Climate Southend Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Southend Airport (EGMC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	62.7	66	68	65	53	57
February	66.3	57	65	81	66	75
March	68.1	68	60	66	66	84
April	80.2		77	89	82	88
May	85.5		79	89	82	98
June	82.8		83	91	70	88
July	88.8		90	98	83	84
August	87.6		88	93	87	79
September	85.5		84	96	78	85
October	79.9		85	94	80	73
November	72.1		80	70	75	66
December	61.3		58	67	54	54
Average	77.0	63.9	78.0	85.9	74.4	80.3

3rd 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	87.2	95	94	90	75	82
February	90.5	91	93	100	85	97
March	90.8	92	89	83	89	94
April	92.5		96	99	95	95
May	96.1		94	98	95	100
June	94.5		98	96	87	97
July	98.5		99	100	97	99
August	97.4		97	98	100	94
September	95.9		97	98	93	95
October	94.2		94	99	95	93
November	90.8		93	85	96	91
December	85.6		84	89	82	85
Average	93.4	92.5	94.6	95.4	91.5	94.3

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	7.7	8	9	8	6	9
February	9.7	12	10	12	8	10
March	11.0	12	11	12	11	10
April	13.4		13	14	11	15
May	17.2		16	18	15	18
June	21.2		22	21	21	20
July	23.2		22	25	22	22
August	23.0		24	25	21	24
September	20.0		23	20	21	20
October	16.0		17	18	16	14
November	11.2		11	13	11	12
December	8.8		10	6	10	8
Average	14.6	10.3	15.7	16.2	14.4	15.2

10th 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	2.1	3	2	2	1	4
February	3.4	7	3	4	3	4
March	4.4	6	5	4	3	4
April	4.7		6	5	2	5
May	8.3		10	9	7	7
June	12.1		15	11	12	11
July	13.9		15	14	14	13
August	12.9		10	14	13	15
September	11.2		14	11	12	10
October	8.7		10	10	9	9
November	5.1		5	7	5	5
December	3.7		6	0	5	3
Average	7.2	5.3	8.3	7.6	7.1	7.4

56th 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	8.4	7	9	3	18	5
February	10.3	9	1	9	16	16
March	9.5	11	18	5	6	6
April	4.7		10	2	0	4
May	3.9		2	7	8	1
June	4.4		2	2	8	6
July	4.6		8	0	6	4
August	4.7		4	2	2	6
September	4.8		2	4	3	5
October	9.2		10	4	7	21
November	9.4		12	19	6	3
December	11.2		17	4	9	11
Average	6.8	9.3	7.2	4.6	6.8	6.7

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	9.5	11	10	8	9	10
February	11.3	11	8	15	10	16
March	10.7	11	11	9	10	12
April	8.9		9	10	8	9
May	8.4		8	8	10	9
June	8.8		9	9	7	10
July	9.0		11	9	8	9
August	8.9		9	8	9	10
September	9.0		8	8	8	10
October	9.9		9	10	10	11
November	9.1		10	10	8	9
December	9.8		11	7	9	9
Average	9.5	10.8	9.4	9.1	8.7	10.1

10th 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	246°	246°	258°	255°	220°
February	226°	269°	237°	161°	233°
March	186°	228°	093°	256°	231°
April		098°	045°	033°	075°
May		040°	230°	225°	064°
June		085°	195°	037°	209°
July		233°	211°	192°	241°
August		232°	109°	246°	223°
September		188°	265°	197°	258°
October		220°	209°	220°	222°
November		250°	212°	276°	216°
December		232°	350°	240°	215°

Prevailing wind direction

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