Alderney Airport

EGJA · Alderney, Guernsey

Climate Alderney Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Alderney Airport (EGJA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.0 55 61 56 52 57
February 62.7 38 63 64 74 68
March 64.3 75 59 61 82 67
April 74.7 71 81 80 72
May 78.1 73 81 84 88
June 73.8 68 92 64 85
July 80.9 83 86 67 77
August 78.3 74 73 78 80
September 79.4 85 89 78 73
October 74.7 82 80 79 64
November 72.0 65 79 69 73
December 58.8 57 56 54 62
Average 70.7 57.6 71.3 76.7 72.8 71.4

1st best VFR conditions of Guernsey

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 82.5 88 86 80 85 79
February 81.6 66 88 84 89 79
March 83.4 88 88 84 93 82
April 88.7 84 93 95 84
May 86.7 87 89 95 93
June 82.3 78 96 75 93
July 87.0 89 92 76 81
August 85.8 82 79 86 87
September 88.5 90 93 87 88
October 86.5 88 91 88 88
November 89.6 84 93 94 88
December 80.3 83 94 71 85
Average 85.0 80.8 85.4 88.9 85.9 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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.5 8 9 9 8 10
February 9.0 10 9 10 8 10
March 9.8 11 10 11 10 10
April 11.6 12 12 10 13
May 14.1 14 15 13 14
June 17.2 18 18 16 17
July 19.2 19 21 18 18
August 19.1 19 21 18 20
September 18.1 20 18 19 18
October 15.3 16 17 16 14
November 11.9 12 13 12 13
December 9.8 11 7 10 10
Average 13.2 9.7 14.1 14.5 13.1 13.7

1st highest temperature of Guernsey

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 6.3 6 7 7 6 7
February 6.7 9 7 8 7 7
March 7.4 8 8 8 8 7
April 8.3 8 9 6 11
May 10.9 11 12 10 13
June 13.9 14 14 13 15
July 15.4 15 16 15 16
August 15.6 16 17 15 17
September 14.6 16 15 15 14
October 12.6 14 14 13 12
November 9.6 10 11 9 11
December 7.7 9 5 9 8
Average 10.4 7.5 11.2 11.3 10.4 11.4

1st lowest temperature of Guernsey

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.7 12 18 10 22 15
February 15.4 29 6 14 9 24
March 12.5 12 14 9 7 17
April 6.5 14 5 3 3
May 5.5 5 3 9 3
June 6.9 3 2 15 6
July 5.4 10 1 7 6
August 6.7 8 8 4 5
September 6.9 5 8 3 5
October 11.8 12 9 7 21
November 12.6 19 15 5 11
December 18.7 22 16 16 19
Average 10.6 17.0 10.4 7.4 8.2 11.9

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 13.8 14 16 12 14 15
February 15.1 15 11 17 15 21
March 13.8 14 14 13 13 16
April 11.5 12 13 12 14
May 11.1 12 10 14 13
June 10.8 11 11 8 11
July 10.2 12 9 10 11
August 10.6 11 10 11 11
September 11.8 11 11 11 13
October 13.3 13 13 14 16
November 14.8 16 17 12 14
December 16.0 18 12 18 15
Average 12.7 14.2 12.7 12.2 12.1 14.3

1st highest wind speed of Guernsey

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 209° 265° 264° 277° 216°
February 238° 015° 242° 144° 245°
March 209° 226° 092° 249° 303°
April 152° 043° 051° 071°
May 044° 252° 236° 048°
June 066° 104° 009° 219°
July 240° 301° 249° 258°
August 262° 041° 259° 241°
September 203° 299° 344° 315°
October 216° 202° 226° 236°
November 270° 232° 325° 215°
December 246° 102° 231° 245°

Prevailing wind direction

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