Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport

LFJL · Moselle, Grand Est, France

Climate Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport (LFJL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 32.5 43 31 26 32 36
February 54.5 47 57 53 69 58
March 69.8 70 69 85 75 73
April 82.7 73 74 87 94
May 85.1 83 93 77 94
June 87.5 93 89 76 86
July 88.6 87 97 75 91
August 88.6 81 96 79 95
September 81.9 91 80 81 81
October 64.1 75 68 65 53
November 43.1 41 48 28 55
December 26.8 24 27 23 34
Average 69.8 54.9 71.5 75.8 67.7 75.3

83rd 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 70.2 78 81 55 63 69
February 82.7 81 85 88 80 92
March 92.2 94 95 93 93 95
April 94.8 93 90 96 98
May 94.8 93 98 96 98
June 95.6 96 97 90 95
July 96.6 98 99 89 99
August 96.7 94 99 94 98
September 93.7 97 93 93 93
October 86.8 93 82 85 90
November 73.3 88 76 58 77
December 66.6 69 49 57 73
Average 88.7 85.6 91.5 88.9 85.4 91.7

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 5.0 6 6 5 4 7
February 8.5 10 9 9 9 10
March 11.7 13 11 13 12 11
April 15.5 13 14 13 20
May 19.8 20 22 16 20
June 25.0 27 26 25 23
July 26.0 25 28 23 26
August 25.5 24 28 22 28
September 21.6 25 20 22 23
October 16.5 18 19 16 14
November 9.2 10 11 7 11
December 6.4 8 3 7 7
Average 15.1 9.4 16.3 16.9 14.6 16.4

90th 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 0.2 -1 2 1 -1 1
February 1.8 6 1 3 2 4
March 3.1 5 3 2 2 3
April 4.8 5 5 2 6
May 8.8 9 10 7 8
June 13.7 14 14 15 12
July 15.1 15 15 14 14
August 15.3 15 17 14 17
September 11.1 14 11 11 12
October 8.4 9 10 6 9
November 3.7 5 6 2 4
December 2.2 4 -2 2 3
Average 6.8 3.3 8.1 7.8 6.3 7.6

26th 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 28.4 22 27 14 40 27
February 24.7 32 17 29 21 37
March 23.4 26 24 11 20 21
April 14.9 21 21 16 2
May 14.0 15 6 26 5
June 10.1 3 14 12 17
July 9.4 11 1 23 4
August 12.1 22 4 19 13
September 14.2 6 20 12 14
October 21.6 25 23 13 32
November 27.6 44 19 32 10
December 35.5 40 23 34 40
Average 18.9 27.0 19.2 13.8 21.2 16.3

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 10.0 11 12 9 10 10
February 11.2 11 9 14 11 15
March 10.3 9 12 8 9 12
April 8.4 10 10 9 8
May 7.8 8 7 11 8
June 7.1 7 7 6 8
July 8.0 10 8 7 8
August 7.8 9 8 8 9
September 7.8 7 8 7 8
October 9.6 10 9 9 11
November 9.2 13 9 8 8
December 10.1 12 7 9 10
Average 8.9 10.2 9.5 8.4 8.4 9.2

90th 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 220° 219° 244° 225° 199°
February 209° 289° 225° 138° 227°
March 207° 228° 079° 242° 122°
April 323° 052° 002° 091°
May 026° 272° 225° 031°
June 040° 245° 235° 247°
July 240° 315° 251° 278°
August 251° 038° 261° 229°
September 172° 236° 122° 226°
October 201° 180° 193° 207°
November 220° 196° 215° 167°
December 219° 075° 196° 188°

Prevailing wind direction

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