Climate Aberdeen Dyce Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aberdeen Dyce Airport (EGPD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	77.5	61	79	88	72	81
February	76.4	69	81	80	63	82
March	66.8	46	60	66	63	84
April	69.1		56	65	87	81
May	71.3		61	80	41	92
June	67.0		70	75	73	49
July	71.7		78	82	38	79
August	71.2		72	78	43	57
September	76.1		85	66	62	87
October	69.2		60	79	66	49
November	64.7		68	54	70	54
December	71.8		59	65	58	56
Average	68.8	57.3	69.0	74.0	59.1	73.3

71st 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	91.8	80	92	94	95	96
February	91.2	85	98	92	88	94
March	87.8	83	84	88	90	98
April	88.5		83	83	95	94
May	86.9		80	92	74	96
June	84.4		95	92	89	68
July	89.2		90	97	67	91
August	88.3		94	90	76	78
September	88.6		92	80	90	97
October	86.5		80	91	85	78
November	85.2		88	84	94	73
December	89.9		86	80	84	86
Average	87.2	82.5	88.3	89.2	83.9	88.0

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	6.3	6	7	8	3	8
February	7.6	8	10	8	6	7
March	8.7	9	7	10	9	9
April	10.5		10	10	9	12
May	13.8		14	15	11	15
June	16.7		18	17	17	16
July	18.1		18	20	18	17
August	17.9		18	20	17	17
September	16.1		18	16	17	16
October	12.4		12	14	13	12
November	8.9		8	11	9	10
December	6.6		7	4	7	6
Average	11.4	7.6	12.2	12.9	11.3	12.0

81st 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	1.0	1	2	2	0	2
February	1.5	2	3	2	1	1
March	2.1	3	1	2	4	2
April	3.1		4	3	1	3
May	6.1		7	7	5	6
June	9.4		10	10	10	9
July	11.6		11	12	13	9
August	10.8		11	11	12	11
September	8.9		9	9	11	8
October	6.6		6	7	8	7
November	4.0		2	4	5	6
December	1.6		2	-1	2	3
Average	5.1	2.0	5.4	5.8	5.8	5.5

10th 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	12.0	22	11	9	18	8
February	12.1	18	4	14	21	13
March	14.3	17	19	11	10	7
April	9.6		13	11	15	3
May	8.5		8	8	15	7
June	9.9		6	5	6	12
July	10.0		12	8	5	13
August	8.6		5	6	10	8
September	10.7		6	13	9	6
October	18.3		28	9	26	25
November	21.9		24	24	20	14
December	19.8		27	29	23	35
Average	12.7	18.8	12.0	10.1	13.5	10.0

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.6	11	11	10	8	11
February	11.1	9	10	13	12	14
March	10.3	10	9	11	11	11
April	9.5		10	9	11	9
May	9.0		8	10	9	9
June	8.6		7	9	9	9
July	8.2		9	8	7	8
August	8.6		9	8	8	8
September	9.7		9	10	8	9
October	10.1		11	10	10	9
November	9.7		8	11	10	9
December	9.2		10	9	8	11
Average	9.4	9.9	8.9	9.6	9.2	9.5

81st 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	237°	248°	250°	296°	208°
February	229°	254°	244°	151°	227°
March	159°	287°	167°	266°	225°
April		154°	322°	322°	176°
May		135°	221°	077°	258°
June		147°	185°	211°	149°
July		231°	244°	072°	252°
August		220°	205°	132°	141°
September		193°	310°	195°	218°
October		149°	203°	200°	299°
November		316°	167°	264°	204°
December		192°	275°	226°	179°

Prevailing wind direction

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