Climate Birmingham International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Birmingham International Airport (EGBB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	53.8	66	66	65	42	46
February	61.1	50	59	71	61	66
March	59.1	48	47	64	60	73
April	75.2		66	85	86	86
May	77.7		70	81	71	93
June	70.4		75	81	69	66
July	78.8		78	84	76	71
August	74.1		76	84	61	63
September	74.5		65	82	72	80
October	64.0		63	79	57	57
November	56.0		67	60	48	52
December	51.1		46	53	35	52
Average	66.8	53.3	66.4	76.6	64.3	69.4

59th best VFR conditions of United Kingdom

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	81.8	93	94	93	67	84
February	87.4	82	90	95	88	91
March	86.8	82	86	88	86	93
April	92.4		90	98	98	95
May	92.8		92	96	92	99
June	91.6		97	94	92	87
July	94.9		93	99	96	93
August	94.0		93	96	96	87
September	92.3		89	93	91	96
October	87.2		85	92	87	83
November	82.0		85	84	89	78
December	78.8		80	75	70	76
Average	89.2	85.0	90.1	93.3	89.4	89.6

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	7.3	8	8	8	6	9
February	9.1	11	10	10	8	10
March	10.5	11	10	12	10	10
April	13.3		12	14	11	16
May	16.9		17	17	14	18
June	20.2		22	20	20	20
July	21.9		20	23	22	20
August	21.0		20	24	19	21
September	18.7		21	18	20	18
October	14.5		16	16	15	13
November	10.2		10	12	10	11
December	8.0		9	5	9	7
Average	13.8	9.9	14.6	15.2	13.7	14.4

39th highest temperature of United Kingdom

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	1.9	2	2	1	1	4
February	2.8	5	3	4	2	3
March	3.5	4	4	2	4	3
April	4.1		4	4	1	5
May	7.8		8	9	6	7
June	11.3		12	10	12	11
July	13.3		13	13	14	13
August	12.7		12	13	13	14
September	10.4		12	10	12	10
October	8.0		9	8	9	8
November	4.7		4	6	5	5
December	3.1		5	-1	5	3
Average	6.6	3.5	7.2	6.8	6.8	7.0

28th lowest temperature of United Kingdom

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.0	9	7	7	14	13
February	14.7	19	5	19	14	22
March	14.1	18	25	8	6	11
April	8.2		16	4	3	7
May	7.8		6	10	17	1
June	8.5		3	7	7	14
July	8.0		14	7	4	8
August	7.0		10	4	6	9
September	8.8		12	9	7	5
October	12.1		10	9	13	18
November	12.0		18	13	6	10
December	15.7		25	9	16	20
Average	10.7	15.6	12.0	8.2	8.8	10.4

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	7.9	8	8	7	7	8
February	9.0	8	7	11	9	11
March	8.8	8	8	9	8	9
April	7.9		8	8	7	7
May	7.5		8	7	8	8
June	7.3		7	7	7	8
July	7.2		8	7	6	8
August	7.3		8	7	7	8
September	7.3		6	8	7	8
October	7.9		7	8	8	8
November	7.9		8	8	7	7
December	7.8		9	6	8	7
Average	7.8	8.3	7.6	7.8	7.3	8.1

39th highest wind speed of United Kingdom

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	281°	251°	271°	279°	216°
February	220°	276°	248°	153°	241°
March	168°	227°	113°	266°	304°
April		115°	024°	030°	078°
May		019°	245°	231°	340°
June		062°	218°	006°	203°
July		237°	282°	315°	270°
August		258°	323°	281°	253°
September		183°	313°	224°	290°
October		190°	196°	230°	259°
November		276°	192°	289°	209°
December		244°	002°	223°	216°

Prevailing wind direction

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