Climate Orléans-Bricy (BA 123) Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Orléans-Bricy (BA 123) Air Base (LFOJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	38.1	48	35	30	35	50
February	60.2	35	64	67	74	71
March	69.7	69	72	78	79	68
April	83.2		66	80	92	90
May	81.0		82	86	78	88
June	84.3		92	85	83	82
July	89.1		85	97	79	92
August	86.3		79	96	78	90
September	83.0		86	84	81	86
October	69.1		77	75	74	62
November	51.4		50	57	43	68
December	40.8		39	25	43	39
Average	70.5	52.0	72.0	76.7	72.5	76.5

74th 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	68.4	83	74	52	72	72
February	84.9	77	87	90	91	91
March	90.8	90	94	92	94	90
April	95.4		91	93	99	97
May	92.7		91	96	93	95
June	94.8		97	93	97	95
July	97.0		96	99	94	99
August	96.2		92	98	97	96
September	94.0		96	95	89	96
October	87.4		90	89	90	88
November	75.9		85	75	66	88
December	68.8		80	60	66	69
Average	88.3	83.7	90.4	89.0	89.1	91.1

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	6.9	7	8	6	6	9
February	10.1	11	10	11	10	12
March	13.1	13	13	15	13	12
April	16.4		15	16	15	20
May	20.0		20	23	17	21
June	24.8		27	25	24	22
July	26.7		26	28	24	26
August	26.1		25	29	23	28
September	23.1		26	22	23	24
October	17.8		20	20	17	15
November	11.2		12	13	9	13
December	8.2		10	4	9	8
Average	16.3	10.5	17.5	18.0	15.9	17.5

68th 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	1	4	1	1	3
February	2.3	6	1	2	2	5
March	3.8	5	5	4	2	4
April	4.8		5	5	2	7
May	8.6		9	10	7	9
June	13.0		13	13	14	12
July	14.1		14	14	14	13
August	14.0		15	15	13	15
September	11.3		14	11	12	12
October	9.0		10	12	7	9
November	4.5		6	6	2	5
December	3.2		5	0	3	4
Average	7.1	3.9	8.2	7.9	6.6	7.9

27th 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	26.0	22	33	13	33	30
February	23.1	36	6	29	22	34
March	24.7	31	23	14	16	22
April	18.7		29	17	9	16
May	15.7		11	8	28	9
June	16.5		8	14	21	30
July	11.8		16	3	17	8
August	13.3		19	9	13	17
September	13.9		11	22	18	8
October	21.7		23	22	17	38
November	28.3		42	26	21	13
December	22.3		27	5	16	34
Average	20.0	29.9	19.4	14.6	18.8	20.5

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	10	12	8	10	11
February	10.7	11	9	12	11	16
March	10.7	9	13	9	10	12
April	9.2		10	10	11	9
May	9.0		10	8	12	10
June	7.7		7	7	6	9
July	8.5		10	7	10	9
August	8.1		9	8	9	9
September	8.2		7	8	8	8
October	9.5		9	8	10	11
November	9.7		14	10	8	8
December	10.6		12	7	10	11
Average	9.3	10.2	9.9	8.4	9.5	9.9

68th 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	225°	234°	238°	242°	211°
February	218°	018°	231°	146°	231°
March	213°	228°	075°	296°	033°
April		317°	013°	031°	090°
May		016°	339°	230°	039°
June		027°	267°	339°	227°
July		238°	018°	252°	282°
August		251°	014°	286°	238°
September		205°	255°	066°	290°
October		207°	192°	201°	216°
November		227°	205°	308°	191°
December		224°	054°	223°	209°

Prevailing wind direction

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