Climate Cornwall Airport Newquay 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cornwall Airport Newquay (EGHQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	55.6	63	65	47	47	47
February	59.9	41	60	58	57	59
March	60.5	53	42	80	61	73
April	78.3		61	80	95	77
May	71.2		80	71	65	82
June	69.0		78	80	65	60
July	70.7		62	75	71	52
August	66.8		57	77	60	57
September	69.2		78	74	63	68
October	63.9		68	71	66	56
November	63.3		60	69	57	53
December	55.3		42	85	48	57
Average	64.9	51.8	64.0	73.0	64.5	62.7

75th 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	78.8	83	84	82	71	73
February	77.5	56	76	76	87	77
March	80.3	81	75	91	82	82
April	90.9		83	92	100	92
May	84.3		87	84	85	93
June	83.9		87	90	75	82
July	83.7		80	88	79	71
August	82.3		79	87	86	74
September	82.0		90	91	80	79
October	82.2		79	81	85	88
November	86.0		87	91	86	73
December	78.9		75	93	73	83
Average	82.0	73.8	82.2	87.3	82.7	81.0

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	8.7	9	10	10	8	10
February	9.5	11	10	11	9	10
March	10.3	11	11	12	11	10
April	12.5		12	13	12	15
May	15.0		16	16	13	17
June	17.9		20	18	18	17
July	19.3		18	21	21	17
August	18.8		18	23	19	19
September	17.5		20	18	18	17
October	14.6		16	16	15	13
November	11.3		11	13	11	12
December	9.7		11	7	11	10
Average	13.3	10.0	14.3	15.0	13.7	13.8

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	4.7	4	5	4	4	6
February	5.5	7	5	7	5	6
March	5.9	6	6	7	5	5
April	6.8		6	7	5	8
May	9.5		10	10	8	9
June	12.6		14	12	12	12
July	13.3		14	15	7	13
August	14.2		14	16	13	14
September	12.7		14	13	13	12
October	10.5		11	12	11	10
November	7.8		8	9	8	8
December	6.2		8	2	8	5
Average	8.7	5.8	9.6	9.6	8.2	8.9

77th 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	16.4	14	12	12	18	17
February	16.2	21	8	16	14	22
March	17.3	22	23	8	5	14
April	7.4		12	8	1	4
May	7.8		5	7	16	1
June	9.9		4	7	9	10
July	8.3		16	5	8	9
August	9.9		14	7	5	8
September	11.9		6	13	9	7
October	15.8		13	10	13	22
November	15.2		11	17	12	12
December	20.1		21	9	17	21
Average	13.0	19.5	11.7	9.1	9.8	11.0

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	12.7	13	13	11	13	12
February	15.1	14	11	18	16	20
March	13.5	14	13	13	12	15
April	11.3		12	11	10	10
May	10.9		10	11	14	12
June	10.3		9	11	9	11
July	10.8		13	11	10	12
August	11.0		12	9	11	11
September	11.5		11	12	10	10
October	12.7		11	13	12	15
November	13.3		15	15	10	14
December	14.2		17	9	16	14
Average	12.2	13.5	12.0	11.5	11.4	12.7

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	213°	251°	265°	268°	224°
February	245°	216°	254°	163°	248°
March	207°	224°	120°	252°	245°
April		200°	192°	042°	133°
May		356°	248°	246°	114°
June		226°	259°	313°	273°
July		246°	302°	261°	267°
August		264°	312°	269°	253°
September		196°	300°	219°	277°
October		191°	192°	224°	276°
November		278°	229°	301°	209°
December		255°	114°	239°	273°

Prevailing wind direction

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