Melun-Villaroche Air Base

LFPM · Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France

Climate Melun-Villaroche Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Melun-Villaroche Air Base (LFPM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 41.3 53 34 36 31 70
February 58.8 30 61 61 72 81
March 72.3 71 77 84 80 69
April 85.1 71 81 92 94
May 82.6 82 85 81 93
June 84.6 93 81 82 86
July 89.7 87 96 80 92
August 87.4 83 94 81 92
September 83.4 86 84 80 87
October 70.2 78 77 79 60
November 49.0 47 56 36 66
December 36.2 29 22 41 34
Average 71.6 52.8 73.0 76.6 73.0 80.0

77th 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 71.4 85 77 63 65 80
February 85.8 77 88 94 91 96
March 92.6 96 96 93 94 94
April 95.9 95 92 98 99
May 93.5 92 94 95 99
June 94.6 98 94 94 97
July 97.2 95 99 96 100
August 96.9 95 99 98 97
September 94.2 95 95 91 96
October 88.9 94 89 92 88
November 75.7 85 78 64 90
December 70.2 76 59 69 74
Average 89.6 86.9 91.7 90.1 89.4 93.7

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 7.1 9 8 7 6 9
February 10.0 11 10 11 9 12
March 13.2 14 13 14 13 12
April 16.6 15 16 15 21
May 20.2 20 22 17 21
June 25.0 27 25 25 23
July 26.7 26 28 24 27
August 26.0 24 29 23 28
September 22.5 26 21 23 24
October 17.8 19 20 17 15
November 11.0 12 12 9 13
December 8.0 9 4 9 9
Average 16.4 11.8 17.4 17.9 16.0 17.7

71st 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 2.0 3 3 1 2 3
February 2.5 6 2 3 3 5
March 4.0 5 5 4 2 4
April 5.2 5 5 3 7
May 9.1 10 10 8 9
June 13.3 14 13 14 12
July 14.4 14 14 14 13
August 14.1 15 15 13 15
September 11.4 14 11 12 12
October 9.0 10 11 7 9
November 4.6 6 6 3 5
December 3.2 5 0 4 3
Average 7.4 4.7 8.4 8.0 7.0 8.0

33rd 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 11.5 8 15 8 18 8
February 9.1 22 1 5 9 8
March 9.6 13 7 8 6 8
April 5.7 8 8 3 3
May 5.3 6 1 9 4
June 3.7 2 5 6 3
July 3.8 6 2 9 1
August 3.0 6 1 3 2
September 4.3 4 5 3 4
October 8.6 8 8 11 14
November 11.3 18 10 10 3
December 11.0 12 7 12 17
Average 7.5 15.3 7.1 5.2 7.4 5.4

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 8.6 10 11 7 9 9
February 9.7 11 7 11 10 14
March 9.3 9 12 7 9 9
April 7.4 8 8 7 7
May 6.9 8 6 10 6
June 6.4 6 6 6 8
July 7.0 9 6 8 7
August 6.9 8 6 8 7
September 6.9 7 7 6 7
October 8.3 8 8 7 10
November 8.6 12 9 7 8
December 9.5 10 6 9 11
Average 8.0 9.6 8.6 7.1 7.7 8.2

71st 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 223° 238° 235° 254° 209°
February 219° 319° 235° 172° 227°
March 207° 236° 093° 285° 044°
April 283° 016° 018° 111°
May 005° 310° 230° 023°
June 026° 251° 332° 212°
July 239° 343° 255° 269°
August 253° 021° 278° 222°
September 182° 246° 127° 275°
October 206° 196° 205° 208°
November 227° 203° 279° 195°
December 227° 064° 227° 208°

Prevailing wind direction

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