Southampton Airport

EGHI · England, United Kingdom

Climate Southampton Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Middle Wallop Airfield (EGVP) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 54.3 59 61 62 51 35
February 55.6 47 38 46 70 58
March 60.0 76 48 38 66 68
April 75.5 68 68 91 89
May 77.6 67 76 79 77
June 78.0 81 78 89 66
July 79.4 69 71 89 77
August 74.6 71 64 79 67
September 73.8 60 72 85 65
October 65.1 52 62 77 66
November 57.8 41 63 63 59
December 48.1 33 31 55 40
Average 68.3 62.1 59.8 62.8 77.6 66.5

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 79.0 82 87 86 81 55
February 81.4 83 65 82 93 79
March 84.2 93 78 77 84 85
April 90.3 90 90 97 99
May 90.2 87 87 94 93
June 92.3 96 92 96 84
July 91.3 83 90 98 88
August 88.7 87 84 90 92
September 88.3 77 83 94 85
October 82.2 74 74 94 85
November 81.2 75 88 82 87
December 73.8 69 66 72 69
Average 86.5 86.7 81.8 84.0 91.2 85.2

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.6 6.7 7.7 8.0 8.0 6.4
February 9.2 7.9 10.9 9.9 10.4 8.0
March 11.2 12.6 11.5 10.1 12.0 11.1
April 14.0 13.1 13.0 14.3 12.0
May 17.6 17.8 17.8 17.6 14.5
June 20.8 19.6 23.6 20.5 20.6
July 22.5 21.1 20.1 24.1 22.5
August 21.8 21.8 20.6 24.8 20.0
September 19.2 17.8 22.1 18.8 20.5
October 15.2 15.1 16.3 16.8 15.5
November 10.9 10.6 10.8 12.4 10.3
December 8.8 9.5 9.9 5.0 9.5
Average 14.3 9.1 14.7 15.2 15.7 14.3

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 1.7 0.8 2.1 1.3 1.6 1.3
February 2.9 2.7 5.2 2.9 3.7 2.5
March 3.9 2.5 4.5 4.7 3.9 3.1
April 4.8 6.4 4.2 4.7 1.3
May 8.0 9.5 8.5 8.5 5.9
June 10.8 9.3 12.0 9.6 11.5
July 12.9 12.3 12.1 12.8 13.9
August 12.6 12.4 12.1 13.6 12.3
September 10.5 10.4 13.0 10.3 11.4
October 8.0 7.7 8.8 7.5 8.9
November 4.7 5.0 4.7 5.5 4.0
December 3.8 5.2 5.4 -1.4 5.0
Average 6.5 2.0 7.5 7.5 7.0 6.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 16.3 17 17 24 14 25
February 20.4 23 40 8 18 24
March 16.8 3 30 40 13 11
April 11.5 16 24 8 7
May 12.0 20 11 15 26
June 10.0 11 6 8 14
July 12.0 23 25 3 15
August 12.6 13 22 9 13
September 15.6 27 17 18 10
October 18.8 21 24 19 15
November 18.9 20 29 27 12
December 18.6 16 33 12 20
Average 14.4 13.3 20.8 21.2 12.9 15.3

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 8.7 8 10 10 7 9
February 10.4 9 10 8 13 11
March 10.1 8 10 11 10 10
April 8.7 11 9 9 8
May 7.8 7 8 8 9
June 7.8 7 8 8 7
July 7.6 7 9 7 7
August 7.9 8 8 7 8
September 7.8 8 8 8 8
October 8.5 7 8 9 9
November 8.6 8 9 10 7
December 9.1 9 11 6 10
Average 8.5 8.3 8.4 8.7 8.4 8.3

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 226° 247° 255° 266° 286°
February 143° 235° 288° 242° 145°
March 061° 193° 224° 098° 264°
April 243° 131° 023° 034°
May 213° 026° 243° 219°
June 278° 067° 207° 004°
July 234° 231° 244° 245°
August 235° 234° 036° 243°
September 331° 187° 277° 206°
October 171° 198° 202° 226°
November 063° 265° 209° 298°
December 266° 239° 038° 229°

Prevailing wind direction

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