Climate Farnborough Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Farnborough Airport (EGLF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	56.8	69	60	59	39	50
February	62.4	43	51	75	70	73
March	63.2	61	54	64	71	74
April	80.4		78	91	88	85
May	82.2		76	86	82	94
June	80.6		81	92	65	89
July	86.1		84	94	81	81
August	83.0		78	86	76	82
September	81.3		78	86	69	85
October	73.5		78	89	71	75
November	64.2		74	69	62	55
December	56.7		47	52	46	62
Average	72.7	57.3	72.1	81.8	70.5	78.0

19th 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	81.5	95	90	86	64	79
February	86.2	78	85	97	87	94
March	87.5	88	86	83	90	94
April	92.2		95	98	98	91
May	94.2		90	98	95	99
June	94.4		97	96	85	98
July	96.5		98	100	95	96
August	94.8		94	96	96	91
September	93.6		92	94	87	94
October	90.1		90	98	90	93
November	85.1		91	86	90	82
December	80.4		79	70	78	80
Average	90.3	86.5	91.3	93.6	89.1	92.2

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	7.6	8	8	8	6	9
February	9.4	11	10	10	8	10
March	11.1	12	10	12	11	11
April	14.2		13	15	12	17
May	17.6		18	18	15	19
June	21.4		24	21	21	21
July	23.1		21	25	23	22
August	22.1		21	25	20	23
September	19.6		23	19	21	20
October	15.4		17	17	16	14
November	10.8		11	13	10	12
December	8.5		10	5	10	8
Average	14.5	10.2	15.4	16.0	14.2	15.4

16th 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	1.4	1	1	1	1	4
February	2.7	5	2	3	2	3
March	3.6	4	5	3	2	2
April	3.9		4	3	0	4
May	7.7		8	8	5	6
June	11.5		12	10	11	10
July	13.5		12	13	14	11
August	12.8		13	13	12	14
September	10.1		12	10	11	9
October	8.0		9	8	8	7
November	4.5		4	7	3	5
December	3.3		5	-1	5	3
Average	6.5	3.4	7.2	6.6	6.1	6.4

22nd 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	14.2	7	18	8	25	11
February	15.5	22	4	12	22	22
March	13.9	14	26	13	7	12
April	7.6		14	3	4	6
May	7.3		5	7	15	1
June	7.2		2	4	12	10
July	6.4		11	1	8	8
August	7.8		10	4	7	8
September	6.7		6	9	6	3
October	12.6		10	8	5	24
November	14.1		19	18	6	12
December	16.2		24	8	15	20
Average	10.5	14.4	11.2	7.0	10.4	10.3

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.7	10	10	7	9	10
February	10.5	10	8	13	10	14
March	10.1	9	11	9	10	11
April	8.4		8	9	8	8
May	8.4		8	8	10	9
June	8.4		8	8	7	9
July	8.4		10	8	8	9
August	8.3		8	8	8	9
September	8.1		8	7	7	9
October	8.9		8	9	9	10
November	8.4		9	9	8	9
December	9.0		11	6	9	8
Average	8.9	9.7	8.8	8.4	8.4	9.5

16th 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	240°	239°	253°	267°	218°
February	226°	258°	236°	150°	235°
March	189°	221°	094°	254°	265°
April		160°	022°	036°	079°
May		029°	242°	219°	014°
June		070°	211°	338°	209°
July		229°	241°	238°	244°
August		232°	191°	241°	227°
September		197°	275°	209°	271°
October		215°	205°	222°	224°
November		248°	210°	282°	214°
December		229°	011°	224°	220°

Prevailing wind direction

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