Climate Ambert Le Poyet Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport (LFMH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	62.0	60	55	56	61	77
February	79.7	68	75	92	83	95
March	86.6	92	85	88	76	88
April	90.0		80	90	93	93
May	86.5		74	95	93	84
June	90.7		94	90	89	92
July	93.6		91	97	82	97
August	92.3		93	92	85	93
September	92.8		96	93	87	95
October	84.2		97	91	79	83
November	73.7		86	82	48	82
December	69.8		83	39	69	81
Average	84.0	74.9	84.9	87.1	80.7	89.0

23rd 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	87.3	87	89	77	92	96
February	92.7	86	94	99	94	99
March	95.7	96	95	94	95	98
April	96.8		95	97	97	97
May	96.1		90	99	99	96
June	96.7		98	97	98	97
July	97.7		97	99	93	99
August	97.6		99	98	97	96
September	97.0		98	96	95	99
October	92.9		99	96	93	95
November	89.2		97	94	73	92
December	86.0		98	69	79	93
Average	94.0	90.1	95.7	94.6	93.0	96.4

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	7.1	9	7	6	6	10
February	11.2	12	10	12	13	14
March	13.8	15	14	15	12	13
April	16.9		15	16	15	20
May	20.4		20	24	18	22
June	26.0		26	29	25	23
July	28.3		29	30	25	29
August	28.1		29	30	25	29
September	24.0		28	23	24	24
October	19.1		23	22	17	15
November	11.7		12	14	9	14
December	8.5		10	5	8	9
Average	17.2	11.7	18.7	19.2	16.4	18.5

41st 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	-1.9	1	1	-2	0	0
February	0.6	3	-1	0	3	2
March	2.4	4	4	1	1	2
April	4.0		5	4	2	5
May	8.3		9	10	7	8
June	13.0		13	14	13	12
July	14.1		15	14	13	14
August	14.2		16	15	13	14
September	10.6		14	10	12	11
October	7.9		10	12	5	7
November	3.4		4	5	2	3
December	1.4		1	0	1	2
Average	6.2	2.6	7.4	7.1	6.0	6.6

9th 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	12.9	8	5	3	29	13
February	8.8	8	4	3	4	15
March	10.4	9	3	3	17	12
April	9.2		4	7	12	6
May	11.8		6	2	25	9
June	7.6		6	4	8	5
July	3.9		1	0	11	4
August	4.7		2	3	4	7
September	6.5		4	4	6	12
October	11.0		4	3	3	23
November	11.6		10	4	6	5
December	17.3		8	12	7	30
Average	9.1	8.3	4.5	3.5	10.8	10.7

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	5.8	6	7	5	6	5
February	6.7	7	5	7	8	8
March	7.1	8	7	7	7	6
April	6.9		7	7	7	6
May	6.2		6	7	6	6
June	5.8		5	7	6	6
July	5.7		6	7	5	6
August	5.5		7	5	5	6
September	5.5		6	6	5	6
October	6.7		7	7	7	8
November	5.9		7	6	5	6
December	5.9		6	5	5	7
Average	6.2	7.1	6.3	6.3	6.0	6.1

41st 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	213°	282°	330°	255°	182°
February	212°	359°	284°	190°	212°
March	185°	226°	183°	338°	282°
April		334°	330°	353°	177°
May		351°	342°	256°	360°
June		358°	245°	293°	350°
July		314°	348°	352°	348°
August		324°	348°	348°	321°
September		171°	266°	176°	285°
October		193°	180°	197°	200°
November		217°	188°	323°	176°
December		202°	203°	211°	190°

Prevailing wind direction

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