Leeds Bradford Airport

EGNM · England, United Kingdom

Climate Leeds Bradford Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Leeds Bradford Airport (EGNM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.3 68 72 79 54 76
February 65.6 56 66 73 55 80
March 71.0 70 70 64 87
April 77.9 72 85 95 87
May 79.5 80 87 76 87
June 75.5 77 90 80 59
July 80.7 83 81 76 76
August 81.0 81 94 72 71
September 78.2 76 80 66 81
October 73.6 64 76 74 74
November 63.8 65 57 75 60
December 58.9 57 62 50 51
Average 72.7 61.5 73.7 80.3 71.2 74.1

34th 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 83.5 90 85 93 71 92
February 86.5 87 95 92 78 88
March 86.3 89 85 89 97
April 88.8 86 92 99 98
May 90.8 89 97 91 100
June 89.4 96 97 94 77
July 91.6 90 96 88 90
August 92.3 90 97 94 81
September 89.6 85 90 86 91
October 85.9 71 86 91 87
November 76.8 80 65 90 75
December 75.1 75 71 70 68
Average 87.6 88.1 86.9 90.5 88.0 86.5

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.0 6 7 7 4 8
February 7.4 9 8 8 6 8
March 8.8 8 10 9 9
April 11.5 11 12 10 13
May 15.1 16 15 13 15
June 18.1 20 18 19 17
July 19.7 18 21 21 17
August 18.9 18 22 18 19
September 16.7 19 17 18 16
October 12.8 13 14 14 12
November 8.7 8 10 9 10
December 6.5 8 4 7 6
Average 11.9 7.1 12.9 13.3 12.7 12.1

76th 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 2 3 3 1 4
February 2.8 4 4 3 4 2
March 3.1 3 3 6 3
April 4.3 4 4 5 7
May 7.7 8 8 8 11
June 10.8 11 10 11 13
July 12.2 12 13 13 11
August 11.9 12 13 12 12
September 9.8 12 10 12 9
October 7.4 8 9 8 7
November 4.5 4 6 5 6
December 2.7 4 0 4 3
Average 6.3 3.1 7.0 7.0 7.8 6.9

35th 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 22.1 23 24 11 35 22
February 26.1 29 15 36 23 41
March 21.8 28 15 7 14
April 12.9 19 8 2 3
May 11.6 6 14 21 1
June 12.6 8 8 4 28
July 15.4 26 14 11 20
August 14.1 16 6 13 19
September 14.4 17 13 11 10
October 21.5 27 21 19 27
November 22.3 33 20 16 21
December 26.6 47 11 27 27
Average 18.4 26.0 20.2 13.8 14.7 20.6

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 11.3 11 12 13 10 13
February 12.2 11 12 16 11 17
March 10.9 10 9 13 12
April 9.4 9 10 8 11
May 8.7 8 10 9 10
June 8.6 8 9 8 10
July 8.9 11 9 7 11
August 9.0 9 8 9 10
September 9.0 8 9 8 10
October 10.2 9 10 11 10
November 9.8 11 9 11 10
December 10.4 12 8 10 10
Average 9.9 11.1 9.5 9.8 9.1 11.2

76th 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 255° 255° 264° 277° 231°
February 249° 268° 248° 151° 239°
March 247° 124° 261° 230°
April 085° 322° 008° 216°
May 332° 249° 234° 249°
June 060° 243° 292° 277°
July 247° 257° 280° 252°
August 260° 269° 259° 277°
September 220° 297° 247° 263°
October 255° 222° 231° 254°
November 268° 201° 269° 225°
December 245° 294° 252° 236°

Prevailing wind direction

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