Lake · Occitania · France

Lac de Naussac

Name: Lac de Naussac
Address: FRA

Kite days peak in April at 33 %.

A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots (gusts up to 45) between 10:00 and 19:00, in daylight. Percentages are the share of such days in each month, counted over 9 years.

JJan29cold
FFeb26cold
MMar33cold
AApr33Possible
MMay22Possible
JJun13Off
JJul13Off
AAug9Off
SSep17Off
OOct28Possiblenow
NNov22cold
DDec22cold

Prime 60 % and more
Good 40 to 59 %
Possible 20 to 39 %
Off under 20 %
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Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.

Confidence lowLake or river spot: global weather models underestimate local thermal winds here.

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Month by month

MonthKite days% of days, verdictGood yearsof 9, reached 50 %

Kite days
28 % Possibleabout 9 of 31 days
Too light, kiteable, too strong
Too light 71 %
Kiteable 28 %
Too strong 1 %
Good years
0 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
Best hours
12:00 to 16:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
Daylight
11.0 h
Air
15 °Cdaily maximum, 13 °C during kite hours
Rain
11 of 31with 1 mm or more
In one sentence
In October, Lac de Naussac averaged 9 kite days out of 31 (28 %).

Lac de Naussac

Kite days% of days	29	26	33	33	22	13	13	9	17	28	22	22
Verdictshare plus good years	cold	cold	cold	Possible	Possible	Off	Off	Off	Off	Possible	cold	cold
Good yearsof 9, reached 50 %	1 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	1 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9
Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn	12 to 16	11 to 16	10 to 17	11 to 17	10 to 17	10 to 17	12 to 18	·	11 to 17	12 to 16	11 to 14	11 to 16
Daylighth	9.2	10.4	11.9	13.5	14.8	15.5	15.2	14.1	12.6	11.0	9.6	8.9
Air°C, daily maximum	4	7	9	12	16	21	24	24	19	15	8	6
Rain days1 mm or more	14 of 31	10 of 28	12 of 31	11 of 30	16 of 31	12 of 30	9 of 31	7 of 31	10 of 30	11 of 31	13 of 30	15 of 31

In January, Lac de Naussac averaged 9 kite days out of 31 (29 %).
In February, Lac de Naussac averaged 7 kite days out of 28 (26 %).
In March, Lac de Naussac averaged 10 kite days out of 31 (33 %).
In April, Lac de Naussac averaged 10 kite days out of 30 (33 %).
In May, Lac de Naussac averaged 7 kite days out of 31 (22 %).
In June, Lac de Naussac averaged 4 kite days out of 30 (13 %).
In July, Lac de Naussac averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (13 %).
In August, Lac de Naussac averaged 3 kite days out of 31 (9 %).
In September, Lac de Naussac averaged 5 kite days out of 30 (17 %).
In October, Lac de Naussac averaged 9 kite days out of 31 (28 %).
In November, Lac de Naussac averaged 7 kite days out of 30 (22 %).
In December, Lac de Naussac averaged 7 kite days out of 31 (22 %).

Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on. Best hours: the hours from 10:00 on when the wind most often reaches 12 to 35 knots. Rain day: 1 mm or more of rain.

Source: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly model wind, 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds

Trip odds at Lac de Naussac

Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on.

How the wind behaves

In March, the windiest month

Too light 65 %
Kiteable 33 %
Too strong 2 %

Too light on 65 %, kiteable on 33 %, too strong on 2 % of days.

Best hours: 10:00 to 17:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.

Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors

Wind direction varies, most often SSE (158°).

Kitesurfing at Lac de Naussac: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf at Lac de Naussac?

No month reaches 50 % kite days. The windiest month is March, when 33 % of days were kite days from 2017 to 2025.

Is Lac de Naussac windy in October?

Sometimes. 28 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 9 days in a typical October.

How many kite days does Lac de Naussac get in a year?

About 81 days a year were kite days from 2017 to 2025, out of 365. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn.

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Spot facts

Region: Occitania
Country: France
Water body: Lake, from Natural Earth map data
Nearest airport: Aurillac airport (AUR), 113 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
Time zone: UTC+02:00 in October
Coordinates: 44.7304, 3.8301
Model: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly

Conditions, checked against kite guides

Water state, flat areas, waves and whether schools teach here, from kite sources, not from satellite images.

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Kite days in October, % of days

Les Roquilles, Carnon-Plage
France · 7 points more kite days than Lac de Naussac in October
35 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Les Roquilles, Carnon-Plage: Jan 39 %, Feb 32 %, Mar 42 %, Apr 36 %, May 29 %, Jun 26 %, Jul 27 %, Aug 23 %, Sep 29 %, Oct 35 %, Nov 38 %, Dec 35 %
Le Boucanet
France · 6 points more kite days than Lac de Naussac in October
34 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Le Boucanet: Jan 37 %, Feb 33 %, Mar 40 %, Apr 39 %, May 35 %, Jun 27 %, Jul 28 %, Aug 18 %, Sep 27 %, Oct 34 %, Nov 36 %, Dec 32 %
L'Espiguette
France · 15 points more kite days than Lac de Naussac in October
43 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at L'Espiguette: Jan 53 %, Feb 44 %, Mar 51 %, Apr 48 %, May 42 %, Jun 40 %, Jul 44 %, Aug 32 %, Sep 38 %, Oct 43 %, Nov 50 %, Dec 48 %
Frontignan Plage
France · 13 points more kite days than Lac de Naussac in October
41 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Frontignan Plage: Jan 53 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 50 %, Apr 43 %, May 36 %, Jun 34 %, Jul 31 %, Aug 29 %, Sep 33 %, Oct 41 %, Nov 52 %, Dec 44 %
Sète
France · 8 points more kite days than Lac de Naussac in October
36 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Sète: Jan 45 %, Feb 38 %, Mar 47 %, Apr 39 %, May 36 %, Jun 30 %, Jul 32 %, Aug 31 %, Sep 31 %, Oct 36 %, Nov 46 %, Dec 40 %
Marseillan Plage
France · 16 points more kite days than Lac de Naussac in October
44 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Marseillan Plage: Jan 58 %, Feb 48 %, Mar 53 %, Apr 47 %, May 42 %, Jun 37 %, Jul 36 %, Aug 36 %, Sep 37 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 59 %, Dec 49 %
La Tamarissière, Cap d'Agde
France · 12 points more kite days than Lac de Naussac in October
40 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at La Tamarissière, Cap d'Agde: Jan 43 %, Feb 39 %, Mar 46 %, Apr 44 %, May 42 %, Jun 34 %, Jul 35 %, Aug 36 %, Sep 30 %, Oct 40 %, Nov 45 %, Dec 42 %
Grau d'Agde, Cap d'Agde
France · 16 points more kite days than Lac de Naussac in October
44 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Grau d'Agde, Cap d'Agde: Jan 53 %, Feb 41 %, Mar 52 %, Apr 44 %, May 44 %, Jun 39 %, Jul 36 %, Aug 35 %, Sep 34 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 54 %, Dec 46 %

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Model wind: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025. Water temperature: 2023 to 2025. Kite day: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn. Confidence: low.

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