Climate Dole-Tavaux Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dole-Tavaux Airport (LFGJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	50.4	57	53	42	53	53
February	71.6	63	63	79	80	82
March	81.5	81	87	87	86	84
April	89.9		82	82	96	97
May	86.1		83	97	84	83
June	91.5		94	92	86	87
July	93.0		94	99	81	97
August	93.3		92	95	87	94
September	89.2		95	86	83	86
October	74.5		88	72	78	76
November	57.8		69	64	34	69
December	46.3		50	35	37	57
Average	78.8	68.1	81.7	82.3	76.5	82.6

37th 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	77.2	82	91	59	80	71
February	89.3	86	85	94	92	97
March	95.9	95	96	99	99	97
April	97.4		97	97	98	100
May	95.9		95	100	96	96
June	97.1		97	96	96	97
July	97.6		99	99	91	100
August	97.9		96	99	97	99
September	95.6		98	96	93	93
October	87.0		95	80	86	92
November	79.0		90	77	65	84
December	74.8		71	75	74	84
Average	91.6	88.5	93.6	91.5	90.4	93.6

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	6.1	7	7	5	6	8
February	10.2	11	10	11	11	12
March	13.5	15	14	15	13	13
April	17.0		15	16	15	21
May	20.1		21	24	17	19
June	26.0		27	27	25	24
July	27.9		28	29	25	28
August	27.5		27	30	24	29
September	23.4		27	20	24	25
October	17.9		21	21	17	15
November	10.4		11	12	7	12
December	7.4		8	4	7	8
Average	16.5	10.9	18.0	18.2	15.8	17.7

62nd 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	0.7	1	2	0	1	1
February	1.7	5	0	2	3	4
March	3.2	5	3	3	2	3
April	5.2		5	5	4	6
May	9.0		11	11	8	7
June	13.7		13	14	15	12
July	15.3		16	15	14	15
August	15.3		16	16	14	16
September	11.3		13	9	12	12
October	8.5		9	11	6	8
November	3.9		4	6	2	4
December	2.4		4	0	2	3
Average	7.0	3.5	7.9	7.8	6.8	7.6

24th 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	24.3	28	22	14	34	16
February	17.2	21	8	16	18	26
March	19.7	24	18	7	17	14
April	13.5		22	22	4	5
May	14.9		10	3	29	14
June	10.0		5	14	12	13
July	7.2		5	1	20	2
August	9.0		19	6	10	6
September	11.7		6	19	10	10
October	18.4		28	14	11	22
November	25.7		47	25	22	7
December	28.5		35	15	28	31
Average	16.4	23.9	16.9	11.8	17.3	12.8

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	8.7	9	11	7	10	8
February	8.8	8	7	9	10	12
March	8.7	7	10	7	8	10
April	8.0		9	9	10	7
May	7.9		9	7	9	10
June	6.5		6	6	6	7
July	6.5		7	7	6	7
August	6.4		6	7	7	6
September	6.7		6	7	6	7
October	8.0		8	8	8	10
November	7.9		11	7	7	6
December	8.4		9	7	8	9
Average	7.6	7.8	8.0	7.3	7.7	8.0

62nd 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	207°	201°	214°	202°	200°
February	194°	027°	208°	190°	208°
March	210°	219°	078°	282°	062°
April		308°	015°	020°	188°
May		017°	354°	214°	025°
June		020°	285°	273°	268°
July		217°	002°	288°	294°
August		235°	018°	325°	229°
September		195°	232°	180°	273°
October		202°	199°	185°	199°
November		204°	204°	298°	198°
December		204°	014°	198°	196°

Prevailing wind direction

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