Wickenby Aerodrome

EGNW · England, United Kingdom

Climate Wickenby Aerodrome 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAF Waddington (EGXW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 63.0 65 62 72 61 57
February 67.5 53 62 78 76 70
March 69.4 58 69 68 81
April 80.2 66 85 89 94
May 80.3 73 87 74 93
June 74.7 69 87 74 71
July 81.9 77 92 77 73
August 81.2 80 90 70 70
September 77.3 65 87 74 77
October 72.3 59 81 72 73
November 63.9 70 57 72 59
December 56.4 46 58 41 54
Average 72.5 58.5 67.0 81.5 72.1 74.7

21st 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 86.5 86 89 89 79 88
February 88.8 82 90 97 85 89
March 89.3 86 86 89 96
April 91.9 84 97 98 99
May 93.0 90 98 93 97
June 91.0 96 95 92 85
July 94.1 91 99 92 94
August 93.7 93 97 94 84
September 91.9 82 93 95 96
October 87.4 75 90 93 87
November 80.5 86 71 93 77
December 75.3 71 73 66 68
Average 89.2 83.8 86.9 92.4 90.5 89.6

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 6.9 7 8 7 5 9
February 8.8 11 9 10 8 10
March 10.4 10 12 11 10
April 13.0 12 13 11 15
May 16.6 16 17 14 18
June 19.9 22 20 20 19
July 21.9 20 24 22 20
August 21.3 21 24 20 22
September 18.8 21 18 20 19
October 14.5 15 16 15 13
November 10.1 10 11 10 11
December 7.5 9 4 8 7
Average 13.5 8.9 14.4 15.1 13.6 14.3

43rd 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 2.2 2 3 2 1 4
February 3.0 5 4 4 2 3
March 3.7 4 4 4 3
April 4.5 5 5 2 6
May 7.8 8 9 6 7
June 11.3 12 11 12 11
July 13.3 13 14 14 12
August 13.1 12 14 13 14
September 10.9 12 11 13 10
October 8.3 9 9 9 8
November 5.0 5 7 5 6
December 3.1 5 0 4 2
Average 6.7 3.5 7.5 7.7 7.0 7.2

58th 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 15.2 17 12 4 20 11
February 17.1 24 6 16 18 23
March 18.3 36 14 15 10
April 12.0 18 8 7 7
May 13.1 13 15 25 2
June 13.4 9 10 11 21
July 13.6 26 6 11 18
August 12.0 16 8 9 12
September 15.1 22 12 11 8
October 19.9 29 14 17 31
November 17.5 17 19 11 10
December 17.6 25 9 21 21
Average 15.5 20.8 18.8 11.1 14.1 13.8

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 10.6 11 12 10 10 12
February 12.2 11 10 15 12 16
March 11.7 12 11 11 13
April 10.0 10 11 9 10
May 9.2 8 9 10 10
June 9.3 9 9 8 10
July 8.9 10 9 7 10
August 9.6 9 8 9 11
September 9.5 9 9 9 10
October 10.9 9 12 12 11
November 10.4 10 11 10 10
December 10.6 12 8 10 10
Average 10.2 10.9 9.9 9.9 9.4 10.9

43rd 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 245° 239° 249° 248° 221°
February 231° 263° 237° 163° 235°
March 227° 119° 250° 232°
April 148° 027° 029° 092°
May 045° 240° 211° 296°
June 066° 214° 006° 211°
July 234° 245° 234° 254°
August 243° 276° 260° 265°
September 201° 288° 230° 264°
October 211° 210° 222° 225°
November 259° 196° 272° 213°
December 231° 274° 225° 211°

Prevailing wind direction

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