Climate Vichy-Charmeil Airport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Vichy-Charmeil Airport (LFLV) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	54.6	61	53	49
February	76.9	68	79	84
March	87.0	92	88	82
April	83.3		80	87
May	87.2		78	97
June	92.4		96	89
July	96.4		94	99
August	92.0		93	91
September	91.9		92	92
October	90.1		95	85
November	80.9		80	82
December	59.2		67	42	76
Average	80.0	75.3	84.0	84.5	76.3

32nd 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
January	82.3	85	90	72
February	94.9	91	95	99
March	94.5	97	96	91
April	96.0		95	97
May	96.2		94	99
June	97.3		100	95
July	98.6		98	99
August	96.6		96	98
September	96.1		94	98
October	96.6		99	94
November	95.0		95	95
December	82.3		89	67	100
Average	95.0	91.3	95.3	93.6	100.0

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	2021
January	7.4	9	8	6
February	11.4	12	11	11
March	14.7	15	14	15
April	15.8		16	16
May	22.0		20	24
June	27.1		27	27
July	28.0		28	29
August	28.4		28	29
September	25.3		28	23
October	22.1		22	23
November	13.0		12	14
December	8.6		10	5	15
Average	16.0	11.8	18.6	18.9	15.0

45th 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
January	1.5	2	3	-1
February	2.6	6	1	2
March	4.3	6	5	3
April	6.2		7	6
May	12.1		11	13
June	16.7		17	17
July	17.2		18	17
August	16.9		17	17
September	12.6		14	11
October	11.0		10	12
November	6.1		6	6
December	2.9		4	0	9
Average	7.8	4.4	9.3	8.8	8.5

53rd 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
January	8.1	10	8	7
February	7.0	12	6	3
March	6.7	11	4	5
April	7.4		8	7
May	4.1		7	2
June	5.1		2	8
July	1.8		3	1
August	2.6		3	3
September	3.2		3	4
October	5.4		8	3
November	11.0		14	8
December	9.0		9	8	13
Average	8.6	10.8	5.8	4.5	13.1

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
January	4.8	5	6	4
February	5.3	5	5	6
March	5.6	6	6	6
April	6.0		6	6
May	5.3		6	5
June	5.0		5	5
July	5.1		5	6
August	4.9		5	5
September	4.5		4	5
October	5.0		5	5
November	4.8		5	4
December	4.4		5	4	4
Average	4.9	5.2	5.1	5.1	4.3

45th 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
January	201°	227°	034°
February	198°	022°	218°
March	191°	223°	148°
April		342°	357°
May		007°	019°
June		032°	011°
July		314°	011°
August		333°	009°
September		130°	101°
October		180°	171°
November		203°	186°
December		203°	033°	201°

Prevailing wind direction

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