Climate Lydd Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lydd Airport (EGMD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	56.2	63	56	64	45	46
February	59.9	43	59	75	64	60
March	64.5	65	56	72	66	73
April	74.5		73	89	78	64
May	79.6		77	86	80	84
June	77.2		84	83	63	80
July	82.6		82	94	74	78
August	80.2		79	86	76	78
September	79.3		76	91	71	81
October	77.2		80	86	78	74
November	65.8		70	60	66	69
December	54.8		49	53	45	62
Average	71.2	57.2	72.0	81.2	68.7	72.7

26th 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	83.8	89	85	93	71	80
February	81.2	71	80	91	85	84
March	85.9	84	87	86	89	85
April	87.1		92	96	95	71
May	91.8		93	96	94	89
June	88.9		93	90	78	92
July	92.6		90	99	89	86
August	92.8		90	92	95	91
September	91.7		93	96	87	93
October	92.5		93	97	94	91
November	89.0		91	81	94	89
December	80.6		77	80	65	89
Average	88.0	81.1	89.4	92.5	87.2	86.6

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	8.2	8	9	9	7	10
February	9.4	11	10	11	9	10
March	10.8	12	11	12	11	9
April	13.2		13	14	11	15
May	16.6		17	17	15	17
June	19.9		22	20	20	19
July	21.7		21	23	21	21
August	21.7		21	24	20	23
September	19.8		22	20	21	20
October	16.5		18	18	16	15
November	12.0		12	14	11	13
December	9.5		11	6	10	9
Average	14.4	10.4	15.3	15.8	14.3	15.2

23rd 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	2.7	3	4	2	2	5
February	4.0	7	3	5	4	5
March	4.9	7	5	5	3	5
April	5.4		6	6	2	7
May	8.4		9	9	8	8
June	12.2		13	12	13	12
July	13.5		14	14	14	13
August	13.8		14	14	13	16
September	11.7		14	11	13	12
October	9.6		11	11	10	10
November	6.5		6	8	6	8
December	4.5		7	1	6	5
Average	7.7	5.3	8.8	8.4	7.8	8.6

68th 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	11.9	9	12	6	19	14
February	13.4	23	6	9	11	23
March	10.3	11	18	6	4	10
April	4.3		8	4	2	1
May	4.7		2	6	10	0
June	4.0		2	2	10	3
July	5.3		10	0	5	8
August	5.1		6	1	4	5
September	5.2		3	9	2	4
October	10.5		11	8	9	21
November	12.9		24	19	8	9
December	14.8		19	10	18	12
Average	8.4	14.1	8.9	5.6	7.8	7.8

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.1	14	15	10	12	13
February	14.4	14	10	17	14	19
March	13.4	13	14	11	13	13
April	11.8		12	13	12	12
May	11.5		13	10	13	13
June	11.5		11	12	9	12
July	11.8		14	11	11	13
August	11.8		12	11	12	12
September	11.7		11	10	11	13
October	12.9		13	12	13	14
November	12.4		14	15	10	12
December	13.0		15	10	13	12
Average	12.3	13.3	12.8	11.7	11.8	13.0

23rd 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	251°	253°	267°	260°	226°
February	226°	282°	238°	151°	235°
March	200°	232°	099°	253°	223°
April		106°	046°	045°	075°
May		043°	230°	223°	072°
June		062°	205°	130°	217°
July		234°	202°	211°	236°
August		238°	117°	240°	225°
September		197°	285°	192°	257°
October		220°	214°	230°	229°
November		251°	223°	300°	220°
December		235°	046°	240°	223°

Prevailing wind direction

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