Southend Airport

EGMC · England, United Kingdom

Climate Southend Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Southend Airport (EGMC) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 61.7 54 66 68 65 53
February 65.8 62 57 65 81 66
March 70.1 86 68 60 66 66
April 80.3 81 77 89 82
May 83.5 85 69 79 89 82
June 83.9 93 83 91 70
July 88.8 89 90 98 83
August 87.6 88 88 93 87
September 84.1 74 84 96 78
October 79.1 74 85 94 80
November 69.3 50 80 70 75
December 59.2 45 58 67 54
Average 77.9 74.9 73.9 78.0 85.9 74.4

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 87.2 88 95 94 90 75
February 90.6 91 91 93 100 85
March 91.4 97 92 89 83 89
April 93.1 98 96 99 95
May 95.5 99 89 94 98 95
June 95.1 100 98 96 87
July 98.3 97 99 100 97
August 97.6 99 97 98 100
September 95.3 91 97 98 93
October 94.2 94 94 99 95
November 90.5 89 93 85 96
December 84.4 77 84 89 82
Average 93.7 94.5 93.4 94.6 95.4 91.5

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 7.6 6.7 7.5 8.5 7.9 6.2
February 9.5 7.5 11.5 10.3 11.9 8.1
March 11.1 12.0 11.8 10.5 11.5 10.8
April 13.5 14.0 12.6 13.8 10.9
May 17.4 18.3 17.8 16.3 18.1 14.8
June 21.0 19.8 22.3 21.1 21.0
July 23.1 22.3 22.1 25.1 22.1
August 23.2 24.1 23.8 25.3 20.8
September 20.0 19.6 22.8 19.6 21.0
October 16.0 15.6 17.3 17.5 16.1
November 11.1 11.0 11.0 12.5 10.9
December 8.8 9.0 9.8 5.7 9.5
Average 14.8 11.2 15.4 15.7 16.2 14.4

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 2.1 1.8 3.2 2.0 1.8 1.3
February 3.3 2.7 6.5 2.7 4.2 2.7
March 4.2 2.6 6.4 4.7 3.7 2.7
April 5.0 7.2 5.5 4.5 1.6
May 8.5 8.6 10.3 9.6 9.0 7.0
June 12.1 12.3 14.5 10.5 12.1
July 14.0 15.0 15.0 13.5 13.8
August 13.2 15.0 9.8 14.0 12.9
September 11.3 12.0 13.5 11.3 12.1
October 8.8 9.5 10.0 9.5 8.5
November 5.2 6.0 5.4 6.7 5.2
December 4.0 5.7 5.9 -1.8 4.9
Average 7.3 4.0 9.1 8.3 7.6 7.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 8.6 10 7 9 3 18
February 10.3 10 9 1 9 16
March 8.4 0 11 18 5 6
April 5.0 7 10 2 0
May 4.5 2 11 2 7 8
June 4.0 1 2 2 8
July 4.7 5 8 0 6
August 4.5 3 4 2 2
September 4.7 4 2 4 3
October 8.8 6 10 4 7
November 9.0 6 12 19 6
December 10.9 9 17 4 9
Average 6.3 4.5 6.4 7.2 4.6 6.8

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 9.4 9 11 10 8 9
February 11.0 9 11 8 15 10
March 10.3 7 11 11 9 10
April 9.3 12 9 10 8
May 8.4 9 8 8 8 10
June 8.8 9 9 9 7
July 9.0 9 11 9 8
August 9.1 10 9 8 9
September 9.0 9 8 8 8
October 9.6 8 9 10 10
November 9.0 8 10 10 8
December 9.9 11 11 7 9
Average 9.2 8.5 9.6 9.4 9.1 8.7

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° 246° 246° 258° 255°
February 150° 226° 269° 237° 161°
March 068° 186° 228° 093° 256°
April 240° 098° 045° 033°
May 025° 198° 040° 230° 225°
June 240° 085° 195° 037°
July 220° 233° 211° 192°
August 220° 232° 109° 246°
September 245° 188° 265° 197°
October 191° 220° 209° 220°
November 235° 250° 212° 276°
December 251° 232° 350° 240°

Prevailing wind direction

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