Climate Liverpool John Lennon Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Liverpool John Lennon Airport (EGGP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	60.1	69	71	72	50	63
February	70.7	65	76	73	63	73
March	71.4	71	67	81	56	88
April	81.8		77	88	93	87
May	82.8		86	82	74	87
June	78.9		84	90	78	66
July	76.6		81	75	75	63
August	79.9		82	93	69	71
September	80.2		81	84	75	89
October	74.0		73	82	71	69
November	66.8		73	71	70	56
December	61.1		66	60	47	63
Average	74.5	68.2	77.5	81.4	70.1	74.0

22nd 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	89.5	94	97	96	82	87
February	95.5	92	99	99	96	96
March	95.1	96	96	94	89	99
April	96.2		97	97	99	99
May	98.2		99	98	96	100
June	96.9		100	100	96	95
July	96.1		97	97	95	96
August	97.6		99	100	97	96
September	96.7		96	97	98	97
October	95.1		90	94	97	97
November	94.5		96	92	97	86
December	89.5		94	85	84	91
Average	95.4	94.0	96.9	96.5	94.5	95.6

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	8.1	8	8	9	7	10
February	9.5	10	10	10	9	10
March	11.0	11	10	13	12	11
April	13.6		13	14	13	16
May	17.1		17	17	16	18
June	20.4		22	20	22	20
July	21.1		19	22	25	19
August	20.3		19	23	20	21
September	18.3		20	19	20	18
October	14.7		15	16	16	14
November	10.8		10	12	11	12
December	8.4		9	4	9	8
Average	13.9	9.6	14.3	15.0	14.9	14.9

46th 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	3.1	3	3	3	2	5
February	4.0	5	4	5	4	4
March	4.7	5	5	4	6	4
April	5.9		6	6	5	6
May	9.2		10	11	9	9
June	12.2		13	11	14	12
July	13.9		13	15	17	13
August	13.7		13	14	14	14
September	11.7		13	12	12	11
October	9.2		9	10	11	9
November	6.1		5	7	6	7
December	3.9		5	-2	5	4
Average	7.7	4.3	8.1	8.3	8.6	8.3

67th 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	12.5	14	14	6	15	9
February	14.3	18	4	24	5	25
March	12.6	15	18	6	8	6
April	7.7		8	6	1	5
May	7.6		4	9	15	0
June	9.4		5	7	3	15
July	11.1		19	8	6	16
August	9.3		10	4	11	13
September	11.2		15	9	7	5
October	14.9		16	11	19	23
November	14.3		23	15	8	12
December	18.3		31	10	19	16
Average	11.8	15.8	12.8	8.7	9.3	11.3

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	10.1	9	11	10	9	10
February	11.9	10	9	18	11	16
March	10.8	11	11	9	11	11
April	9.4		9	10	8	9
May	9.1		8	11	9	10
June	8.7		7	10	7	10
July	8.9		10	10	7	10
August	9.2		10	9	9	9
September	9.2		8	9	8	9
October	10.1		8	10	11	11
November	9.7		10	9	10	10
December	9.6		12	6	10	9
Average	9.7	10.0	9.1	10.1	8.9	10.1

46th 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	225°	245°	255°	290°	220°
February	238°	265°	246°	136°	247°
March	163°	220°	130°	259°	235°
April		143°	319°	349°	109°
May		318°	240°	248°	283°
June		135°	230°	311°	247°
July		250°	270°	295°	269°
August		265°	254°	256°	225°
September		185°	297°	231°	260°
October		141°	204°	221°	271°
November		261°	184°	269°	207°
December		241°	094°	211°	205°

Prevailing wind direction

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