Lille-Lesquin Airport

LFQQ · North, Hauts-de-France, France

Climate Lille-Lesquin Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lille-Lesquin Airport (LFQQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 38.5 51 36 34 37 34
February 54.6 31 51 62 64 56
March 65.7 60 55 86 70 70
April 77.9 77 67 85 82 84
May 75.2 60 70 83 79 94
June 78.4 78 90 83 61 84
July 82.8 83 79 91 73 75
August 81.4 77 82 91 75 86
September 78.4 82 86 78 69
October 71.9 73 83 67 64
November 53.8 52 57 44 57
December 40.8 38 48 36 34
Average 70.0 67.0 67.8 78.1 66.4 71.0

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 72.3 85 84 67 68 63
February 83.1 76 86 93 84 90
March 89.5 85 89 96 92 90
April 92.4 96 90 96 95 95
May 90.9 85 85 96 95 99
June 92.9 93 97 93 83 98
July 96.0 97 94 98 94 94
August 93.7 92 94 96 94 95
September 92.2 93 92 92 88
October 91.1 90 92 85 92
November 78.7 84 77 79 78
December 73.6 78 74 65 71
Average 89.0 89.4 89.5 91.2 87.3 89.8

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 2021 2020
January 6.7 7 8 7 6 8
February 9.4 11 9 11 8 10
March 12.0 13 11 14 12 11
April 15.2 15 13 15 12 19
May 19.2 19 19 21 17 20
June 23.2 21 26 23 23 22
July 24.6 24 24 26 23 23
August 24.6 25 24 27 22 27
September 21.2 24 20 22 22
October 16.7 18 19 16 15
November 10.7 11 12 10 12
December 7.9 9 4 8 8
Average 16.1 16.9 16.3 16.9 14.8 16.5

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 1 3 2 1 3
February 3.0 6 3 4 2 5
March 4.4 6 5 4 4 4
April 5.9 8 5 6 3 7
May 9.5 11 9 10 8 9
June 13.1 11 15 13 14 13
July 14.4 14 14 14 15 13
August 14.7 15 14 16 14 16
September 11.8 14 11 13 12
October 9.3 10 11 8 9
November 5.0 6 6 4 6
December 3.3 6 -1 4 4
Average 8.1 9.1 8.7 8.2 7.3 8.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 32.3 33 38 27 47 28
February 30.9 53 11 40 21 50
March 27.8 37 40 9 22 28
April 19.5 42 23 17 14 7
May 20.5 36 16 15 39 5
June 16.6 28 6 20 26 22
July 17.6 21 24 3 28 22
August 20.0 15 18 9 42 24
September 21.1 13 31 8 17
October 25.9 32 15 32 48
November 33.8 53 33 39 20
December 36.1 43 15 35 40
Average 23.8 31.7 24.3 17.9 29.0 23.8

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 9.7 11 12 8 9 10
February 11.6 12 9 14 11 16
March 10.7 10 12 8 11 12
April 9.3 12 9 10 9 8
May 8.5 8 9 8 11 9
June 7.8 8 8 7 7 8
July 8.3 7 10 7 8 9
August 8.0 8 9 8 9 8
September 8.2 7 8 7 8
October 9.6 9 8 9 12
November 9.4 12 10 8 9
December 10.3 13 7 9 10
Average 9.1 8.9 9.7 8.6 8.8 9.7

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° 219° 234° 223° 202°
February 207° 269° 227° 142° 220°
March 192° 223° 086° 257° 339°
April 234° 346° 011° 356° 060°
May 255° 009° 272° 226° 001°
June 273° 019° 260° 328° 234°
July 246° 234° 297° 265° 255°
August 229° 258° 014° 275° 226°
September 178° 252° 134° 272°
October 202° 195° 198° 199°
November 212° 184° 252° 187°
December 218° 111° 211° 188°

Prevailing wind direction

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