Climate Colmar-Houssen Airport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Colmar-Houssen Airport (LFGA) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	73.4	80	73	78
February	86.2	94	84	99
March	92.7	86	99	91
April	93.2		93	91
May	96.0		94	99
June	98.8		98	99
July	99.5		100	100
August	97.6		98	97	100
September	97.7		99	98
October	93.2		96	88
November	84.4		93	84
December	67.8		86	38
Average	90.1	87.0	93.8	92.1	100.0

13th 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	86.8	90	95	85
February	92.4	97	92	99
March	98.1	96	100	96
April	98.6		99	97
May	99.5		99	100
June	99.6		99	100
July	100.0		100	100
August	99.7		100	100	100
September	98.4		100	98
October	95.5		96	95
November	90.8		99	86
December	82.1		91	67
Average	94.5	94.5	97.9	95.6	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	5.7	7	8	6
February	10.3	12	9	11
March	14.0	14	13	14
April	15.1		14	16
May	22.2		21	24
June	27.3		28	27
July	27.6		27	29
August	27.5		27	29	21
September	22.7		27	21
October	19.6		20	21
November	10.7		11	12
December	6.3		9	2
Average	15.7	10.7	17.7	18.1	21.0

67th 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	-1.4	-1	2	-1
February	2.2	4	1	2
March	4.2	6	4	2
April	5.5		6	6
May	11.4		11	12
June	15.3		16	15
July	16.3		16	16
August	16.4		17	17	21
September	11.8		14	12
October	8.7		9	11
November	4.2		5	5
December	0.9		3	-2
Average	8.9	3.1	8.6	8.1	21.0

37th 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	9.2	14	9	5
February	5.9	7	2	4
March	6.0	9	6	3
April	8.7		8	13
May	4.3		4	3
June	2.9		2	4
July	2.3		3	0
August	4.0		6	2	0
September	3.9		1	5
October	4.5		8	3
November	13.1		20	7
December	12.9		13	12
Average	7.6	9.5	6.0	4.4

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	6.2	6	8	5
February	6.5	6	6	9
March	6.3	5	8	6
April	6.7		7	7
May	6.2		8	6
June	5.9		6	6
July	5.8		6	5
August	5.5		6	6	10
September	5.1		5	5
October	5.3		5	5
November	6.3		8	5
December	6.2		7	4
Average	7.3	5.7	6.6	5.8	10.0

67th 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	193°	205°	208°
February	187°	348°	218°
March	219°	215°	015°
April		342°	355°
May		011°	321°
June		021°	204°
July		219°	020°
August		226°	021°	302°
September		160°	216°
October		207°	183°
November		196°	192°
December		197°	009°

Prevailing wind direction

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