Climate Épinal-Mirecourt Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Épinal-Mirecourt Airport (LFSG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	39.7	51	31	40	42	49
February	59.8	50	64	64	54	71
March	74.6	76	82	88	84	69
April	86.2		75	79	93	98
May	87.2		87	96	85	91
June	90.8		98	94	80	90
July	92.7		91	99	80	94
August	88.3		89	95	82	97
September	76.3		94	86	86	83
October	70.7		83	69	74	68
November	51.2		56	62	27	68
December	34.3		29	28	29	41
Average	73.3	60.2	77.5	80.4	71.9	80.0

45th 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	68.9	80	78	63	68	71
February	83.6	83	86	88	73	93
March	92.0	92	98	97	96	85
April	96.4		96	95	97	100
May	95.9		97	100	99	96
June	96.5		99	98	93	98
July	98.2		100	100	92	100
August	93.8		96	98	96	100
September	83.1		98	96	94	96
October	85.9		98	80	84	90
November	77.4		89	79	64	85
December	71.4		77	59	60	77
Average	88.4	85.6	93.9	91.0	87.3	92.4

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	4.6	5	6	4	4	7
February	8.3	10	8	9	9	10
March	11.6	13	11	14	11	11
April	14.9		13	14	13	19
May	18.9		19	22	15	19
June	24.2		27	25	24	22
July	25.9		25	28	23	26
August	25.4		24	28	22	27
September	21.4		25	19	22	22
October	16.2		19	18	15	13
November	9.0		9	10	7	11
December	5.9		7	2	6	7
Average	14.7	9.2	16.1	16.4	14.0	16.1

100th 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	-1.7	-1	2	-1	-1	1
February	1.0	5	0	2	1	3
March	2.1	5	3	1	0	2
April	3.5		4	3	2	5
May	7.8		8	9	6	7
June	12.3		12	12	13	11
July	13.4		13	13	13	13
August	13.8		14	15	13	15
September	9.6		12	10	10	10
October	7.4		8	9	5	8
November	2.9		5	5	1	3
December	1.4		3	-3	2	2
Average	5.8	2.7	7.0	6.5	5.4	6.6

5th 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	16.9	21	18	9	27	9
February	11.4	17	4	13	11	19
March	12.5	12	12	5	9	14
April	8.1		11	15	7	1
May	6.3		3	2	14	5
June	4.1		0	6	8	7
July	3.1		5	0	9	1
August	3.1		6	2	3	1
September	4.2		1	8	3	9
October	10.1		11	10	8	15
November	13.5		24	10	14	3
December	18.8		23	7	19	22
Average	9.2	16.1	8.5	6.4	10.0	7.8

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	9.0	9	11	8	9	9
February	9.5	9	8	11	9	14
March	9.1	8	11	7	8	10
April	7.7		9	8	8	7
May	7.4		8	6	10	8
June	6.2		6	6	6	7
July	6.8		8	7	7	7
August	6.6		7	7	7	7
September	6.5		6	6	6	6
October	8.2		8	8	8	10
November	8.2		11	8	7	7
December	9.0		10	6	9	9
Average	7.8	8.6	8.4	7.2	7.6	8.1

100th 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°	215°	228°	222°	207°
February	203°	335°	221°	180°	221°
March	225°	223°	055°	254°	345°
April		291°	360°	359°	030°
May		015°	291°	226°	024°
June		016°	256°	253°	258°
July		234°	335°	249°	269°
August		246°	023°	258°	234°
September		204°	231°	147°	244°
October		209°	198°	196°	206°
November		216°	199°	236°	193°
December		215°	029°	207°	199°

Prevailing wind direction

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