Climate Campbeltown Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Campbeltown Airport (EGEC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	66.1	78	79	64	61	59
February	71.3	66	64	76	79	71
March	73.5	65	72	80	80	87
April	78.0		68	81	90	85
May	78.7		73	74	82	76
June	77.8		80	75	74	64
July	71.6		81	71	60	52
August	71.6		80	73	61	71
September	74.1		82	85	54	73
October	79.5		68	83	100	80
November	72.6		73	87	57	65
December	67.3		49	83	59	75
Average	72.9	69.1	73.2	77.4	67.1	72.3

54th 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	90.8	96	94	95	75	84
February	92.4	92	95	94	88	95
March	92.3	93	82	97	95	98
April	89.7		75	87	97	100
May	91.2		91	87	93	91
June	91.2		93	83	85	79
July	85.9		92	82	79	76
August	89.7		95	89	81	94
September	92.5		99	96	81	96
October	94.6		85	95	100	92
November	90.5		92	96	85	78
December	90.1		89	94	92	90
Average	90.9	93.3	90.1	90.7	85.4	90.9

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	7.1	7	8	8	4	9
February	7.7	9	9	8	6	8
March	8.7	9	9	10	8	8
April	10.2		12	11	7	9
May	13.3		14	13	12	11
June	15.8		19	16	16	13
July	16.5		17	16	18	14
August	16.9		17	18	17	17
September	15.6		18	16	16	16
October	12.9		14	14	11	12
November	9.9		10	11	11	11
December	8.0		9	6	8	7
Average	11.6	8.2	13.1	12.8	11.3	11.1

83rd 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	4.7	4	5	6	3	7
February	5.2	6	7	6	4	4
March	5.4	6	4	5	6	5
April	6.6		7	7	4	7
May	10.2		11	11	9	10
June	12.7		15	12	12	12
July	14.0		14	14	14	13
August	13.7		14	15	14	14
September	12.4		14	13	13	11
October	9.8		11	11	10	9
November	7.1		6	8	8	8
December	5.5		6	2	6	5
Average	8.7	5.4	9.7	9.7	8.8	8.7

81st 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	17.5	10	21	11	25	21
February	15.2	16	8	21	14	26
March	15.7	28	15	9	9	17
April	13.1		15	17	2	3
May	10.9		8	20	10	3
June	9.8		11	10	5	15
July	10.4		16	9	0	19
August	12.8		10	3	10	22
September	15.1		22	8	10	14
October	17.1		25	23	0	20
November	19.0		16	18	20	21
December	19.3		29	4	14	25
Average	14.7	18.6	15.5	12.9	8.6	18.7

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	14.7	11	16	13	10	18
February	16.1	14	14	19	19	20
March	13.7	14	11	12	12	14
April	12.9		11	13	9	11
May	11.7		9	13	14	10
June	10.1		8	11	12	9
July	9.9		11	11	8	10
August	10.6		10	9	10	11
September	12.2		12	12	10	12
October	14.3		13	14	20	14
November	13.8		10	14	16	15
December	13.6		14	9	14	13
Average	12.7	12.8	11.2	12.4	11.5	14.0

83rd 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	252°	258°	266°	290°	220°
February	238°	249°	268°	145°	247°
March	118°	157°	144°	225°	229°
April		128°	138°	085°	111°
May		268°	229°	201°	193°
June		158°	180°	202°	197°
July		231°	273°	277°	273°
August		230°	267°	218°	142°
September		209°	327°	202°	211°
October		229°	213°	246°	266°
November		294°	188°	274°	221°
December		253°	167°	225°	206°

Prevailing wind direction

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