Climate Oban Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Oban Airport (EGEO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	55.2	67	50	46	51	30
February	63.0	52	56	62	65	56
March	74.9	87	68	81	73	67
April	81.7		78	74	86	100
May	78.5		79	61	87	100
June	74.7		80	64	67	85
July	67.1		69	60	65	60
August	73.1		84	57	65	85
September	68.8		70	85	47	63
October	68.9		73	63	51	70
November	69.1		74	63	44	54
December	61.7		69	74	49	64
Average	69.5	69.6	71.1	65.9	62.3	64.4

88th 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	88.7	93	92	82	81	78
February	92.9	88	88	95	100	94
March	96.8	97	96	99	91	99
April	98.5		97	100	99	100
May	97.4		97	97	100	100
June	95.1		97	98	92	94
July	92.5		97	95	87	91
August	94.5		98	93	92	96
September	92.2		99	99	86	90
October	93.1		92	96	87	99
November	93.7		98	98	81	91
December	91.2		89	98	83	95
Average	93.7	93.1	95.3	95.7	89.6	93.2

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	6.6	6	7	8	4	8
February	7.6	8	9	8	7	7
March	8.9	10	8	10	8	8
April	11.1		12	12	9	13
May	14.1		15	13	12	8
June	16.5		20	16	16	14
July	17.1		17	17	19	16
August	17.0		18	17	18	18
September	15.5		17	16	16	15
October	12.3		13	13	13	12
November	9.2		8	10	10	10
December	7.0		8	5	7	7
Average	11.4	7.8	12.6	12.5	12.3	11.5

82nd 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	4.6	3	5	6	2	7
February	5.3	6	6	6	5	5
March	5.4	7	4	6	5	4
April	7.7		9	8	6	8
May	10.6		11	11	10	8
June	13.2		16	13	13	12
July	13.8		14	14	15	13
August	13.8		15	14	14	14
September	12.1		13	13	13	11
October	9.7		10	12	11	9
November	6.9		6	8	8	8
December	5.1		6	2	5	6
Average	8.5	5.1	9.6	9.6	9.8	8.8

82nd 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	25.5	22	33	25	28	36
February	24.4	36	22	27	18	29
March	14.4	8	21	4	15	18
April	9.7		4	13	9	0
May	13.7		4	22	13	0
June	14.4		13	13	18	12
July	13.3		16	9	3	25
August	13.5		9	9	13	11
September	16.9		18	6	21	18
October	21.2		17	20	31	18
November	18.9		12	17	31	27
December	22.6		25	7	24	31
Average	17.8	21.2	15.6	14.1	17.9	21.3

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	10.9	11	12	12	8	14
February	12.3	11	10	16	15	16
March	9.9	10	8	9	9	12
April	10.1		10	9	9	5
May	9.5		9	12	10	3
June	8.7		7	9	9	8
July	9.1		10	9	7	11
August	8.6		9	9	8	8
September	9.4		9	9	8	10
October	10.3		11	10	10	8
November	9.6		8	10	13	11
December	10.5		12	6	12	9
Average	10.0	10.7	9.4	10.2	9.4	10.5

82nd 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	235°	257°	260°	153°	201°
February	227°	235°	267°	180°	241°
March	126°	155°	148°	240°	213°
April		144°	225°	299°	360°
May		257°	241°	296°	360°
June		225°	226°	228°	310°
July		252°	269°	265°	252°
August		237°	249°	252°	222°
September		213°	282°	215°	234°
October		170°	196°	231°	271°
November		055°	170°	261°	218°
December		250°	110°	249°	140°

Prevailing wind direction

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