Climate Bournemouth Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of MoD Boscombe Down Airport (EGDM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	52.8	59	57	50	34	48
February	56.2	34	46	65	59	63
March	57.9	44	39	67	66	70
April	77.1		64	90	89	83
May	77.5		74	82	77	83
June	73.9		78	87	67	59
July	77.1		68	87	68	74
August	71.2		64	80	63	75
September	74.9		66	82	66	81
October	62.9		63	66	66	71
November	59.1		61	64	56	55
December	48.1		27	49	42	54
Average	65.5	44.9	61.0	75.9	65.1	69.9

63rd 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	77.4	84	83	81	58	74
February	79.8	60	82	89	82	83
March	82.4	77	76	84	87	89
April	90.0		87	94	99	91
May	88.3		87	93	90	90
June	86.6		93	94	84	64
July	88.4		88	97	77	90
August	84.1		83	88	87	84
September	87.1		78	93	84	91
October	78.7		75	83	86	82
November	79.7		85	80	82	72
December	72.6		63	65	73	73
Average	82.9	73.1	82.5	88.8	83.5	82.7

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	9.2	11	10	10	8	10
March	10.8	11	10	12	11	10
April	13.8		13	14	12	17
May	17.3		18	18	14	19
June	20.7		23	20	20	20
July	22.5		20	24	22	21
August	21.6		21	25	20	22
September	19.3		22	19	21	19
October	15.0		16	17	16	13
November	10.7		11	12	10	12
December	8.4		10	5	9	8
Average	14.1	9.9	14.9	15.6	14.1	15.0

28th 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	1.7	2	2	2	1	4
February	2.7	5	3	4	2	4
March	3.8	4	5	4	3	3
April	4.3		4	4	1	6
May	7.5		8	8	6	7
June	10.8		12	10	11	10
July	12.8		12	13	14	11
August	12.2		12	13	12	14
September	10.2		13	9	12	9
October	7.9		9	9	9	8
November	4.5		5	6	4	6
December	3.3		5	-1	5	2
Average	6.4	3.5	7.2	6.8	6.5	6.9

30th 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	19.1	16	19	16	24	26
February	23.0	38	8	23	24	31
March	20.3	23	36	15	13	15
April	12.1		23	8	7	8
May	9.6		9	13	22	1
June	11.5		7	9	12	15
July	10.2		21	2	9	14
August	11.8		17	6	10	14
September	14.5		14	16	11	11
October	20.8		26	18	16	32
November	19.8		27	26	11	17
December	21.2		30	12	19	29
Average	16.3	25.8	19.0	12.6	14.0	16.0

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	10.3	11	11	8	10	10
February	12.2	11	9	15	12	16
March	11.7	11	12	11	11	13
April	9.3		9	10	9	9
May	9.0		10	9	11	9
June	9.0		9	9	8	10
July	9.0		11	8	8	10
August	9.2		9	8	10	10
September	9.3		9	9	8	9
October	10.2		9	10	10	11
November	10.2		11	11	9	10
December	10.4		12	8	11	9
Average	10.0	11.2	10.0	9.6	9.4	10.4

28th 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°	257°	272°	289°	216°
February	238°	289°	247°	151°	244°
March	195°	229°	107°	265°	309°
April		161°	029°	032°	090°
May		028°	255°	226°	013°
June		056°	220°	354°	213°
July		242°	259°	257°	260°
August		247°	343°	262°	234°
September		198°	302°	218°	292°
October		208°	207°	233°	242°
November		272°	219°	308°	216°
December		247°	033°	235°	229°

Prevailing wind direction

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