Climate Caen-Carpiquet Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Caen-Carpiquet Airport (LFRK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	52.2	65	48	48	44	54
February	58.4	41	59	59	63	60
March	66.2	71	65	74	79	70
April	76.0		69	74	83	80
May	73.6		67	78	80	80
June	73.2		78	83	61	74
July	81.0		78	92	73	75
August	78.6		73	86	66	81
September	79.3		81	87	75	78
October	71.8		80	73	75	72
November	68.0		64	77	64	66
December	56.1		58	46	52	63
Average	69.8	59.8	69.7	76.0	69.4	72.4

82nd 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	85.5	90	95	71	82	89
February	89.8	83	89	92	93	94
March	92.6	95	97	95	96	93
April	92.4		94	93	94	93
May	91.3		89	94	97	92
June	90.0		92	96	82	96
July	96.8		98	99	94	95
August	95.7		94	97	97	96
September	94.3		96	97	91	94
October	94.4		98	93	97	99
November	91.5		91	95	92	93
December	87.3		95	74	89	92
Average	91.8	89.4	94.0	92.8	92.1	94.0

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	8.3	8	9	8	7	10
February	10.2	12	10	11	9	11
March	12.3	13	12	14	12	11
April	14.6		14	14	12	18
May	17.6		17	19	16	18
June	21.5		23	22	21	21
July	23.6		23	26	22	23
August	23.2		22	25	21	25
September	20.9		24	20	22	21
October	17.1		19	19	17	15
November	11.9		12	13	11	13
December	9.4		11	5	10	9
Average	15.3	11.0	16.3	16.7	15.1	16.2

94th 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	2.8	2	4	3	3	4
February	3.8	7	3	4	4	5
March	4.7	5	6	4	3	4
April	5.0		6	5	2	7
May	8.1		9	9	7	8
June	11.7		13	12	12	11
July	13.2		14	14	13	12
August	13.5		14	14	13	15
September	11.6		14	12	12	12
October	9.3		10	11	8	9
November	5.9		7	7	5	7
December	4.4		7	-1	5	5
Average	7.5	4.5	8.8	8.1	7.2	8.1

35th 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	40.3	38	52	31	50	28
February	38.7	58	20	38	42	55
March	34.6	43	53	22	27	32
April	20.9		31	24	18	12
May	18.6		16	17	39	7
June	19.7		11	28	24	30
July	16.2		40	3	30	13
August	18.8		31	9	25	20
September	22.4		19	34	20	20
October	32.9		37	32	30	51
November	42.4		60	47	35	32
December	43.5		52	29	34	53
Average	29.0	46.4	33.1	24.1	29.6	27.1

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	9.6	10	12	9	10	10
February	11.4	13	8	14	11	16
March	10.8	11	13	9	10	11
April	8.2		9	9	8	7
May	8.3		9	7	11	8
June	7.1		7	7	6	8
July	8.5		10	8	8	9
August	8.5		9	8	9	9
September	8.4		8	8	8	8
October	9.7		10	10	10	12
November	10.0		13	12	8	9
December	10.8		12	6	11	11
Average	9.3	11.0	9.7	8.7	9.1	9.6

94th 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	216°	237°	239°	247°	212°
February	229°	314°	239°	189°	237°
March	209°	231°	104°	267°	299°
April		291°	356°	017°	008°
May		358°	315°	242°	012°
June		347°	290°	352°	251°
July		244°	323°	276°	283°
August		264°	358°	289°	256°
September		217°	265°	272°	300°
October		203°	193°	216°	221°
November		240°	209°	295°	206°
December		230°	136°	218°	215°

Prevailing wind direction

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