Climate Sleap Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAF Shawbury (EGOS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	58.2	57	69	62	56	55
February	68.7	56	68	76	70	78
March	67.7	52	51	74	67	84
April	78.3		65	87	87	88
May	81.9		78	81	81	91
June	74.7		77	83	73	73
July	81.8		79	81	79	74
August	77.1		71	83	68	74
September	75.5		66	78	74	80
October	72.2		64	76	72	78
November	61.7		59	58	62	60
December	56.7		51	56	37	60
Average	71.1	54.4	68.0	77.1	71.0	76.2

56th 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	88.2	94	94	92	76	92
February	93.6	87	98	98	90	96
March	91.6	84	89	89	91	98
April	94.1		94	97	98	97
May	95.9		97	96	95	99
June	94.4		98	94	96	93
July	96.7		95	97	94	96
August	96.0		94	99	96	92
September	92.8		85	96	95	95
October	94.6		89	91	96	98
November	87.1		86	87	92	83
December	85.4		86	76	76	84
Average	92.7	87.9	92.6	93.9	92.5	94.2

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	7.5	8	8	8	6	9
February	9.1	11	10	10	8	10
March	10.5	11	10	12	11	10
April	13.2		12	14	12	16
May	16.6		17	17	14	18
June	19.8		22	19	20	20
July	21.3		20	22	22	19
August	20.7		20	23	19	22
September	18.3		21	18	20	18
October	14.4		15	16	15	13
November	10.3		10	11	11	12
December	8.1		9	5	9	8
Average	13.6	9.8	14.4	14.9	13.8	14.4

50th 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	1.6	2	2	1	0	4
February	2.5	4	3	4	2	3
March	3.0	4	4	2	3	2
April	3.8		4	3	1	4
May	6.2		8	3	6	6
June	9.7		12	3	10	11
July	11.0		11	4	13	11
August	10.8		11	5	12	13
September	9.4		11	8	11	9
October	7.4		8	7	9	7
November	4.1		4	5	4	5
December	2.6		4	-2	4	2
Average	5.6	3.2	6.8	3.8	6.2	6.5

3rd 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	19.6	22	24	15	17	16
February	21.1	26	6	24	24	33
March	18.7	25	38	12	10	10
April	13.3		22	8	8	11
May	14.6		11	21	31	4
June	14.2		11	17	7	15
July	14.7		27	14	12	17
August	13.3		20	11	10	14
September	17.5		26	21	13	8
October	22.0		31	19	19	36
November	21.9		31	29	11	19
December	22.0		31	12	26	28
Average	17.7	24.6	22.3	16.5	15.0	16.1

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	9.0	9	10	8	9	10
February	11.1	10	9	14	10	15
March	10.2	10	10	9	10	11
April	8.4		9	9	7	8
May	8.1		8	9	9	9
June	8.1		8	8	7	9
July	8.2		10	8	6	9
August	8.5		9	7	7	9
September	8.4		8	8	7	9
October	9.3		7	10	10	10
November	8.9		9	9	8	9
December	9.2		11	6	10	8
Average	9.0	9.8	8.9	8.8	8.1	9.4

50th 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	224°	243°	250°	268°	213°
February	223°	251°	238°	160°	238°
March	167°	211°	127°	251°	229°
April		146°	065°	016°	105°
May		004°	235°	216°	258°
June		112°	217°	304°	223°
July		227°	274°	292°	255°
August		240°	262°	247°	209°
September		186°	283°	210°	252°
October		179°	201°	213°	251°
November		251°	192°	262°	214°
December		230°	173°	218°	218°

Prevailing wind direction

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