LFRQ — Quimper-Cornouaille Airport

fog forecast & climatology · Quimper/Pluguffan city page · full 10-year analysis →
No fog forecast feed exists for this station. September typically brings about 12 hours of dense fog here (10-year average).

Fog hours per year
110 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
December and October
Typical fog event
~2 h once it forms (middle half 1–3 h, n=433)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Quimper-Cornouaille Airport spends 110 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in December and October. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~11 hJanFebruary: ~13 hFebMarch: ~5 hMarApril: ~4 hAprMay: ~3 hMayJune: ~4 hJunJuly: ~4 hJulAugust: ~9 hAugSeptember: ~12 hSepOctober: ~18 hOctNovember: ~10 hNovDecember: ~19 hDec
Fog season runs August through March, peaking in December; fog is mostly a 1 AM–10 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by noon; a typical event lasts about 2 hours once it forms local time · 10-yr average

For flight operations

EFVS crews: the CHASE board ranks airports by live fog status, approach lighting, go-around height and flight time from your base. Forecast probabilities publish here per-airport once the calibrated model beats climatology on live verification — receipts on the scorecard. Methodology.

Sources: NOAA/NWS National Blend of Models guidance · METAR observations 2016–2026 (Iowa Environmental Mesonet) · FAA NASR. Machine access: data.json · llms.txt. Not for operational use.