Cherbourg-Maupertus Airport

LFRC · Manche, Normandy, France

Climate Cherbourg-Maupertus Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cherbourg-Maupertus Airport (LFRC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 38.7 47 36 37 29 36
February 45.3 28 41 49 49 43
March 48.7 55 38 57 64 50
April 62.2 55 62 68 66
May 62.4 60 70 57 69
June 61.0 67 67 57 59
July 67.4 58 81 57 57
August 58.4 51 69 46 59
September 60.1 63 70 60 65
October 53.7 66 56 57 53
November 51.9 47 49 45 56
December 38.9 30 45 34 38
Average 54.6 44.2 52.7 62.2 53.6 56.0

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 74.5 80 86 71 67 65
February 77.0 57 80 83 79 73
March 80.3 84 87 80 90 81
April 87.0 84 90 92 86
May 84.4 84 86 92 89
June 79.7 81 86 70 86
July 87.8 87 94 85 81
August 85.5 84 78 83 89
September 86.8 90 92 83 92
October 81.4 88 81 85 85
November 83.2 81 87 89 78
December 73.1 76 76 68 75
Average 81.6 74.7 84.1 84.5 82.5 82.8

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 8.2 8 9 9 7 10
February 9.4 11 9 10 9 10
March 10.8 11 11 12 11 10
April 12.8 12 13 10 15
May 15.3 15 16 14 16
June 18.7 20 19 18 18
July 20.6 20 22 20 19
August 20.2 20 22 19 22
September 18.6 21 18 20 19
October 15.6 17 17 16 14
November 11.5 12 13 11 13
December 9.4 10 6 10 9
Average 13.8 10.0 14.7 15.0 13.7 14.5

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 4.1 3 5 5 4 5
February 4.5 7 5 5 4 6
March 5.6 6 6 6 5 5
April 6.2 7 6 4 8
May 8.7 9 9 7 8
June 11.7 13 11 11 12
July 13.0 13 14 12 13
August 13.5 14 15 13 14
September 12.3 14 13 13 12
October 10.2 11 12 9 10
November 7.0 7 8 7 8
December 5.4 7 1 6 5
Average 8.1 4.9 9.2 9.1 8.0 8.8

58th 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 39.3 42 49 29 62 28
February 39.0 56 26 42 42 57
March 35.7 44 49 25 28 36
April 18.2 26 21 17 3
May 14.8 12 16 38 2
June 14.9 7 25 19 13
July 15.3 37 3 21 15
August 18.3 30 7 24 22
September 20.0 13 26 18 16
October 37.6 43 37 34 53
November 43.3 57 45 44 39
December 49.1 65 44 42 61
Average 28.3 47.1 31.4 23.5 29.9 25.0

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 11.3 12 13 9 11 12
February 13.3 14 9 16 13 19
March 12.2 12 14 10 11 14
April 9.7 10 11 10 10
May 9.8 10 9 13 10
June 8.9 9 9 7 9
July 9.0 11 8 9 10
August 9.1 9 8 10 9
September 9.3 9 9 9 9
October 10.6 11 10 11 12
November 11.2 14 13 9 11
December 12.4 14 8 13 12
Average 10.5 12.4 10.8 9.7 10.1 11.0

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 222° 252° 252° 266° 219°
February 244° 293° 248° 156° 244°
March 219° 230° 104° 254° 309°
April 205° 040° 053° 086°
May 038° 277° 244° 046°
June 046° 237° 351° 246°
July 248° 286° 259° 268°
August 261° 013° 277° 255°
September 206° 272° 286° 302°
October 218° 200° 228° 233°
November 261° 226° 316° 213°
December 244° 106° 224° 224°

Prevailing wind direction

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