
October 4.8 5 5 4 6
November 4.8 6 5 4 4
December 5.0 5 4 5 6
Average 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.3

20th 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 134° 252° 281° 255° 086°
February 242° 049° 264° 122° 258°
March 227° 264° 085° 303° 281°
April 274° 281° 028° 080°
May 306° 287° 268° 345°
June 289° 278° 265° 270°
July 274° 289° 277° 285°
August 270° 271° 284° 272°
September 117° 271° 260° 262°
October 206° 144° 297° 251°
November 247° 237° 273° 087°
December 243° 077° 235° 236°

Prevailing wind direction

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