Climate Chalon-Champforgeuil Airfield 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chalon-Champforgeuil Airfield (LFLH) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	61.3	62	60
February	65.5	62	69
March	87.4	84	91
April	82.7		83
May	91.5		89	98
June	95.6		98	93
July	95.6		93	99
August	97.3		96	99
September	96.3		97	96
October	81.4		87	76
November	71.7		76	67
December	44.2		51	33
Average	80.6	70.8	84.4	86.7

26th 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
January	90.6	85	96
February	87.3	91	84
March	96.8	96	98
April	97.9		98
May	99.2		99	99
June	98.2		99	97
July	97.8		96	100
August	99.5		99	100
September	99.0		99	99
October	91.0		94	88
November	85.4		94	77
December	72.3		77	65
Average	93.1	91.2	95.1	93.0

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
January	7.6	7	8
February	10.7	12	10
March	14.2	15	14
April	15.4		15
May	21.8		21	23
June	27.9		29	27
July	28.5		28	29
August	29.0		28	30
September	24.9		27	23
October	20.5		21	21
November	11.7		12	12
December	6.7		9	4
Average	17.1	11.1	18.4	21.9

16th 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
January	2.2	1	3
February	3.3	5	1
March	5.1	6	4
April	6.9		7
May	13.8		14	15
June	17.6		18	17
July	18.5		18	19
August	17.8		18	18
September	12.3		14	11
October	9.9		9	11
November	5.8		6	6
December	2.4		4	0
Average	8.8	4.2	9.6	12.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	11.3	15	8
February	7.4	13	2
March	8.9	13	5
April	6.6		7
May	3.0		4	1
June	3.0		2	4
July	1.9		4	0
August	2.2		3	2
September	2.8		2	3
October	7.1		10	4
November	12.3		15	10
December	9.7		12	6
Average	7.5	13.2	5.7	3.4

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
January	6.9	6	8
February	6.0	6	6
March	7.1	6	8
April	7.0		7
May	7.3		7	7
June	5.7		6	6
July	6.2		7	6
August	6.2		6	6
September	5.6		5	6
October	5.7		6	5
November	6.5		8	5
December	5.9		7	5
Average	6.2	6.3	6.6	5.9

16th 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
January	225°	242°
February	203°	019°
March	214°	233°
April		314°
May		015°	335°
June		024°	291°
July		248°	007°
August		275°	005°
September		193°	262°
October		208°	184°
November		221°	203°
December		229°	033°

Prevailing wind direction

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