Climate Saint-Flour-Coltines Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aurillac Airport (LFLW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	58.9	53	36	80		83
February	78.0		88	80	85	84
March	75.0		67	94	78	93
April	83.4		73	85	88	96
May	80.8		82	96	72	95
June	84.4		89	82	80	91
July	86.2		80	97	79	91
August	85.8		78	92		89
September	80.3		90	77	78	78
October	72.7		67	85	89	48
November	66.2		37	57	63	88
December	54.9		45	50	75	34
Average	74.2	52.6	71.3	83.4	78.9	83.7

33rd 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	77.7	68	70	86		87
February	90.0		95	85	93	90
March	90.8		90	97	94	95
April	93.3		91	91	95	97
May	91.6		91	98	89	98
June	94.5		93	90	96	97
July	95.7		93	100	89	99
August	93.8		91	96		96
September	92.3		96	93	85	89
October	88.5		87	93	94	79
November	85.1		70	83	87	98
December	75.4		66	73	87	66
Average	87.4	68.4	87.1	91.6	91.9	92.4

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	6.6	9	5	9		9
February	9.8		11	10	11	11
March	12.0		12	13	13	12
April	15.2		15	14	14	17
May	18.5		19	22	16	21
June	23.4		24	25	23	20
July	25.8		25	29	21	27
August	26.3		26	29		27
September	21.9		26	22	16	22
October	17.3		20	20	17	13
November	10.8		10	12	9	14
December	8.2		9	7	10	7
Average	15.3	8.6	16.7	17.8	14.4	16.8

73rd 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	-1.2	5	-1	-3		2
February	0.0		-3	0	3	1
March	2.2		3	3	1	2
April	3.8		4	3	2	6
May	7.3		8	9	6	7
June	11.6		13	13	12	8
July	13.3		14	14	12	12
August	13.3		14	14		13
September	9.7		12	10	6	9
October	7.3		9	11	4	7
November	2.7		3	5	0	4
December	0.9		1	-1	1	2
Average	5.8	5.3	6.3	6.6	4.1	6.2

6th 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	24.0	53	29	14		22
February	18.1		5	18	24	26
March	20.9		27	8	20	19
April	15.4		25	17	14	9
May	17.4		22	7	32	9
June	10.5		12	9	14	8
July	6.8		9	2	25	3
August	7.5		9	5		8
September	13.6		8	12	17	22
October	22.8		22	11	8	51
November	26.8		55	33	23	6
December	31.7		43	21	21	56
Average	21.4	52.6	20.6	11.8	19.8	16.9

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	6.0	5	6	4		6
February	6.7		6	7	8	7
March	7.4		7	9	7	7
April	6.8		7	7	7	7
May	5.9		6	5	6	6
June	5.4		5	5	5	5
July	5.1		5	5	4	5
August	5.1		6	5		6
September	5.3		6	6	4	6
October	6.1		6	6	6	7
November	5.8		6	6	5	7
December	5.6		5	5	5	6
Average	5.8	5.2	5.8	5.8	5.9	6.0

73rd 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	150°	305°	306°		125°
February		082°	273°	135°	234°
March		245°	134°	284°	166°
April		305°	293°	087°	145°
May		332°	341°	261°	077°
June		300°	224°	242°	282°
July		278°	310°	289°	305°
August		283°	319°		299°
September		148°	263°	289°	224°
October		169°	128°	156°	210°
November		252°	174°	313°	125°
December		271°	118°	272°	146°

Prevailing wind direction

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