Climate Avignon-Caumont Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Avignon-Caumont Airport (LFMV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	87.4	84	91	82	88	84
February	87.6	88	91	94	84	87
March	93.6	91	93	96	96	95
April	93.7		97	94	93	87
May	94.5		92	98	96	97
June	96.3		94	99	99	97
July	98.4		100	99	97	99
August	96.5		92	99	93	98
September	96.2		97	97	95	95
October	92.2		92	94	95	92
November	88.4		90	92	91	84
December	78.6		89	64	75	71
Average	92.3	87.7	93.3	94.2	92.5	91.5

7th 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	95.7	95	98	95	95	93
February	95.8	99	96	98	92	98
March	98.2	97	99	98	99	98
April	97.5		98	99	98	93
May	98.1		96	99	98	100
June	98.8		99	100	99	99
July	99.6		100	100	99	100
August	98.4		95	99	99	98
September	98.4		99	100	97	98
October	97.5		97	97	97	99
November	95.4		96	98	97	95
December	89.4		93	86	88	84
Average	97.2	97.0	97.3	98.1	96.9	96.8

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	10.8	12	11	10	10	12
February	14.0	15	13	15	14	16
March	17.0	17	18	17	16	17
April	19.9		20	20	19	21
May	24.0		24	27	22	25
June	29.8		30	32	30	28
July	32.9		33	35	31	33
August	32.0		32	33	31	32
September	27.2		29	26	27	27
October	22.0		24	24	20	19
November	14.9		15	16	13	17
December	11.3		13	9	11	11
Average	20.5	14.8	21.9	22.4	20.3	21.3

8th 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	1.8	2	2	1	2	3
February	3.0	4	2	3	4	3
March	4.9	7	5	3	4	5
April	7.1		8	7	6	7
May	11.8		13	13	11	13
June	16.5		18	18	17	16
July	19.1		20	21	19	18
August	18.0		18	20	17	18
September	14.4		15	15	15	15
October	10.8		13	13	9	9
November	5.7		6	7	5	6
December	2.3		3	3	0	4
Average	9.0	4.5	9.9	10.4	9.0	9.6

86th 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	6.8	9	3	0	11	12
February	7.1	7	3	4	7	11
March	5.6	16	1	6	2	4
April	7.7		3	8	8	5
May	6.8		10	4	8	4
June	3.5		6	1	3	3
July	1.7		0	1	5	0
August	1.8		1	1	3	1
September	4.8		5	2	7	9
October	7.8		8	5	6	9
November	12.2		9	11	9	7
December	11.3		7	18	11	20
Average	6.4	10.7	4.3	4.2	6.3	6.4

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	11.0	9	12	12	12	7
February	9.7	10	11	12	7	9
March	9.3	11	8	8	11	9
April	9.6		11	9	11	6
May	9.5		10	9	9	10
June	8.8		8	9	9	11
July	9.6		9	11	10	10
August	9.3		10	10	10	10
September	8.1		7	10	6	8
October	8.7		7	5	10	10
November	8.9		9	8	11	7
December	8.1		9	8	7	8
Average	9.3	10.0	9.2	9.3	9.4	8.9

8th 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°	343°	343°	342°	349°
February	343°	343°	337°	060°	334°
March	042°	316°	160°	338°	330°
April		333°	326°	333°	233°
May		337°	322°	316°	327°
June		327°	314°	319°	323°
July		308°	328°	328°	326°
August		317°	327°	333°	319°
September		260°	332°	318°	319°
October		132°	191°	353°	347°
November		343°	347°	343°	360°
December		345°	356°	344°	352°

Prevailing wind direction

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