Climate Meiringen Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Meiringen Airport (LSMM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	66.9	78	69	66	57	79
February	78.1	89	87	86	78	88
March	84.0	79	84	96	87	87
April	88.5		84	86	95	96
May	89.5		90	93	88	92
June	90.3		96	91	90	83
July	88.9		94	98	66	93
August	82.3		90	91	57	72
September	92.7		97	94	94	88
October	88.6		92	90	89	91
November	70.4		76	83	53	78
December	58.2		60	53	39	59
Average	83.0	81.7	86.5	88.3	76.3	84.7

6th 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	83.6	94	92	76	82	87
February	91.7	99	95	96	93	95
March	95.3	95	96	99	96	96
April	97.2		99	94	99	98
May	98.2		99	99	99	99
June	95.8		97	94	95	95
July	95.7		99	99	83	98
August	91.2		97	96	77	79
September	97.9		100	99	98	95
October	96.2		98	96	98	97
November	89.7		95	94	81	93
December	75.3		79	85	59	73
Average	93.5	95.7	96.2	95.0	89.3	92.9

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	2.1	3	3	1	1	3
February	6.5	9	7	7	6	9
March	10.9	12	11	13	10	10
April	14.8		12	14	13	18
May	18.2		18	21	15	19
June	23.6		25	25	24	21
July	24.5		25	26	22	24
August	23.0		24	25	22	19
September	19.7		23	18	21	20
October	15.1		17	17	14	13
November	7.2		7	9	6	7
December	2.8		4	1	1	2
Average	13.2	8.1	14.6	15.1	12.9	13.6

14th 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	-4.0	-3	-3	-5	-4	-4
February	-2.1	1	-2	-2	-2	-1
March	0.5	2	0	-1	-1	1
April	3.1		3	3	2	4
May	7.5		9	10	5	8
June	12.0		12	13	12	11
July	13.2		14	14	12	13
August	12.6		13	13	13	10
September	9.5		11	9	10	10
October	5.3		6	7	3	4
November	0.9		1	1	0	0
December	-3.3		-2	-4	-5	-3
Average	4.0	0.2	5.2	5.2	3.9	4.3

3rd 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	20.6	17	20	14	30	7
February	17.0	8	8	20	17	21
March	19.9	26	24	7	19	13
April	15.1		24	25	10	6
May	16.3		19	11	24	11
June	11.5		7	14	11	21
July	12.1		12	5	19	9
August	13.5		17	7	14	17
September	11.6		7	16	8	10
October	13.4		11	12	7	22
November	19.9		40	15	23	7
December	24.7		30	24	22	19
Average	15.9	17.6	17.3	13.1	16.5	13.5

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	4.2	4	4	4	5	3
February	4.9	4	4	6	5	5
March	6.4	9	5	7	6	7
April	6.7		6	6	7	6
May	5.8		6	5	6	7
June	5.2		5	5	5	5
July	4.7		4	6	4	5
August	4.4		4	6	5	3
September	4.2		4	4	5	4
October	4.2		4	3	5	4
November	3.8		4	3	4	3
December	3.7		3	4	3	3
Average	5.1	5.8	4.5	5.1	5.0	4.8

14th 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	069°	089°	064°	038°	120°
February	110°	058°	303°	055°	278°
March	101°	282°	066°	004°	038°
April		003°	028°	047°	012°
May		041°	025°	006°	054°
June		031°	019°	330°	041°
July		009°	038°	052°	312°
August		277°	045°	025°	264°
September		275°	024°	047°	268°
October		159°	081°	064°	063°
November		276°	095°	060°	093°
December		327°	071°	108°	098°

Prevailing wind direction

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