Lauterbrunnen Heliport

LSXL · Bern, Switzerland

Climate Lauterbrunnen Heliport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Meiringen Airport (LSMM) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 66.6 65 78 69 66 57
February 78.7 83 89 87 86 78
March 84.0 79 84 96 87
April 87.6 82 84 86 95
May 89.3 88 90 93 88
June 90.0 88 96 91 90
July 86.5 70 94 98 66
August 83.1 88 90 91 57
September 91.7 85 97 94 94
October 87.5 80 92 90 89
November 70.6 72 76 83 53
December 57.5 53 60 53 39
Average 81.9 74.1 80.3 86.5 88.3 76.3

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 83.3 81 94 92 76 82
February 92.3 97 99 95 96 93
March 95.3 95 96 99 96
April 97.2 98 99 94 99
May 98.2 99 99 99 99
June 95.8 96 97 94 95
July 93.5 79 99 99 83
August 91.8 96 97 96 77
September 97.6 96 100 99 98
October 95.5 91 98 96 98
November 88.8 83 95 94 81
December 74.3 68 79 85 59
Average 92.6 89.1 91.8 96.2 95.0 89.3

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 2.1 2.6 3.1 2.7 1.1 1.3
February 6.4 5.5 9.4 6.7 6.7 6.4
March 10.9 12.0 10.5 12.5 10.0
April 14.7 14.5 12.3 13.5 13.4
May 18.2 18.0 18.0 20.6 15.3
June 23.4 22.1 25.1 24.5 24.0
July 24.5 24.6 25.3 26.3 22.3
August 23.3 25.1 23.6 25.1 21.5
September 19.4 17.3 22.8 18.1 20.8
October 15.0 14.1 17.3 16.8 13.8
November 7.0 5.7 7.4 9.0 5.7
December 2.6 1.5 3.9 0.9 0.9
Average 12.9 4.0 13.9 14.6 15.1 12.9

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -4.1 -4.7 -3.1 -3.2 -6.9 -4.2
February -2.1 -2.3 1.3 -3.9 -2.3 -2.3
March 0.5 2.2 0.4 -1.4 -1.5
April 3.1 3.3 2.7 3.2 1.9
May 7.6 8.3 8.5 9.5 5.0
June 12.0 11.9 11.8 12.5 12.4
July 13.3 14.4 13.8 14.0 11.6
August 12.9 15.3 13.4 13.3 12.9
September 9.5 9.5 11.1 9.0 10.3
October 5.5 6.5 6.2 7.2 3.2
November 0.7 -1.4 1.1 1.3 0.2
December -3.3 -4.7 -2.3 -4.2 -5.4
Average 3.9 -3.5 5.5 5.2 5.2 3.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 19.4 10 17 20 14 30
February 16.3 10 8 8 20 17
March 19.9 26 24 7 19
April 16.7 28 24 25 10
May 17.5 26 19 11 24
June 12.6 20 7 14 11
July 12.0 12 12 5 19
August 12.8 8 17 7 14
September 12.3 18 7 16 8
October 13.8 17 11 12 7
November 18.4 9 40 15 23
December 23.7 18 30 24 22
Average 15.3 10.3 17.4 17.3 13.1 16.5

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 4.1 3 4 4 4 5
February 4.7 3 4 4 6 5
March 6.4 9 5 7 6
April 6.7 7 6 6 7
May 5.8 5 6 5 6
June 5.1 5 5 5 5
July 4.7 4 4 6 4
August 4.3 3 4 6 5
September 4.2 4 4 4 5
October 4.1 3 4 3 5
November 3.6 3 4 3 4
December 3.5 2 3 4 3
Average 4.7 3.0 4.5 4.5 5.1 5.0

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 118° 069° 089° 064° 038°
February 232° 110° 058° 303° 055°
March 101° 282° 066° 004°
April 119° 003° 028° 047°
May 021° 041° 025° 006°
June 039° 031° 019° 330°
July 264° 009° 038° 052°
August 236° 277° 045° 025°
September 203° 275° 024° 047°
October 209° 159° 081° 064°
November 138° 276° 095° 060°
December 076° 327° 071° 108°

Prevailing wind direction

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