Quimper-Cornouaille Airport

LFRQ · Finistère, Brittany, France

Climate Quimper-Cornouaille Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Quimper-Cornouaille Airport (LFRQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 46.3 44 56 31 49 45
February 51.4 28 66 42 47 43
March 56.5 50 32 72 68 62
April 73.7 63 78 92 69
May 67.9 71 76 49 80
June 66.1 81 67 56 61
July 63.0 49 81 49 59
August 62.1 50 70 60 61
September 63.4 70 62 65 72
October 51.7 58 41 55 54
November 57.3 53 55 64 51
December 44.6 29 59 44 60
Average 58.3 41.5 57.6 63.9 58.6 61.3

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 72.1 67 83 66 68 73
February 75.6 60 89 72 78 67
March 84.9 82 74 92 92 87
April 92.1 88 94 98 87
May 89.7 89 95 89 92
June 89.2 93 85 86 93
July 86.9 81 97 86 81
August 87.3 79 86 92 89
September 85.6 89 89 88 88
October 78.4 86 74 83 81
November 84.2 83 87 86 83
December 72.7 79 78 59 87
Average 83.0 70.6 84.6 86.2 85.3 84.7

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 9.6 9 10 10 9 11
February 10.9 12 11 11 10 12
March 12.4 13 12 14 13 12
April 15.5 15 16 15 18
May 18.5 19 20 15 21
June 21.2 24 22 21 20
July 22.6 20 25 22 22
August 22.2 21 26 21 23
September 20.3 22 20 21 21
October 16.7 18 18 17 15
November 12.9 13 14 12 14
December 10.7 12 7 11 11
Average 15.6 11.3 16.4 17.1 15.6 16.5

87th 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 4.3 4 5 5 4 6
February 5.0 8 4 6 5 6
March 5.9 7 7 6 5 5
April 6.5 7 7 5 8
May 9.2 10 9 8 10
June 12.1 12 12 12 12
July 13.5 13 14 14 12
August 13.6 14 15 13 14
September 12.1 14 12 13 12
October 10.1 11 12 10 9
November 7.1 8 9 6 9
December 5.8 8 1 6 5
Average 8.5 6.1 9.4 9.2 8.4 9.0

66th 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 41.3 41 43 29 47 31
February 37.0 53 14 35 32 59
March 35.9 54 48 29 21 27
April 16.1 29 19 9 7
May 17.6 16 17 45 1
June 18.2 14 33 25 7
July 18.3 36 5 27 17
August 17.0 27 9 19 9
September 23.5 21 33 22 19
October 36.7 38 43 30 48
November 42.4 51 41 31 31
December 46.9 54 17 45 63
Average 29.4 50.0 30.8 24.5 28.1 23.0

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 8.8 10 10 6 9 10
February 10.3 11 8 11 10 15
March 10.5 10 12 9 9 11
April 8.4 10 9 8 7
May 8.5 11 8 10 8
June 7.4 8 8 6 8
July 7.9 9 8 8 8
August 7.8 9 8 8 8
September 7.8 8 9 6 7
October 8.7 9 9 8 11
November 9.1 10 11 7 9
December 10.1 12 8 10 11
Average 8.8 10.4 9.5 8.6 8.1 9.1

87th 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 217° 266° 288° 270° 224°
February 253° 037° 261° 173° 251°
March 226° 229° 102° 284° 324°
April 270° 350° 045° 130°
May 020° 302° 259° 055°
June 329° 266° 336° 279°
July 249° 332° 282° 301°
August 271° 009° 306° 263°
September 201° 266° 337° 317°
October 214° 198° 230° 263°
November 271° 234° 347° 210°
December 256° 081° 268° 274°

Prevailing wind direction

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