Climate RNAS Culdrose 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RNAS Culdrose (EGDR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	52.2	48	58	52	54	48
February	52.9	31	48	53	55	51
March	53.7	33	27	74	68	60
April	67.1		31	68	97	69
May	70.6		71	67	71	76
June	67.9		65	80	66	62
July	68.4		59	75	73	59
August	62.7		41	74	54	67
September	65.5		70	64	53	75
October	58.8		53	66	60	63
November	61.0		53	64	60	52
December	48.9		27	70	41	62
Average	59.6	36.7	51.3	68.4	64.2	63.1

85th 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	76.9	76	84	75	70	69
February	76.0	54	80	71	85	74
March	76.3	67	59	87	87	84
April	83.8		57	85	100	86
May	84.0		82	84	86	90
June	82.4		81	86	77	85
July	84.0		81	90	87	74
August	78.7		65	87	77	78
September	78.3		84	81	68	81
October	77.0		67	79	80	82
November	84.1		84	86	88	73
December	74.2		70	87	66	80
Average	78.6	65.0	74.3	83.6	81.5	80.4

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	9.2	9	10	10	8	10
February	9.7	11	10	11	9	10
March	10.4	11	11	11	11	10
April	12.2		11	13	11	14
May	14.9		16	15	13	16
June	17.6		20	18	17	17
July	19.5		18	21	20	18
August	19.1		18	22	19	20
September	17.6		19	18	18	18
October	14.8		16	16	15	14
November	11.8		12	13	11	12
December	10.3		11	8	11	10
Average	13.5	10.0	14.2	14.7	13.6	13.9

51st 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	4.8	4	5	5	4	6
February	5.5	8	5	6	5	6
March	5.7	6	7	6	6	5
April	5.9		5	6	4	7
May	8.8		9	10	8	8
June	11.9		13	11	12	12
July	12.9		13	10	14	12
August	12.6		13	7	13	14
September	12.2		14	12	13	12
October	10.0		12	10	11	9
November	7.7		8	10	8	8
December	6.4		8	1	8	6
Average	8.3	5.8	9.2	7.9	8.6	8.8

62nd 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	27.8	27	36	21	34	26
February	29.2	39	30	44	28	29
March	27.9	43	37	20	11	27
April	13.0		20	15	10	10
May	12.4		12	24	15	2
June	16.5		17	22	19	20
July	16.0		34	13	16	10
August	15.1		18	13	7	12
September	23.0		24	45	18	16
October	25.1		39	27	18	35
November	39.0		53	48	38	28
December	27.1		33	27	32	31
Average	22.8	37.1	27.5	25.0	18.7	18.6

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	11.8	11	12	9	12	14
February	14.2	12	10	15	15	19
March	13.2	13	12	13	12	15
April	11.4		11	10	10	12
May	10.3		10	9	9	13
June	10.7		10	11	9	12
July	10.0		11	10	10	11
August	10.1		10	10	9	12
September	11.1		11	11	10	11
October	11.8		10	11	11	15
November	12.8		13	14	9	14
December	13.5		14	10	13	14
Average	11.6	12.0	11.0	10.9	10.4	13.0

51st 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	221°	243°	251°	274°	225°
February	246°	034°	244°	155°	246°
March	213°	210°	084°	264°	072°
April		169°	059°	056°	092°
May		015°	232°	247°	084°
June		113°	235°	319°	274°
July		231°	316°	270°	266°
August		260°	010°	242°	256°
September		190°	287°	141°	293°
October		199°	188°	220°	270°
November		276°	223°	295°	209°
December		252°	077°	223°	269°

Prevailing wind direction

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