Climate Brioude Beaumont Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Le Puy-Loudes Airfield (LFHP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	52.0	84	35	60		62
February	71.2		61	69	72	76
March	78.4		81	72	79	78
April	81.2		74	76	81	91
May	80.9		70	95	84	77
June	90.0		88	94	89	90
July	91.9		91	98	77	90
August	91.4		92	90		90
September	90.0		92	91	95	89
October	73.2		85	79	70	55
November	60.8		66	76	42	67
December	59.6		69	33	66	62
Average	78.9	84.2	76.5	80.2	74.1	79.3

47th 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	94.6	100	95	93		97
February	94.6		96	98	92	98
March	96.9		97	96	99	93
April	97.6		98	98	95	98
May	96.6		98	99	96	91
June	98.4		97	99	99	98
July	99.1		100	99	97	99
August	97.9		99	99		98
September	97.5		98	99	95	97
October	93.4		98	91	95	94
November	91.3		98	97	78	91
December	88.3		94	66	89	94
Average	96.4	100.0	97.4	95.7	93.6	95.7

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	5.2	8	4	6		8
February	9.6		8	9	10	11
March	11.1		11	11	11	11
April	13.5		13	13	12	17
May	17.0		17	21	15	19
June	22.8		23	26	22	20
July	26.1		27	28	20	26
August	25.8		27	27		25
September	21.2		25	20	17	21
October	16.5		19	20	15	13
November	9.1		10	11	6	11
December	6.8		8	4	7	6
Average	14.0	8.0	15.8	16.5	12.7	15.7

98th 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	-2.8	4	0	-3		0
February	0.0		-2	0	2	1
March	2.3		3	2	2	2
April	5.5		6	6	4	8
May	10.4		11	13	9	12
June	15.5		16	17	16	14
July	17.7		18	19	14	18
August	16.7		17	18		17
September	12.1		14	12	9	12
October	8.1		9	11	5	7
November	2.6		4	4	1	3
December	0.2		0	-2	-1	2
Average	6.7	3.6	7.9	8.2	5.2	8.1

40th 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	7.8	0	12	3		7
February	6.2		6	8	8	6
March	5.4		6	4	7	7
April	8.3		6	12	9	7
May	8.9		12	2	13	6
June	4.2		6	4	5	4
July	1.7		1	1	10	0
August	2.6		2	3		3
September	4.0		3	3	0	9
October	6.9		5	3	3	13
November	9.4		12	8	9	5
December	12.4		13	15	8	20
Average	5.4		6.6	5.0	7.7	6.1

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.9	6	7	5		5
February	6.3		5	7	7	8
March	7.3		8	7	7	6
April	7.3		8	7	7	6
May	7.3		7	7	8	7
June	6.4		6	7	7	7
July	6.4		7	7	5	7
August	6.2		8	6		6
September	5.8		5	6	4	6
October	5.9		6	5	6	7
November	5.7		7	5	5	5
December	5.4		5	4	5	6
Average	6.3	5.8	6.6	6.3	6.4	6.4

98th 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	236°	313°	325°		222°
February		009°	314°	189°	269°
March		272°	149°	310°	319°
April		318°	330°	033°	152°
May		352°	029°	279°	034°
June		007°	270°	153°	324°
July		292°	024°	299°	350°
August		311°	356°		320°
September		154°	319°	288°	335°
October		202°	174°	100°	264°
November		278°	261°	331°	166°
December		290°	190°	292°	255°

Prevailing wind direction

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