Lanvéoc-Poulmic Air Base

LFRL · Finistère, Brittany, France

Climate Lanvéoc-Poulmic Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lanvéoc-Poulmic Air Base (LFRL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 48.6 47 56 34 46 50
February 53.8 29 60 46 52 43
March 55.0 52 31 65 68 61
April 70.6 61 71 90 66
May 63.8 61 72 48 76
June 59.2 68 60 52 51
July 59.9 46 75 52 50
August 59.0 45 69 56 55
September 62.0 66 62 66 66
October 52.3 56 48 55 56
November 57.3 48 59 57 54
December 45.8 30 64 45 62
Average 56.7 43.3 53.0 62.2 57.5 57.8

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 73.6 73 81 68 68 72
February 76.7 56 88 71 81 66
March 83.5 81 72 89 90 86
April 90.2 82 89 100 86
May 86.1 82 91 90 91
June 82.4 86 79 79 85
July 82.9 79 92 79 75
August 83.3 75 85 85 83
September 81.9 86 86 86 79
October 77.8 84 78 81 83
November 84.9 82 90 86 84
December 74.7 77 80 67 85
Average 80.9 70.6 80.8 84.2 83.3 81.6

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 9.7 9 10 10 9 11
February 10.8 12 11 11 10 11
March 12.3 13 12 14 13 12
April 15.0 15 15 15 17
May 17.6 18 18 15 20
June 20.3 23 20 19 19
July 21.8 20 24 21 21
August 21.3 21 25 20 22
September 19.9 22 20 21 20
October 16.4 18 17 17 15
November 12.8 13 14 12 14
December 10.7 12 7 11 11
Average 15.2 11.2 16.1 16.6 15.3 15.9

95th 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 5.2 5 6 6 5 6
February 5.8 9 5 7 5 6
March 6.6 7 7 7 6 6
April 7.3 8 7 6 9
May 9.9 11 10 9 10
June 12.8 14 13 12 12
July 14.3 15 15 15 13
August 14.2 15 16 14 15
September 13.0 15 13 14 13
October 10.9 12 13 11 10
November 8.3 9 10 7 10
December 6.8 9 3 7 7
Average 9.2 6.7 10.4 10.0 9.2 9.7

79th 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 32.5 27 34 20 47 26
February 31.4 42 15 36 44 44
March 21.2 4 33 22 15 19
April 13.9 17 20 6 14
May 13.0 14 17 26 6
June 16.2 12 21 14 28
July 11.9 22 2 16 13
August 13.7 20 9 19 12
September 19.0 22 28 14 14
October 27.2 25 21 25 37
November 32.5 38 34 30 17
December 32.6 25 21 30 40
Average 20.7 22.6 22.0 19.4 22.0 20.8

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 10.2 11 12 8 10 11
February 11.5 13 8 13 12 16
March 11.2 12 13 10 10 11
April 8.9 10 10 9 8
May 8.9 10 8 12 8
June 8.2 8 10 7 8
July 8.9 11 9 9 9
August 8.8 10 9 9 9
September 8.9 8 10 8 8
October 10.1 10 11 10 12
November 10.7 13 14 9 10
December 11.6 14 8 12 13
Average 9.8 11.7 10.4 9.6 9.7 9.9

95th 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 204° 251° 262° 259° 216°
February 249° 054° 252° 178° 241°
March 220° 226° 115° 250° 306°
April 269° 352° 041° 151°
May 020° 291° 251° 028°
June 326° 274° 335° 268°
July 242° 333° 272° 288°
August 265° 001° 277° 254°
September 213° 272° 294° 303°
October 215° 195° 222° 249°
November 267° 233° 341° 200°
December 251° 108° 246° 266°

Prevailing wind direction

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