Climate Orléans – Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Orléans – Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel Airport (LFOZ) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	34.7	46	34	25
February	53.3	34	62	65
March	76.2	67	77	85
April	73.2		68	78
May	84.3		80	88
June	87.6		90	86
July	84.8		76	94
August	80.3		68	93
September	77.3		74	80
October	71.5		69	74
November	46.4		43	50
December	28.0		30	25
Average	64.4	50.3	67.3	75.6

87th 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
January	67.0	81	73	48
February	83.9	78	85	90
March	92.5	90	93	95
April	93.9		94	94
May	92.9		90	96
June	94.8		96	94
July	96.1		95	98
August	93.2		90	97
September	92.1		92	92
October	90.9		91	91
November	74.6		75	75
December	69.2		75	60
Average	86.9	83.3	88.5	88.8

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
January	7.2	8	8	6
February	10.9	11	10	11
March	13.8	14	13	15
April	15.4		15	16
May	21.6		21	23
June	26.7		28	26
July	27.0		26	28
August	26.9		25	29
September	24.3		27	22
October	20.1		20	20
November	12.2		12	13
December	7.3		10	4
Average	15.6	10.9	17.7	18.1

63rd 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
January	1.6	1	3	1
February	2.8	6	1	2
March	4.2	5	4	4
April	5.0		5	5
May	9.5		10	10
June	13.2		14	13
July	13.4		14	13
August	12.6		14	11
September	11.6		13	10
October	9.9		9	11
November	5.3		6	5
December	2.7		5	-1
Average	6.3	3.7	8.1	7.3

16th lowest temperature of France

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	7.9	9	11	4
February	7.8	17	1	5
March	6.4	10	5	4
April	5.5		6	5
May	2.8		4	2
June	3.4		2	5
July	2.5		3	2
August	4.1		6	3
September	4.6		4	5
October	7.7		7	9
November	9.4		12	7
December	3.5		5	1
Average	7.1	12.0	5.0	4.3

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
January	7.6	8	9	6
February	8.1	9	7	9
March	8.3	8	10	7
April	7.9		8	8
May	6.8		8	6
June	5.6		6	6
July	6.6		8	5
August	6.4		7	6
September	5.7		6	6
October	6.8		7	7
November	8.8		10	8
December	7.7		9	5
Average	7.4	8.0	7.6	6.5

63rd 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
January	232°	237°	237°
February	220°	020°	233°
March	209°	234°	094°
April		313°	010°
May		025°	329°
June		034°	266°
July		242°	017°
August		256°	017°
September		203°	252°
October		208°	193°
November		230°	208°
December		230°	054°

Prevailing wind direction

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