Climate Les Eplatures Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Les Eplatures Airport (LSGC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	50.8	53	29	65	36	70
February	59.7	54	55	53	73	54
March	64.8	61	53	88	62	70
April	74.2		53	68	79	92
May	68.9		61	83	57	72
June	83.0		96	86	72	66
July	84.0		82	96	64	87
August	81.5		75	86	63	83
September	79.6		89	72	82	75
October	69.8		76	78	76	51
November	54.3		29	58	45	73
December	49.1		46	57	43	50
Average	69.0	56.3	65.1	76.9	63.9	71.7

16th best VFR conditions of Switzerland

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	68.2	73	50	79	55	83
February	76.7	78	77	73	83	72
March	83.0	83	81	95	81	87
April	89.1		80	87	93	99
May	86.6		89	94	87	87
June	94.2		98	97	87	88
July	93.9		95	99	87	95
August	93.8		89	97	93	95
September	93.7		98	88	95	95
October	87.0		93	90	93	82
November	74.2		60	81	64	83
December	67.5		62	76	70	70
Average	84.9	78.4	83.4	89.9	83.9	87.6

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	2.5	4	2	4	0	6
February	5.5	8	5	5	7	7
March	8.1	9	8	10	7	7
April	11.2		9	10	9	15
May	14.6		15	17	12	16
June	20.5		22	22	20	17
July	21.7		22	24	19	22
August	21.3		22	23	18	22
September	17.6		22	15	18	18
October	14.2		16	17	13	10
November	7.0		6	9	6	10
December	3.8		6	2	4	3
Average	11.7	7.1	12.7	13.6	11.0	12.7

15th highest temperature of Switzerland

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	-5.5	-3	-4	-6	-6	-2
February	-3.3	1	-4	-2	-2	-1
March	-1.1	1	0	-1	-3	-2
April	1.0		1	1	-1	2
May	5.1		7	7	3	5
June	9.7		10	10	9	9
July	11.1		11	11	11	10
August	10.8		12	12	10	10
September	7.3		9	7	8	8
October	4.4		6	7	3	4
November	-1.9		0	2	-1	0
December	-3.0		-1	-5	-4	-3
Average	2.7	-1.6	3.9	3.8	2.2	3.3

2nd lowest temperature of Switzerland

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	26.4	29	34	14	37	14
February	18.7	16	12	21	17	30
March	17.4	16	20	4	18	14
April	14.5		21	24	12	6
May	14.8		10	7	27	10
June	7.1		2	5	10	12
July	5.8		5	1	13	3
August	7.9		14	3	9	10
September	7.8		4	14	10	7
October	14.3		18	9	8	24
November	22.5		47	22	18	9
December	32.5		39	17	34	35
Average	15.0	19.6	16.5	10.5	16.5	13.1

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	5.6	6	7	5	6	5
February	5.7	6	5	7	5	8
March	5.9	6	7	5	5	7
April	5.6		6	6	7	5
May	5.6		6	5	7	6
June	4.6		5	5	4	5
July	4.8		6	5	5	5
August	4.5		5	5	5	4
September	4.6		4	5	4	5
October	5.3		6	5	5	6
November	5.3		8	5	5	4
December	5.1		6	4	4	5
Average	5.3	6.0	5.9	5.1	5.2	5.4

15th highest wind speed of Switzerland

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	236°	230°	239°	230°	231°
February	226°	038°	232°	218°	234°
March	232°	236°	080°	240°	106°
April		237°	332°	037°	065°
May		041°	293°	236°	047°
June		028°	235°	316°	274°
July		243°	007°	272°	261°
August		249°	074°	271°	236°
September		224°	243°	222°	241°
October		229°	225°	210°	226°
November		234°	230°	227°	223°
December		233°	114°	235°	228°

Prevailing wind direction

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