Climate Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport (LFBT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	72.2	84	65	79	61	86
February	79.8	75	85	78	79	83
March	79.5	86	81	79	80	68
April	78.7		69	73	83	77
May	78.0		78	77	86	76
June	70.1		76	66	71	75
July	67.4		61	75	55	73
August	76.4		71	83	69	81
September	86.9		92	91	78	88
October	83.5		90	90	89	84
November	78.3		65	84	66	92
December	79.3		75	76	87	80
Average	77.6	81.8	75.5	78.8	74.9	79.4

56th 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	89.3	94	93	90	73	98
February	92.9	93	95	91	90	94
March	93.1	98	94	88	94	87
April	92.6		85	91	94	88
May	92.6		93	91	96	87
June	89.4		92	88	88	94
July	91.0		91	95	84	93
August	92.0		88	95	90	96
September	95.6		97	97	89	97
October	94.1		96	96	96	94
November	92.0		87	92	87	96
December	90.9		89	88	97	95
Average	92.4	95.0	91.6	92.0	89.8	93.1

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	10.1	13	10	11	9	12
February	13.4	14	12	13	15	16
March	15.0	16	17	15	14	14
April	17.2		18	16	16	19
May	20.6		20	24	19	22
June	24.2		25	26	24	22
July	25.8		25	29	24	26
August	26.4		26	29	24	27
September	24.3		27	25	24	25
October	20.7		23	24	20	17
November	14.1		15	16	11	17
December	12.3		13	11	14	11
Average	18.1	13.9	19.2	20.1	17.7	18.9

34th 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	0.8	2	1	0	1	2
February	2.3	4	0	3	4	4
March	4.2	5	5	4	4	4
April	6.4		7	6	5	9
May	10.0		10	12	9	12
June	14.2		15	15	14	13
July	15.9		16	16	15	16
August	15.9		16	18	15	16
September	13.0		14	13	14	13
October	9.5		12	12	8	8
November	4.6		6	6	4	5
December	3.2		3	2	3	3
Average	7.8	3.5	8.8	9.2	8.0	8.6

65th 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	25.8	12	29	18	41	14
February	22.5	24	8	24	24	24
March	24.3	21	21	26	20	32
April	22.0		27	29	23	11
May	24.8		30	18	28	12
June	19.4		19	23	19	20
July	13.8		16	6	21	13
August	13.2		18	8	13	12
September	16.1		13	16	27	17
October	19.4		14	8	17	35
November	31.7		34	35	32	11
December	27.6		24	11	29	47
Average	20.9	19.1	20.8	18.1	23.8	19.6

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	6.0	5	6	5	7	5
February	6.4	7	5	7	6	7
March	6.9	6	7	5	6	7
April	6.2		7	7	6	5
May	6.1		6	5	7	6
June	5.3		5	5	5	5
July	5.1		5	5	5	5
August	5.1		6	6	5	5
September	5.3		5	6	5	6
October	5.3		5	5	5	7
November	5.9		7	6	6	4
December	6.2		6	4	6	8
Average	5.8	6.1	5.9	5.5	5.6	5.8

34th 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	283°	253°	270°	255°	283°
February	269°	325°	275°	294°	277°
March	312°	277°	322°	291°	280°
April		284°	289°	322°	340°
May		269°	311°	279°	320°
June		260°	305°	304°	280°
July		281°	311°	295°	287°
August		273°	292°	301°	294°
September		307°	277°	265°	275°
October		284°	221°	284°	262°
November		270°	255°	260°	039°
December		260°	313°	245°	253°

Prevailing wind direction

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