Vitry en Artois Airfield

LFQS · Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France

Climate Vitry en Artois Airfield 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 66.6 55 86 70 70
April 78.0 67 85 82 84
May 77.4 70 83 79 94
June 78.5 90 83 61 84
July 82.8 79 91 73 75
August 82.1 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 66.7 40.4 67.8 78.1 66.4 71.0

63rd 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 72.3 85 84 67 68 63
February 83.1 76 86 93 84 90
March 90.2 89 96 92 90
April 91.9 90 96 95 95
May 91.7 85 96 95 99
June 93.0 97 93 83 98
July 95.9 94 98 94 94
August 94.0 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 87.9 80.5 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 11.9 11 14 12 11
April 15.3 13 15 12 19
May 19.1 19 21 17 20
June 23.5 26 23 23 22
July 24.7 24 26 23 23
August 24.5 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 15.1 8.8 16.3 16.9 14.8 16.5

91st 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 1 3 2 1 3
February 3.0 6 3 4 2 5
March 4.2 5 4 4 4
April 5.6 5 6 3 7
May 9.2 9 10 8 9
June 13.4 15 13 14 13
July 14.4 14 14 15 13
August 14.6 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 7.4 3.6 8.7 8.2 7.3 8.3

41st 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 32.3 33 38 27 47 28
February 30.9 53 11 40 21 50
March 26.4 40 9 22 28
April 16.2 23 17 14 7
May 18.3 16 15 39 5
June 14.9 6 20 26 22
July 17.2 24 3 28 22
August 20.8 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 25.2 42.9 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 10.9 12 8 11 12
April 9.0 9 10 9 8
May 8.6 9 8 11 9
June 7.8 8 7 7 8
July 8.4 10 7 8 9
August 8.1 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 9.4 11.4 9.7 8.6 8.8 9.7

91st 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 225° 219° 234° 223° 202°
February 207° 269° 227° 142° 220°
March 223° 086° 257° 339°
April 346° 011° 356° 060°
May 009° 272° 226° 001°
June 019° 260° 328° 234°
July 234° 297° 265° 255°
August 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.