Climate Nevers-Fourchambault Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Avord (BA 702) Air Base (LFOA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	41.8	52	39	31	35	57
February	64.5	53	66	66	75	72
March	75.6	75	79	88	75	73
April	85.3		76	78	92	92
May	82.2		80	94	75	84
June	86.7		90	88	88	81
July	88.4		85	97	78	90
August	89.5		86	94	81	90
September	84.0		90	85	79	82
October	72.7		85	74	81	62
November	58.2		54	62	35	84
December	42.4		37	46	39	41
Average	73.9	61.0	75.1	79.4	72.4	77.7

51st 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	74.6	87	87	57	70	82
February	87.6	81	90	89	94	91
March	93.9	95	95	96	96	93
April	95.2		92	93	98	97
May	94.1		95	100	94	95
June	95.0		95	94	94	96
July	96.5		97	100	93	97
August	97.9		97	99	97	99
September	93.6		97	94	88	91
October	88.6		94	90	94	90
November	81.2		86	80	68	94
December	74.3		77	74	64	80
Average	90.4	88.3	92.8	91.0	89.0	92.7

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	7.2	8	8	6	6	10
February	10.6	11	10	11	11	12
March	13.6	14	14	15	13	13
April	16.9		15	16	15	21
May	20.4		21	23	18	21
June	25.5		28	26	25	23
July	27.1		27	28	24	27
August	27.1		27	29	24	28
September	23.9		28	22	24	25
October	18.4		21	21	18	15
November	11.5		12	13	9	14
December	8.3		10	5	8	9
Average	16.8	11.2	18.2	18.4	16.2	18.1

58th 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	1.7	2	3	1	1	3
February	2.7	6	2	3	3	5
March	4.2	6	5	4	2	4
April	5.7		6	6	4	8
May	9.5		10	11	8	10
June	14.0		15	15	14	12
July	15.2		15	16	15	15
August	15.1		16	17	14	16
September	12.0		15	11	13	12
October	9.2		10	12	7	9
November	4.6		6	6	3	5
December	2.8		5	0	3	3
Average	7.6	4.2	9.0	8.7	7.1	8.4

46th 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	29.0	22	39	17	36	25
February	24.8	43	13	28	12	33
March	25.0	36	20	20	22	25
April	16.1		16	19	14	8
May	12.9		11	9	21	10
June	12.9		10	12	16	20
July	12.0		14	4	26	5
August	11.5		16	6	14	16
September	16.1		13	23	23	13
October	22.9		22	19	14	48
November	27.9		42	36	17	11
December	27.5		29	12	29	40
Average	20.3	33.7	18.7	16.0	20.0	19.6

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	8.2	8	10	6	9	8
February	8.8	8	7	9	9	12
March	9.1	8	10	8	8	10
April	7.9		9	9	9	7
May	7.9		9	7	10	9
June	6.8		6	6	6	8
July	7.7		9	7	8	8
August	7.2		8	7	8	7
September	6.9		6	7	6	7
October	7.7		8	7	7	9
November	7.9		11	8	7	6
December	8.7		9	6	8	9
Average	7.8	8.0	8.3	7.2	7.9	8.1

58th 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	230°	260°	289°	265°	209°
February	227°	043°	240°	128°	249°
March	220°	247°	092°	315°	003°
April		332°	337°	040°	099°
May		021°	008°	243°	045°
June		026°	300°	333°	249°
July		256°	019°	275°	304°
August		277°	016°	302°	268°
September		212°	256°	228°	284°
October		207°	181°	185°	231°
November		240°	214°	319°	142°
December		238°	063°	236°	222°

Prevailing wind direction

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