Climate Angoulême-Brie-Champniers Airport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Angoulême-Brie-Champniers Airport (LFBU) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	52.1	48	44	61
February	62.7	49	74	64
March	73.4	76	69	81
April	81.6		77	74
May	84.5		80	91
June	81.8		88	72
July	60.2		80	25
August	87.2		81	99	100
September	83.6		87	89
October	78.4		83	81
November	64.1		54	73
December	45.6		42	60
Average	70.0	59.3	73.7	73.0	100.0

95th 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
January	73.7	68	79	74
February	82.3	76	88	80
March	91.2	93	92	92
April	92.8		93	88
May	93.6		91	97
June	90.6		95	82
July	70.6		94	25
August	96.6		96	99	100
September	91.7		94	95
October	89.5		94	87
November	80.4		76	84
December	67.3		63	78
Average	85.2	80.3	89.2	81.3	100.0

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
January	8.7	10	8	9
February	12.0	12	12	13
March	15.0	15	15	15
April	17.1		17	17
May	22.5		22	24
June	26.1		26	26
July	27.1		27	29
August	28.2		28	31	27
September	23.9		27	24
October	21.0		22	22
November	13.1		13	14
December	8.8		11	7
Average	17.8	12.2	18.8	19.6	27.0

37th 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
January	2.6	4	4	1
February	4.4	6	2	4
March	6.7	7	7	7
April	6.6		7	7
May	11.4		11	12
June	14.2		14	13
July	15.6		15	16
August	16.3		16	18	27
September	13.2		15	13
October	12.3		12	14
November	6.3		8	8
December	3.0		5	1
Average	11.2	5.5	9.7	9.7	27.0

77th 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
January	22.6	24	28	15
February	22.4	33	11	29
March	28.4	39	25	22
April	18.5		22	23
May	16.8		23	6
June	15.3		18	15
July	9.7		14	0
August	9.7		14	5	0
September	17.4		10	17
October	17.3		21	17
November	36.4		51	38
December	31.7		43	8
Average	22.8	32.3	22.0	15.2

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
January	6.7	7	7	6
February	7.2	7	7	7
March	7.8	7	9	8
April	7.7		8	8
May	7.1		8	6
June	5.9		6	6
July	5.5		7	2
August	6.6		7	7	9
September	6.3		6	7
October	6.5		7	7
November	6.9		8	7
December	7.3		7	8
Average	7.3	6.9	7.1	6.4	9.0

37th 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
January	131°	199°	357°
February	192°	033°	228°
March	193°	229°	115°
April		316°	299°
May		005°	346°
June		333°	267°
July		252°	260°
August		269°	355°	360°
September		168°	268°
October		182°	160°
November		220°	185°
December		202°	050°

Prevailing wind direction

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