Istres Le Tubé Air Base

LFMI · Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Climate Istres Le Tubé Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Istres Le Tubé Air Base (LFMI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 88.3 85 81 88 86 89
February 85.8 82 83 89 89 85
March 90.1 82 86 100 90 94
April 91.4 94 92 93 90 87
May 92.0 93 91 94 91 94
June 92.8 88 96 93 96 88
July 96.1 98 94 99 93 95
August 92.8 89 96 87 97
September 92.5 92 91 90 96
October 86.2 86 94 86 86
November 89.1 86 88 92 88
December 87.9 91 72 88 81
Average 90.9 89.5 89.4 92.6 90.1 90.5

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 95.4 96 89 94 94 97
February 94.6 90 91 96 97 97
March 97.5 94 98 100 95 99
April 96.9 95 95 99 96 95
May 96.7 98 93 95 95 98
June 96.6 93 99 97 98 93
July 97.6 99 96 99 96 97
August 95.4 91 98 92 98
September 96.6 97 96 96 98
October 95.0 94 99 93 99
November 97.6 94 98 99 99
December 96.8 96 94 95 97
Average 96.4 95.1 94.5 97.1 95.4 97.0

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 2020
January 11.7 13 12 12 10 14
February 14.4 16 13 15 15 16
March 16.9 17 17 17 16 17
April 19.6 20 21 20 18 20
May 23.4 23 24 26 22 25
June 28.7 27 30 31 29 27
July 31.9 32 32 34 31 31
August 31.3 31 32 30 31
September 27.0 29 26 27 27
October 22.2 24 24 21 20
November 15.8 16 18 15 18
December 12.6 14 11 13 12
Average 21.3 20.9 21.9 22.4 20.6 21.3

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 3.5 4 4 3 3 5
February 5.0 7 4 5 6 5
March 6.7 9 7 6 6 7
April 9.1 10 10 9 7 9
May 13.1 13 14 15 11 14
June 18.0 17 18 20 19 16
July 20.7 21 22 22 20 20
August 19.9 20 22 19 20
September 16.2 18 17 17 16
October 12.9 15 15 11 10
November 7.8 8 9 7 9
December 4.4 6 5 3 5
Average 11.5 11.4 12.0 12.5 10.7 11.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.4 8 2 0 7 8
February 7.4 7 5 4 6 8
March 5.0 13 1 7 2 4
April 9.0 5 3 8 9 14
May 6.8 14 9 1 7 6
June 2.6 3 1 0 6 3
July 0.7 1 0 0 2 0
August 1.4 2 1 2 2
September 4.1 5 2 8 4
October 6.1 2 3 7 6
November 9.7 8 11 11 9
December 9.3 5 15 9 14
Average 5.3 6.9 3.4 3.6 5.9 5.9

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 12.6 11 13 12 13 9
February 11.6 12 11 15 9 12
March 11.5 13 11 9 12 11
April 11.9 15 12 11 11 8
May 10.6 10 11 10 11 10
June 10.7 11 10 11 11 12
July 11.1 11 11 11 12 11
August 11.0 12 11 11 12
September 10.1 9 12 8 10
October 10.8 10 8 12 13
November 10.8 11 11 11 9
December 10.3 11 10 10 11
Average 11.1 11.6 11.1 11.0 10.8 10.7

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 345° 340° 348° 334° 025°
February 333° 357° 329° 099° 326°
March 160° 309° 127° 338° 317°
April 344° 323° 303° 347° 201°
May 272° 338° 301° 294° 305°
June 295° 317° 243° 229° 306°
July 315° 290° 316° 307° 310°
August 304° 326° 321° 308°
September 174° 325° 305° 311°
October 144° 150° 011° 340°
November 335° 357° 348° 033°
December 335° 017° 343° 351°

Prevailing wind direction

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