Calvi-Sainte-Catherine Airport

LFKC · Upper Corsica, Corsica, France

Climate Calvi-Sainte-Catherine Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Calvi-Sainte-Catherine Airport (LFKC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 94.4 91 94 92 92 94
February 93.5 92 91 97 87 98
March 95.7 92 98 98 98 94
April 96.4 97 95 93 98
May 94.2 95 96 96 96
June 98.5 97 100 98 100
July 98.3 97 100 97 100
August 98.8 97 99 99 99
September 98.8 100 97 99 99
October 97.2 98 99 100 96
November 95.0 98 95 93 94
December 93.8 96 89 91 94
Average 95.9 91.7 96.5 97.0 95.5 96.9

1st 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 99.3 99 98 100 99 99
February 98.7 97 100 100 95 100
March 99.1 98 100 99 98 100
April 98.8 100 98 98 99
May 99.0 99 100 98 100
June 99.6 100 100 100 100
July 99.2 99 100 98 100
August 99.6 99 100 100 100
September 99.7 100 100 100 100
October 99.2 99 99 100 99
November 98.7 99 99 99 99
December 98.1 99 98 96 98
Average 99.1 98.3 99.2 99.3 98.4 99.4

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 14.2 15 14 14 13 15
February 15.3 17 14 16 15 17
March 16.9 18 18 16 16 16
April 19.3 19 19 18 20
May 22.8 22 25 22 24
June 28.5 28 31 28 27
July 31.5 33 33 31 31
August 30.9 31 31 30 32
September 27.2 28 27 28 27
October 23.2 25 25 22 21
November 18.1 19 19 17 19
December 15.3 16 16 15 14
Average 21.3 16.4 22.3 22.9 21.4 21.9

4th 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 5.6 7 6 4 5 6
February 5.7 8 4 5 6 8
March 6.7 8 7 5 5 7
April 8.5 9 8 7 9
May 12.9 13 14 13 13
June 17.5 18 20 17 17
July 20.2 22 21 21 19
August 20.1 20 21 20 21
September 17.3 18 18 18 17
October 13.4 16 15 12 12
November 9.9 12 11 10 9
December 7.1 7 8 7 7
Average 11.5 7.7 12.6 12.5 11.8 12.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.9 11 15 6 15 2
February 8.1 15 9 3 3 1
March 7.9 12 2 8 2 13
April 7.6 6 13 12 6
May 7.3 9 6 8 3
June 1.4 4 2 0 1
July 0.5 0 0 3 0
August 0.9 4 0 0 0
September 3.0 2 6 2 3
October 5.6 6 1 5 9
November 10.2 7 11 12 5
December 14.8 6 15 19 24
Average 6.5 12.6 5.2 5.0 6.1 4.9

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 7.5 8 8 6 7 6
February 7.1 8 6 7 7 9
March 8.4 8 10 6 7 8
April 7.5 9 9 6 8
May 7.3 6 7 9 8
June 7.1 6 8 7 9
July 7.7 8 7 8 7
August 7.6 9 7 8 9
September 7.6 7 9 7 7
October 6.9 8 6 7 7
November 7.2 13 7 6 5
December 7.2 8 7 8 6
Average 7.5 8.2 8.1 7.3 7.4 7.5

4th 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 202° 202° 249° 207° 211°
February 218° 359° 230° 228° 214°
March 211° 213° 354° 337° 354°
April 254° 235° 326° 351°
May 344° 355° 220° 302°
June 333° 309° 335° 228°
July 241° 326° 271° 332°
August 257° 343° 262° 272°
September 326° 230° 295° 279°
October 214° 258° 347° 212°
November 202° 209° 230° 357°
December 200° 199° 206° 202°

Prevailing wind direction

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