Abbeville

LFOI · Somme, Hauts-de-France, France

Climate Abbeville 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport (LFAT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 45.0 54 49 43 33 45
February 52.6 32 47 61 69 48
March 64.6 62 60 79 71 71
April 73.5 67 80 80 84
May 70.8 71 74 66 85
June 68.2 70 78 46 77
July 68.0 53 86 57 62
August 68.2 64 79 60 66
September 68.6 68 80 70 62
October 67.7 69 79 68 61
November 52.3 45 54 45 56
December 44.0 37 59 33 47
Average 62.5 50.3 60.2 73.4 59.5 66.0

94th 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 77.6 90 84 76 68 69
February 79.1 71 76 83 91 82
March 86.8 82 92 93 92 90
April 90.2 92 93 96 95
May 88.8 86 91 93 95
June 85.4 83 93 67 94
July 89.3 86 95 88 83
August 91.1 95 88 91 90
September 91.6 92 95 92 90
October 92.9 93 96 92 93
November 84.4 92 77 89 83
December 75.3 74 91 66 78
Average 86.2 81.2 87.5 90.0 86.0 87.9

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 7.7 7 9 8 7 10
February 9.3 11 9 10 8 10
March 11.4 12 11 13 11 11
April 14.2 13 14 11 18
May 17.5 17 18 15 19
June 20.8 23 21 20 21
July 22.0 21 24 21 21
August 22.1 21 25 20 24
September 19.9 23 19 21 20
October 16.5 18 18 16 15
November 11.5 12 13 11 13
December 8.8 10 5 9 9
Average 14.6 10.1 15.4 16.0 14.4 15.7

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 2.6 2 4 2 2 4
February 3.8 7 4 5 2 6
March 4.8 6 5 5 3 4
April 5.4 5 6 3 6
May 8.6 9 9 8 8
June 12.7 13 12 13 12
July 14.1 15 14 15 13
August 14.6 14 16 14 17
September 12.4 15 12 13 12
October 10.0 11 11 9 10
November 6.2 8 8 6 7
December 4.3 7 -1 5 4
Average 7.9 5.0 9.1 8.5 7.7 8.6

45th 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 32.6 28 33 29 45 29
February 33.4 60 23 31 31 47
March 28.1 36 40 13 22 30
April 15.0 22 19 13 2
May 14.6 9 13 26 2
June 11.9 4 14 22 19
July 13.7 20 6 23 12
August 18.1 15 5 34 20
September 19.0 12 28 7 13
October 30.2 37 20 34 50
November 40.2 62 40 43 29
December 41.1 44 32 44 46
Average 24.4 40.9 23.6 18.3 26.7 22.1

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 2020
January 8.4 9 10 7 8 9
February 9.4 10 8 12 9 13
March 9.2 9 10 8 9 10
April 8.3 9 9 9 8
May 8.1 9 7 9 9
June 7.7 8 8 6 8
July 7.9 10 8 7 8
August 7.8 8 8 8 8
September 7.7 7 8 7 8
October 8.4 8 8 8 9
November 8.5 11 10 7 8
December 9.0 11 7 9 9
Average 8.4 9.2 9.0 8.1 7.9 8.7

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 237° 250° 267° 257° 218°
February 224° 299° 238° 134° 242°
March 193° 242° 093° 282° 073°
April 013° 033° 016° 073°
May 020° 276° 251° 015°
June 021° 280° 327° 264°
July 251° 303° 282° 268°
August 273° 360° 296° 271°
September 194° 313° 270° 300°
October 214° 201° 225° 223°
November 246° 199° 323° 194°
December 237° 109° 247° 191°

Prevailing wind direction

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