Fontenay Le Comte Airfield

LFFK · Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France

Climate Fontenay Le Comte Airfield 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of La Rochelle-Île de Ré Airport (LFBH) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 58.1 60 51 61 53 53
February 66.5 70 50 72 63 67
March 76.1 77 82 65 83 86
April 83.5 86 75 75 97
May 82.2 79 70 87 90 76
June 81.8 89 80 86 81 80
July 82.1 82 75 90 74
August 84.4 83 78 89 81
September 86.2 75 89 86 91
October 73.9 57 81 78 81
November 76.4 65 72 88 68
December 58.1 61 47 59 60
Average 77.2 76.6 71.9 75.5 80.1 77.2

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 81.2 81 78 88 75 78
February 85.0 86 79 86 79 84
March 92.0 93 93 88 96 97
April 95.1 98 93 91 99
May 95.0 93 90 97 98 96
June 95.0 98 95 96 98 94
July 96.7 98 95 98 97
August 96.6 95 95 97 98
September 96.3 96 98 96 98
October 88.7 75 93 90 93
November 90.0 74 93 96 87
December 77.9 81 67 90 70
Average 91.8 91.3 88.9 91.8 92.9 92.1

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.4 10.1 9.9 9.6 8.3 8.3
February 11.5 11.5 12.5 10.8 11.8 11.5
March 13.8 14.0 14.0 13.1 15.3 13.8
April 16.7 16.3 15.9 16.3 16.8
May 20.0 20.3 18.1 21.3 22.8 17.6
June 23.6 25.8 21.6 25.8 23.8 23.3
July 25.0 23.8 23.6 27.8 23.3
August 25.0 25.0 24.6 28.1 22.8
September 23.0 20.3 26.1 23.0 24.3
October 19.1 18.3 21.1 20.8 18.6
November 13.7 14.9 14.0 15.4 11.5
December 10.6 10.6 11.5 6.9 10.5
Average 17.5 16.4 17.1 18.2 18.8 16.9

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 4.2 3.7 4.9 5.0 3.2 3.2
February 5.4 4.7 7.9 3.2 5.7 5.9
March 6.9 6.5 7.7 7.5 7.0 5.5
April 8.2 9.0 8.0 8.4 6.2
May 11.6 12.0 12.1 11.8 12.6 10.6
June 15.7 17.1 14.5 16.8 16.1 15.6
July 16.9 16.6 17.0 17.1 16.8
August 16.7 16.5 17.3 18.3 15.5
September 14.5 13.5 17.5 14.1 15.4
October 12.0 12.4 12.9 14.5 9.9
November 7.6 8.0 9.1 9.9 5.0
December 5.8 5.5 7.2 1.6 5.5
Average 10.3 8.8 10.7 11.2 11.0 9.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 29.9 41 20 35 16 29
February 23.6 25 33 11 16 27
March 24.4 23 35 28 16 10
April 16.8 22 26 15 6
May 19.3 23 44 18 6 23
June 14.9 11 16 12 16 19
July 9.7 10 16 2 22
August 11.5 12 14 10 16
September 17.1 31 15 26 19
October 24.8 25 31 25 19
November 27.0 11 44 41 19
December 29.2 22 27 16 27
Average 19.8 23.2 23.4 21.7 15.8 19.1

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 10.0 12 10 11 8 11
February 10.4 9 11 10 10 12
March 10.8 10 10 11 10 10
April 9.9 10 11 11 11
May 10.2 9 10 11 10 12
June 9.5 10 10 9 9 9
July 10.2 10 11 11 11
August 9.7 9 11 10 11
September 9.6 11 8 10 9
October 9.7 9 11 10 10
November 10.2 10 13 11 9
December 10.5 10 11 11 11
Average 10.0 9.6 9.8 10.4 10.0 10.4

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 183° 132° 265° 031° 261°
February 115° 233° 054° 244° 131°
March 084° 217° 230° 117° 327°
April 272° 303° 310° 040°
May 314° 258° 014° 322° 257°
June 284° 303° 316° 286° 285°
July 290° 270° 339° 287°
August 292° 290° 336° 312°
September 281° 217° 294° 305°
October 133° 213° 189° 173°
November 104° 256° 234° 012°
December 332° 234° 077° 195°

Prevailing wind direction

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