Alderney Airport

EGJA · Alderney, Guernsey

Climate Alderney Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Guernsey Airport (EGJB) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 56.8 62 63 57 52 57
February 64.3 66 40 60 63 77
March 69.9 81 76 62 77 84
April 80.2 80 73 87 91
May 80.7 81 75 85 88
June 78.1 88 75 86 67
July 79.7 73 78 89 72
August 77.0 71 73 77 75
September 77.8 63 88 88 78
October 74.2 74 80 77 79
November 68.0 44 66 82 64
December 59.4 39 61 64 54
Average 73.4 70.9 68.9 71.9 79.4 74.9

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 82.0 76 87 87 82 81
February 82.8 91 68 82 80 93
March 86.4 90 89 90 91 94
April 90.7 92 84 93 100
May 87.7 87 90 91 93
June 86.7 97 83 95 77
July 86.8 85 86 94 80
August 87.1 87 83 86 87
September 89.0 84 96 91 90
October 86.1 86 88 88 89
November 87.8 67 88 96 95
December 81.6 73 89 95 73
Average 86.5 86.3 84.8 86.9 90.3 87.5

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 8.9 8.5 8.5 9.3 9.4 8.3
February 9.4 8.8 10.9 9.3 10.1 8.6
March 10.6 11.1 11.0 10.5 11.5 10.5
April 12.6 12.6 12.0 12.6 10.8
May 15.3 15.8 15.0 16.3 13.6
June 18.2 17.6 19.5 18.6 17.5
July 20.1 19.1 19.3 22.3 19.5
August 19.9 20.0 19.3 22.1 18.3
September 18.4 17.0 21.0 18.6 19.3
October 15.6 15.5 16.8 16.8 16.0
November 12.1 12.5 12.1 13.4 11.5
December 10.2 10.3 11.1 7.7 10.6
Average 13.8 9.5 14.2 14.6 15.2 13.7

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 5.6 4.5 4.9 6.2 6.0 5.0
February 6.0 5.5 8.1 6.0 6.7 5.2
March 6.7 6.7 7.0 7.0 7.0 5.9
April 7.5 8.1 7.4 7.2 5.0
May 9.9 10.5 10.1 10.3 8.4
June 12.6 12.0 13.5 12.5 12.1
July 14.4 14.4 14.1 15.0 14.4
August 14.8 14.9 14.8 16.1 14.1
September 13.8 13.4 15.4 13.9 14.1
October 11.8 12.0 12.5 13.1 11.6
November 8.9 9.0 8.8 10.0 8.8
December 7.3 7.5 8.5 4.2 7.5
Average 9.5 5.5 10.2 10.4 10.4 9.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 19.6 19 14 21 16 28
February 17.6 14 31 12 19 14
March 13.7 5 12 18 11 9
April 9.8 13 16 8 3
May 7.4 9 6 4 15
June 8.9 5 4 7 13
July 7.6 13 12 2 10
August 8.2 9 12 7 7
September 9.0 12 5 11 4
October 14.7 10 13 10 10
November 16.3 16 25 16 13
December 20.4 21 18 17 16
Average 11.8 12.1 12.7 12.3 9.2 11.1

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 12.2 12 12 13 10 12
February 13.4 11 14 10 16 13
March 12.1 10 12 13 11 11
April 10.2 12 11 11 10
May 9.9 9 10 9 13
June 9.5 10 10 10 7
July 9.7 9 12 9 10
August 10.0 10 11 9 10
September 10.5 11 9 10 9
October 11.7 10 12 12 12
November 12.7 11 15 15 10
December 13.8 13 16 9 15
Average 11.0 10.9 10.8 11.4 10.6 10.6

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 200° 205° 261° 258° 265°
February 140° 242° 351° 248° 146°
March 081° 210° 226° 102° 258°
April 241° 260° 036° 042°
May 245° 027° 274° 244°
June 297° 024° 264° 345°
July 259° 243° 293° 254°
August 253° 261° 001° 266°
September 288° 209° 274° 278°
October 188° 214° 197° 233°
November 142° 266° 231° 321°
December 277° 246° 101° 232°

Prevailing wind direction

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