RAF Shawbury

EGOS · England, United Kingdom

Climate RAF Shawbury 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAF Shawbury (EGOS) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 58.6 62 57 69 62 56
February 66.6 50 56 68 76 70
March 68.4 75 52 51 74 67
April 77.7 73 65 87 87
May 79.3 81 60 78 81 81
June 75.5 81 77 83 73
July 81.3 78 79 81 79
August 77.1 78 71 83 68
September 72.6 53 66 78 74
October 70.8 61 64 76 72
November 59.0 40 59 58 62
December 54.9 43 51 56 37
Average 72.0 69.7 63.5 68.0 77.1 71.0

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 87.8 86 94 94 92 76
February 93.1 89 87 98 98 90
March 92.0 95 84 89 89 91
April 94.5 98 94 97 98
May 95.3 97 90 97 96 95
June 94.8 98 98 94 96
July 96.3 94 95 97 94
August 96.2 97 94 99 96
September 91.0 78 85 96 95
October 93.4 85 89 91 96
November 86.9 86 86 87 92
December 84.7 81 86 76 76
Average 92.9 92.5 90.2 92.6 93.9 92.5

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 7.4 6.2 7.7 8.0 7.7 6.0
February 9.0 8.0 10.6 9.6 10.0 8.1
March 10.7 12.5 10.9 9.6 11.9 10.5
April 13.1 12.9 12.4 13.5 11.5
May 17.0 18.6 17.8 17.1 16.8 13.9
June 19.5 17.6 22.1 19.1 19.8
July 21.1 19.8 19.5 22.3 22.1
August 20.7 20.6 19.6 23.3 19.3
September 18.1 16.8 20.6 18.1 20.1
October 14.4 14.4 15.0 15.6 15.0
November 10.3 9.9 9.9 11.4 10.5
December 8.2 9.3 9.3 4.5 8.8
Average 13.9 11.4 14.1 14.4 14.9 13.8

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 1.4 -1.9 1.5 2.2 0.7 0.0
February 2.5 2.5 4.0 2.7 3.7 2.0
March 2.9 2.2 4.2 3.6 2.2 3.2
April 4.0 5.5 4.2 3.3 1.0
May 6.7 7.0 9.8 7.7 3.0 5.5
June 9.7 9.5 11.5 3.2 10.0
July 10.9 10.9 11.4 4.0 13.0
August 10.8 11.3 11.3 4.7 11.8
September 9.3 9.0 10.6 8.0 11.0
October 7.4 7.2 8.3 7.2 8.9
November 4.1 4.2 3.5 5.0 4.2
December 2.9 4.7 4.2 -2.5 4.0
Average 5.7 2.9 6.8 6.8 3.8 6.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 19.1 15 22 24 15 17
February 21.0 20 26 6 24 24
March 17.1 4 25 38 12 10
April 14.3 21 22 8 8
May 14.5 10 18 11 21 31
June 13.5 9 11 17 7
July 15.0 17 27 14 12
August 13.0 11 20 11 10
September 19.0 30 26 21 13
October 22.2 23 31 19 19
November 21.6 20 31 29 11
December 21.9 21 31 12 26
Average 16.5 11.4 19.3 22.3 16.5 15.0

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 8.9 8 9 10 8 9
February 11.0 10 10 9 14 10
March 9.9 8 10 10 9 10
April 8.7 11 9 9 7
May 8.0 8 7 8 9 9
June 8.2 8 8 8 7
July 8.1 8 10 8 6
August 8.7 10 9 7 7
September 8.3 7 8 8 7
October 9.1 8 7 10 10
November 8.6 7 9 9 8
December 9.3 10 11 6 10
Average 8.7 8.1 8.7 8.9 8.8 8.1

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 224° 224° 243° 250° 268°
February 157° 223° 251° 238° 160°
March 246° 167° 211° 127° 251°
April 234° 146° 065° 016°
May 293° 237° 004° 235° 216°
June 262° 112° 217° 304°
July 240° 227° 274° 292°
August 220° 240° 262° 247°
September 320° 186° 283° 210°
October 180° 179° 201° 213°
November 198° 251° 192° 262°
December 250° 230° 173° 218°

Prevailing wind direction

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