Climate Aérodrome de Vesoul-Frotey 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur (BA 116) Air Base (LFSX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	45.9	48	47	46	42	57
February	67.8	55	71	63	79	80
March	77.1	76	81	93	83	77
April	85.7	83	80	76	93	96
May	85.2		85	94	81	88
June	90.2		98	89	80	87
July	91.0		91	98	80	95
August	89.7		87	94	83	91
September	86.0		95	78	82	88
October	73.6		85	80	78	72
November	60.5		59	67	46	77
December	41.8		32	48	38	46
Average	76.9	67.9	79.3	81.1	74.9	82.0

41st 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	75.3	80	88	66	72	82
February	88.7	82	90	92	93	94
March	93.3	94	94	98	97	95
April	96.0	99	93	93	99	99
May	94.4		94	97	97	97
June	96.3		99	95	93	96
July	97.2		98	99	93	100
August	95.5		94	96	94	95
September	94.3		97	93	92	98
October	87.6		95	89	86	94
November	84.0		95	87	63	93
December	73.8		73	77	63	79
Average	91.1	90.0	93.3	92.0	88.8	94.4

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	5.6	7	7	5	4	8
February	9.8	11	10	10	10	11
March	12.9	14	12	15	12	13
April	16.5	16	14	16	15	21
May	20.3		21	23	17	21
June	25.7		28	26	25	23
July	27.0		26	29	24	27
August	26.6		26	29	23	28
September	22.8		27	20	23	24
October	17.5		20	20	17	15
November	10.2		10	12	7	13
December	6.5		8	3	6	7
Average	16.2	11.7	17.3	17.8	15.2	17.5

74th 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	-1.3	-1	2	-2	-1	0
February	0.5	4	-1	1	0	3
March	1.8	4	2	1	0	1
April	3.4	4	4	3	1	5
May	6.9		6	6	6	7
June	11.8		10	10	13	11
July	13.3		11	13	14	12
August	13.2		12	14	13	14
September	9.8		12	10	10	11
October	6.7		8	8	5	7
November	2.9		4	5	1	3
December	0.9		3	-3	0	2
Average	5.5	2.6	6.0	5.7	5.2	6.2

1st 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	17.1	2	16	9	29	6
February	14.0	12	4	13	12	18
March	14.2	9	12	2	9	15
April	10.0	13	13	15	7	3
May	10.3		4	2	20	8
June	6.3		2	6	8	10
July	5.0		3	0	11	3
August	5.0		6	1	6	4
September	7.4		1	9	7	7
October	11.2		12	9	7	14
November	17.2		26	12	13	6
December	19.9		2	10	23	27
Average	10.5	9.6	7.6	6.3	11.8	9.0

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	5.7	6	8	4	6	5
February	6.3	6	5	8	6	10
March	6.6	7	8	5	6	6
April	5.7	7	6	6	6	5
May	5.3		5	5	7	5
June	4.9		4	5	5	5
July	4.9		6	5	5	5
August	4.7		5	5	5	5
September	4.9		5	5	4	5
October	5.3		6	5	5	7
November	5.6		8	6	4	4
December	6.2		7	4	5	6
Average	5.5	6.5	6.0	5.1	5.2	5.7

74th 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°	233°	248°	234°	216°
February	221°	308°	230°	180°	238°
March	213°	236°	154°	256°	227°
April	250°	233°	250°	329°	214°
May		359°	282°	232°	355°
June		335°	250°	272°	247°
July		242°	319°	271°	282°
August		253°	277°	265°	237°
September		177°	225°	192°	231°
October		209°	197°	202°	214°
November		222°	196°	250°	144°
December		224°	079°	209°	178°

Prevailing wind direction

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