Climate Aérodrome d'Ussel-Thalamy 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (LFLC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	68.7	67	64	65	61	85
February	84.1	79	85	93	82	97
March	90.2	96	91	88	88	90
April	93.0		87	93	96	93
May	89.3		83	95	95	84
June	93.4		97	90	89	95
July	94.7		95	95	89	91
August	94.6		98	96	85	96
September	95.2		97	95	91	97
October	86.4		97	88	86	87
November	81.5		91	95	56	89
December	73.9		79	52	72	82
Average	87.6	82.0	89.7	89.3	84.4	90.9

18th 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	90.9	85	96	85	89	98
February	94.3	96	95	100	93	100
March	96.6	99	95	97	97	97
April	98.2		97	99	100	97
May	97.0		96	99	99	94
June	97.4		98	95	95	99
July	97.3		98	95	98	94
August	97.9		100	99	96	98
September	98.6		99	98	97	99
October	94.7		99	95	95	98
November	94.6		99	99	82	98
December	88.0		92	69	79	99
Average	95.7	93.7	97.0	95.5	94.1	97.3

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	7.7	9	8	7	7	10
February	11.8	12	11	13	13	14
March	14.5	15	15	15	14	14
April	17.1		16	16	15	21
May	20.6		20	24	19	22
June	25.6		27	27	25	23
July	27.6		28	29	24	28
August	27.7		28	29	25	28
September	24.3		28	23	25	24
October	19.6		23	23	18	16
November	12.4		13	15	9	15
December	9.3		11	6	9	10
Average	17.5	12.0	18.9	19.2	16.8	18.7

40th 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	1.1	1	3	-1	1	1
February	2.2	4	1	2	4	4
March	3.9	5	5	4	3	3
April	5.6		6	5	3	8
May	9.3		10	11	8	9
June	14.1		15	15	15	12
July	15.4		16	14	14	15
August	15.3		17	16	13	16
September	11.8		14	11	12	11
October	9.3		11	13	6	9
November	4.5		6	6	3	5
December	2.2		3	-1	1	3
Average	7.3	3.5	8.7	8.2	7.0	8.0

38th 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	15.4	18	22	8	19	7
February	10.1	16	5	9	8	12
March	14.9	23	17	17	14	14
April	12.7		18	12	13	10
May	15.5		19	7	28	15
June	11.0		5	12	13	17
July	7.5		11	0	25	3
August	6.7		9	4	9	6
September	9.5		3	13	17	11
October	12.8		11	10	4	22
November	16.2		28	13	18	4
December	17.0		19	12	18	23
Average	12.8	19.2	13.1	9.2	15.8	11.8

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	6.5	7	8	5	7	7
February	7.6	8	6	7	9	10
March	7.9	8	9	8	7	7
April	7.1		8	8	8	6
May	6.4		6	6	8	6
June	5.5		5	6	6	5
July	5.2		6	5	5	5
August	5.3		7	5	5	6
September	5.4		5	6	5	5
October	7.0		7	8	7	8
November	6.9		8	7	5	6
December	6.8		7	5	6	8
Average	6.5	7.5	6.7	6.4	6.4	6.4

40th 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	195°	251°	329°	239°	187°
February	187°	011°	242°	183°	223°
March	201°	219°	165°	333°	307°
April		330°	326°	022°	166°
May		003°	001°	236°	013°
June		027°	307°	030°	293°
July		302°	015°	340°	002°
August		304°	017°	325°	270°
September		169°	268°	177°	180°
October		206°	186°	175°	197°
November		220°	195°	325°	177°
December		208°	159°	225°	201°

Prevailing wind direction

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