Climate Orange-Caritat (BA 115) Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Orange-Caritat (BA 115) Air Base (LFMO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	90.5	93	91	85	93	85
February	89.0	88	92	97	81	88
March	94.3	89	96	99	96	95
April	94.0		97	97	88	85
May	94.7		97	96	94	95
June	95.8		92	99	99	95
July	97.9		100	97	97	96
August	97.1		98	99	92	96
September	96.8		97	99	97	96
October	92.9		93	94	95	95
November	88.9		92	91	94	83
December	81.9		96	73	83	71
Average	93.1	90.0	95.3	95.1	92.8	90.6

6th 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	96.3	98	99	95	98	93
February	96.2	98	97	100	91	99
March	97.8	95	98	100	99	98
April	97.5		98	100	97	92
May	98.7		99	98	99	99
June	99.0		98	100	100	99
July	99.3		100	98	99	99
August	99.2		100	100	98	99
September	98.5		99	100	99	98
October	97.1		96	96	98	99
November	94.9		97	98	98	95
December	91.0		99	89	91	83
Average	97.4	97.0	98.3	98.1	97.4	96.5

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	10.3	12	10	10	9	12
February	13.6	15	13	14	14	15
March	16.7	17	17	16	16	17
April	19.6		20	20	18	21
May	23.7		24	27	22	25
June	29.5		29	32	29	28
July	32.6		33	35	31	33
August	32.0		33	34	30	32
September	27.0		29	26	27	27
October	21.6		24	24	20	19
November	14.4		15	16	13	16
December	10.8		12	9	11	10
Average	20.2	14.4	21.5	22.2	19.9	21.1

12th 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	2	3	1	2	3
February	3.3	6	2	3	4	4
March	5.2	7	5	4	4	6
April	7.7		8	7	6	8
May	12.1		12	13	10	14
June	16.6		17	18	17	16
July	19.0		19	20	19	19
August	18.2		17	20	18	18
September	14.2		15	15	15	14
October	10.9		13	12	9	9
November	5.9		6	7	6	6
December	2.7		3	3	2	3
Average	9.2	5.0	9.9	10.5	9.2	9.8

87th 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	7.1	6	3	0	7	7
February	6.8	12	1	6	5	7
March	9.1	16	5	5	3	8
April	9.8		4	9	11	10
May	9.6		13	2	12	8
June	5.2		6	4	3	6
July	2.2		0	1	5	2
August	2.4		0	1	3	3
September	5.4		7	5	4	6
October	8.2		7	6	9	6
November	10.8		12	13	8	3
December	12.8		7	21	14	17
Average	7.6	11.7	5.4	5.1	6.7	6.6

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	11.8	10	13	13	13	7
February	10.0	11	12	12	6	9
March	9.4	11	8	7	11	9
April	9.9		11	10	11	5
May	10.2		11	10	9	11
June	8.9		8	9	9	10
July	10.0		8	12	10	11
August	9.7		9	10	11	10
September	8.2		6	9	6	8
October	8.7		7	4	10	11
November	9.1		10	8	12	7
December	8.4		9	9	7	7
Average	9.6	10.5	9.2	9.5	9.5	8.9

12th 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	344°	351°	346°	353°	348°
February	348°	351°	341°	349°	345°
March	039°	336°	210°	346°	341°
April		348°	347°	343°	240°
May		352°	339°	337°	343°
June		342°	334°	330°	339°
July		329°	345°	339°	340°
August		330°	343°	342°	335°
September		300°	343°	327°	342°
October		103°	289°	352°	351°
November		351°	347°	345°	346°
December		350°	346°	341°	348°

Prevailing wind direction

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