Statistics Saint-Flour-Coltines Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aurillac Airport (LFLW) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	59.0	36	80		83	43
February	78.0	88	80	85	84	83
March	75.0	67	94	78	93	68
April	83.4	73	85	88	96	77
May	80.8	82	96	72	95	71
June	84.4	89	82	80	91	86
July	86.2	80	97	79	91	91
August	85.8	78	92		89	92
September	78.4		77	78	78	84
October	73.7		85	89	48	66
November	71.1		57	63	88	89
December	56.9		50	75	34	83
Average	77.9	75.3	83.4	78.9	83.7	78.6

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: 8 km or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	77.8	70	86		87	69
February	90.0	95	85	93	90	94
March	90.8	90	97	94	95	87
April	93.3	91	91	95	97	93
May	91.6	91	98	89	98	91
June	94.5	93	90	96	97	96
July	95.7	93	100	89	99	97
August	93.8	91	96		96	96
September	91.6		93	85	89	97
October	88.8		93	94	79	88
November	87.7		83	87	98	92
December	77.2		73	87	66	88
Average	90.5	89.7	91.6	91.9	92.4	91.3

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 km or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	6.6	5	9		9	4
February	9.8	11	10	11	11	13
March	12.0	12	13	13	12	13
April	15.2	15	14	14	17	14
May	18.5	19	22	16	21	16
June	23.4	24	25	23	20	24
July	25.8	25	29	21	27	28
August	26.3	26	29		27	26
September	21.2		22	16	22	23
October	16.9		20	17	13	17
November	10.9		12	9	14	8
December	8.1		7	10	7	10
Average	16.3	17.0	17.8	14.4	16.8	16.1

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-1.1	-1	-3		2	-3
February	0.0	-3	0	3	1	1
March	2.2	3	3	1	2	2
April	3.8	4	3	2	6	3
May	7.3	8	9	6	7	6
June	11.6	13	13	12	8	12
July	13.3	14	14	12	12	14
August	13.3	14	14		13	12
September	9.2		10	6	9	9
October	7.0		11	4	7	8
November	2.7		5	0	4	3
December	0.8		-1	1	2	3
Average	5.8	6.4	6.6	4.1	6.2	5.7

6th lowest temperature of France

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	23.7	29	14		22	20
February	18.1	5	18	24	26	16
March	20.9	27	8	20	19	18
April	15.4	25	17	14	9	25
May	17.4	22	7	32	9	21
June	10.5	12	9	14	8	13
July	6.8	9	2	25	3	4
August	7.5	9	5		8	5
September	14.7		12	17	22	11
October	22.9		11	8	51	35
November	22.1		33	23	6	28
December	29.5		21	21	56	19
Average	16.4	16.7	11.8	19.8	16.9	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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	6.0	6	4		6	6
February	6.7	6	7	8	7	6
March	7.4	7	9	7	7	8
April	6.8	7	7	7	7	7
May	5.9	6	5	6	6	6
June	5.4	5	5	5	5	6
July	5.1	5	5	4	5	5
August	5.1	6	5		6	4
September	5.2		6	4	6	5
October	6.1		6	6	7	5
November	5.8		6	5	7	5
December	5.7		5	5	6	7
Average	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.9	6.0	5.7

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	305°	306°		125°	313°
February	082°	273°	135°	234°	180°
March	245°	134°	284°	166°	277°
April	305°	293°	087°	145°	195°
May	332°	341°	261°	077°	318°
June	300°	224°	242°	282°	182°
July	278°	310°	289°	305°	306°
August	283°	319°		299°	287°
September		263°	289°	224°	285°
October		128°	156°	210°	153°
November		174°	313°	125°	206°
December		118°	272°	146°	174°

Prevailing wind direction

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