Sarlat Domme Airfield

LFDS · Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Climate Sarlat Domme Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Brive-Souillac (LFSL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.3 53 37 70 52 62
February 66.1 47 86 59 73 65
March 74.6 78 85 84 70
April 83.2 80 73 93 82
May 80.4 83 92 70 82
June 82.6 85 82 81 79
July 88.1 83 96 79 90
August 87.0 85 91 80 86
September 81.7 88 85 78 83
October 75.3 77 86 84 58
November 62.9 44 63 61 93
December 48.3 40 77 60 33
Average 72.5 49.6 74.6 81.5 75.5 75.4

40th 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 69.6 70 70 78 69 70
February 80.8 68 94 73 81 79
March 89.0 93 94 95 87
April 91.8 92 84 96 92
May 90.6 94 95 84 92
June 91.7 93 90 91 92
July 96.1 96 99 88 99
August 94.4 93 96 90 96
September 90.2 94 93 88 90
October 86.6 88 91 91 77
November 80.1 71 78 85 96
December 68.4 60 88 78 63
Average 85.0 68.9 87.9 89.3 86.8 87.6

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 8.2 10 7 9 7 10
February 11.9 12 12 12 14 14
March 14.3 15 15 15 14
April 17.8 17 17 17 20
May 20.7 22 25 14 24
June 24.7 27 26 21 23
July 27.8 27 31 24 28
August 27.9 28 31 25 28
September 24.5 28 24 24 25
October 19.6 22 23 19 16
November 12.7 12 14 11 16
December 9.6 10 9 11 9
Average 17.4 10.5 18.9 19.9 16.7 18.7

35th 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 0.6 2 2 -2 0 2
February 1.6 4 -1 1 5 3
March 3.6 4 5 2 4
April 5.7 6 6 4 8
May 9.4 10 11 7 10
June 13.6 15 14 14 12
July 15.1 15 16 14 15
August 14.7 16 16 14 15
September 11.6 14 11 13 11
October 8.8 10 12 6 8
November 4.0 6 5 3 4
December 2.2 3 0 2 3
Average 7.0 3.0 8.1 8.2 6.9 7.9

39th 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 25.6 27 25 16 31 20
February 21.9 33 9 23 26 23
March 23.3 24 15 13 27
April 15.6 27 17 9 7
May 18.1 29 4 30 7
June 12.6 22 12 12 7
July 8.3 17 3 18 1
August 8.9 13 12 8 6
September 14.0 12 18 15 16
October 21.3 29 13 10 41
November 29.9 60 38 22 5
December 31.7 47 15 25 38
Average 19.5 29.6 24.9 14.4 16.9 14.9

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 5.6 5 6 5 6 6
February 6.1 6 6 6 7 6
March 7.0 6 8 7 7
April 6.7 7 7 7 6
May 5.7 6 6 4 6
June 5.2 5 6 4 5
July 5.5 5 6 5 6
August 5.3 5 5 5 5
September 5.2 5 5 5 6
October 5.6 5 5 5 6
November 5.4 6 5 5 6
December 5.4 5 5 5 6
Average 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.8

35th 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 182° 292° 319° 285° 135°
February 236° 007° 267° 154° 223°
March 230° 144° 326° 236°
April 310° 299° 034° 146°
May 337° 323° 218° 354°
June 336° 306° 170° 271°
July 296° 335° 319° 317°
August 301° 327° 336° 286°
September 143° 265° 155° 291°
October 177° 152° 180° 225°
November 238° 180° 317° 138°
December 231° 084° 235° 205°

Prevailing wind direction

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