Climate Salon-de-Provence (BA 701) Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Salon-de-Provence (BA 701) Air Base (LFMY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	91.3	88	93	90	86	93
February	88.6	88	93	95	85	85
March	93.9	93	91	99	94	96
April	94.5		98	98	91	88
May	95.2		97	99	94	94
June	96.4		93	98	99	97
July	97.6		99	100	98	99
August	95.7		89	95	97	96
September	96.5		95	98	95	97
October	91.2		92	95	94	90
November	90.8		89	94	92	88
December	87.6		92	75	86	83
Average	93.3	89.6	93.5	95.8	93.2	92.6

5th 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	98.1	98	99	96	95	99
February	96.4	98	97	98	95	98
March	99.1	99	100	99	99	99
April	98.3		99	100	98	96
May	99.4		100	99	99	100
June	99.0		97	100	100	99
July	98.8		100	100	100	100
August	98.2		93	99	100	97
September	99.2		100	100	98	100
October	98.6		100	99	98	98
November	98.8		99	99	99	99
December	96.9		97	97	94	97
Average	98.4	98.1	98.4	99.0	98.1	98.4

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	11.5	13	12	11	10	13
February	14.3	16	14	15	15	16
March	16.8	17	18	17	16	16
April	19.4		20	19	18	20
May	23.5		24	26	22	25
June	28.9		29	31	29	27
July	31.9		33	34	30	32
August	31.2		31	32	30	31
September	26.7		29	26	27	26
October	22.0		24	25	20	19
November	15.5		15	17	14	17
December	12.2		14	11	12	11
Average	20.4	15.1	21.8	22.3	20.3	21.0

10th 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	1.9	3	2	0	2	3
February	3.0	4	1	3	5	4
March	4.5	7	4	3	4	5
April	6.7		6	6	5	7
May	11.5		12	13	11	13
June	16.3		17	18	17	15
July	18.7		19	20	18	18
August	18.0		17	20	17	18
September	14.3		15	15	15	15
October	10.7		12	12	9	9
November	5.8		5	6	5	6
December	2.6		3	3	1	3
Average	8.9	4.4	9.4	9.9	9.0	9.6

78th 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	4.4	7	1	0	10	7
February	5.2	5	1	3	4	6
March	3.9	11	1	2	2	4
April	7.0		1	3	8	13
May	6.4		13	2	7	9
June	3.0		5	3	1	4
July	0.7		0	1	2	0
August	1.3		2	0	3	1
September	3.4		4	1	6	5
October	5.6		2	3	5	8
November	8.4		10	8	10	1
December	8.7		6	15	7	12
Average	4.9	8.0	3.8	2.8	4.8	5.5

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	9.8	8	10	9	10	7
February	8.7	8	8	11	7	9
March	8.6	10	8	7	9	8
April	8.7		9	8	8	6
May	8.1		8	8	8	7
June	7.7		7	8	7	9
July	8.4		8	8	9	8
August	8.3		9	8	9	9
September	7.5		7	9	6	7
October	7.9		7	5	9	9
November	7.9		8	7	8	6
December	7.6		8	7	7	8
Average	8.3	8.5	8.0	8.0	8.0	7.7

10th 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	329°	335°	332°	328°	360°
February	329°	332°	318°	069°	321°
March	340°	299°	129°	319°	308°
April		313°	295°	313°	213°
May		321°	287°	292°	290°
June		296°	275°	254°	303°
July		290°	297°	292°	302°
August		295°	301°	309°	296°
September		219°	314°	285°	292°
October		177°	180°	336°	324°
November		330°	347°	336°	006°
December		331°	001°	329°	344°

Prevailing wind direction

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