Tours-Val-de-Loire Airport

LFOT · Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France

Climate Tours-Val-de-Loire Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tours-Val-de-Loire Airport (LFOT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 42.7 51 42 34 41 57
February 60.3 40 67 67 69 67
March 71.7 72 75 78 82 69
April 84.8 72 80 90 89
May 82.1 79 88 76 83
June 84.3 90 84 91 76
July 87.2 88 97 72 88
August 84.8 78 93 76 85
September 83.5 86 86 81 85
October 69.3 80 72 75 65
November 56.0 57 60 55 73
December 43.2 43 42 44 39
Average 71.6 55.7 73.3 77.4 73.2 75.1

69th 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 69.3 79 77 57 73 74
February 84.4 75 88 87 89 92
March 91.9 94 92 94 95 91
April 95.2 92 92 98 95
May 94.1 94 97 92 95
June 94.8 97 94 96 94
July 96.4 97 100 92 99
August 95.3 93 99 95 94
September 94.2 96 94 94 96
October 86.0 94 89 87 86
November 76.3 82 76 79 86
December 68.2 73 74 65 67
Average 88.3 83.7 90.7 89.9 89.4 90.3

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 7.9 9 8 7 7 10
February 10.6 12 10 12 11 12
March 13.4 14 13 15 13 13
April 16.7 15 16 16 20
May 20.3 20 23 18 22
June 24.8 27 26 24 22
July 27.0 26 29 25 27
August 26.3 25 29 23 27
September 23.4 27 22 24 24
October 18.4 20 20 18 16
November 11.9 13 14 10 14
December 8.9 10 5 9 9
Average 16.7 11.3 17.9 18.5 16.4 17.8

54th 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 2.8 3 4 2 2 4
February 3.6 6 3 4 4 6
March 5.0 6 6 5 3 5
April 6.3 6 6 4 9
May 9.8 10 11 8 10
June 14.3 17 14 14 13
July 15.5 15 16 15 14
August 15.3 16 17 14 16
September 12.7 15 12 14 14
October 9.9 11 12 8 9
November 5.4 7 7 3 6
December 4.0 6 1 4 4
Average 8.2 4.7 9.5 9.2 7.8 9.1

62nd 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 28.7 17 35 21 35 31
February 27.5 37 9 35 25 36
March 26.2 35 28 19 19 24
April 16.6 17 24 11 15
May 18.0 14 9 38 9
June 13.7 6 15 12 21
July 9.1 9 2 21 0
August 13.0 16 13 14 18
September 14.2 7 23 18 8
October 25.2 29 22 20 36
November 27.7 37 25 24 12
December 32.8 27 6 28 49
Average 20.9 30.1 18.2 17.2 21.4 19.8

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 7.9 8 9 6 8 9
February 8.8 9 7 9 9 13
March 8.7 8 10 8 8 10
April 7.3 8 8 8 7
May 7.2 8 6 9 8
June 6.5 6 6 5 7
July 7.1 8 6 8 7
August 6.6 7 6 7 7
September 6.8 6 7 6 7
October 7.7 8 7 8 9
November 7.6 10 9 7 7
December 8.5 9 7 9 9
Average 7.5 8.2 7.8 7.0 7.6 8.0

54th 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 194° 240° 244° 247° 200°
February 222° 044° 234° 156° 235°
March 203° 228° 094° 289° 036°
April 314° 011° 042° 121°
May 016° 357° 234° 046°
June 002° 239° 063° 227°
July 244° 027° 248° 288°
August 257° 020° 287° 241°
September 199° 253° 094° 284°
October 196° 189° 191° 225°
November 234° 207° 324° 164°
December 225° 065° 208° 219°

Prevailing wind direction

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