Climate Valence-Chabeuil Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Valence-Chabeuil Airport (LFLU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	70.9	66	74	59	74	80
February	82.4	76	79	92	80	91
March	91.6	90	93	94	90	92
April	92.8		89	92	92	91
May	91.5		86	96	94	89
June	95.6		95	97	95	97
July	97.1		99	99	94	98
August	97.0		98	97	93	98
September	96.6		98	98	94	97
October	86.6		96	90	87	88
November	74.4		86	77	62	75
December	63.9		85	28	62	69
Average	87.1	78.4	90.5	88.6	86.1	89.8

22nd 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	93.6	93	100	92	96	91
February	96.0	97	97	99	92	99
March	98.1	97	100	98	99	99
April	98.8		99	100	97	97
May	97.7		98	98	98	98
June	98.5		97	99	99	100
July	98.6		99	100	99	99
August	99.1		100	99	98	98
September	98.9		99	100	99	99
October	96.1		98	98	95	98
November	90.9		97	88	92	94
December	87.1		94	76	81	87
Average	96.5	95.7	98.0	96.7	95.9	96.9

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	7.9	9	8	7	7	10
February	11.9	13	12	13	13	14
March	15.4	16	16	16	15	15
April	18.4		17	18	17	21
May	22.0		22	26	20	23
June	27.9		28	30	28	26
July	30.4		31	32	28	30
August	30.1		31	32	27	31
September	25.7		27	24	26	26
October	20.0		23	22	19	17
November	12.1		13	14	10	14
December	8.5		10	6	8	8
Average	18.4	12.5	19.8	20.4	17.9	19.6

32nd 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	2.2	3	4	1	2	3
February	3.3	6	2	3	5	4
March	5.0	7	6	4	3	5
April	8.1		8	8	6	9
May	13.2		13	15	11	14
June	18.2		19	19	18	17
July	19.6		20	20	18	19
August	18.5		19	20	17	19
September	13.9		15	14	15	14
October	10.5		12	13	8	9
November	5.9		6	7	5	6
December	3.4		4	3	3	4
Average	9.5	5.2	10.6	10.9	9.3	10.3

92nd 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	6.3	10	8	1	9	4
February	5.1	8	1	5	8	4
March	5.5	12	2	3	2	6
April	5.3		3	7	5	6
May	6.4		5	2	12	4
June	2.6		3	2	2	4
July	1.2		0	1	3	1
August	2.0		2	2	4	1
September	2.2		1	2	2	3
October	6.2		6	4	6	7
November	7.7		9	12	4	2
December	12.3		11	19	11	17
Average	5.5	10.4	3.9	4.1	5.3	4.4

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	2021	2020
January	11.1	11	12	12	11	9
February	10.6	11	11	12	11	11
March	10.4	10	12	9	11	10
April	10.6		11	11	12	7
May	10.4		10	11	10	11
June	9.5		8	10	11	10
July	9.8		10	11	9	10
August	9.7		10	9	10	10
September	8.3		8	9	7	8
October	10.1		9	8	11	12
November	8.9		9	8	10	9
December	8.9		9	9	8	9
Average	9.9	10.5	9.8	9.8	10.0	9.6

32nd 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	339°	360°	360°	359°	327°
February	347°	001°	356°	203°	263°
March	191°	242°	215°	355°	345°
April		002°	357°	347°	210°
May		002°	350°	330°	350°
June		355°	331°	308°	359°
July		339°	358°	353°	359°
August		001°	360°	359°	350°
September		209°	337°	343°	355°
October		202°	202°	339°	303°
November		345°	326°	360°	335°
December		360°	357°	356°	230°

Prevailing wind direction

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