Climate Glasgow International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Glasgow International Airport (EGPF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	50.6	55	57	48	53	44
February	54.1	49	49	65	53	54
March	59.4	54	58	75	61	65
April	73.1		69	76	85	79
May	71.2		66	71	77	76
June	70.1		75	72	73	64
July	65.9		72	64	67	60
August	63.8		73	70	60	62
September	66.1		69	86	45	63
October	61.3		58	64	58	68
November	63.2		65	68	60	49
December	51.4		42	72	40	60
Average	62.9	52.6	65.0	70.0	63.4	63.6

81st 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	84.3	84	83	92	77	92
February	89.5	84	93	94	93	88
March	90.4	94	86	96	93	93
April	94.9		91	98	99	97
May	93.9		94	93	96	94
June	94.6		96	96	98	89
July	94.2		95	96	96	90
August	92.0		95	92	93	89
September	91.2		91	97	86	88
October	90.9		89	91	92	92
November	89.7		87	95	90	80
December	83.2		82	86	77	90
Average	91.2	88.0	91.2	94.3	92.1	90.4

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	8	4	9
February	8.0	9	9	8	7	7
March	9.5	10	9	12	10	9
April	12.3		12	13	11	14
May	15.7		17	15	14	16
June	18.8		22	18	19	19
July	19.3		18	20	22	17
August	18.7		19	20	20	19
September	16.7		18	17	18	16
October	13.0		13	14	14	13
November	9.5		9	11	11	10
December	7.0		8	4	7	7
Average	12.4	8.5	13.4	13.5	13.0	12.8

73rd 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	1.3	1	2	3	-2	4
February	2.2	3	4	3	2	2
March	2.3	4	2	1	4	2
April	3.4		3	4	0	3
May	6.5		8	8	5	5
June	10.1		11	10	10	11
July	11.4		11	11	13	10
August	10.9		11	11	11	11
September	8.9		10	9	10	8
October	6.5		6	9	7	6
November	3.4		2	5	4	6
December	1.8		3	-3	3	1
Average	5.3	2.3	6.1	6.0	5.4	5.7

15th 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	23.6	24	29	17	28	32
February	25.8	29	14	31	34	41
March	21.6	28	25	11	17	19
April	12.7		13	14	7	8
May	13.8		8	19	18	11
June	14.1		11	16	6	18
July	14.2		21	9	6	19
August	17.3		12	15	15	19
September	16.4		21	9	13	17
October	25.9		25	38	31	29
November	23.4		18	30	17	32
December	29.1		47	15	32	30
Average	19.4	27.4	18.3	17.3	16.2	20.7

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	9.3	9	9	11	6	13
February	11.7	11	11	14	13	16
March	10.3	10	9	8	11	12
April	9.3		8	9	8	10
May	8.7		8	11	8	9
June	8.7		8	10	8	9
July	8.2		9	9	6	9
August	8.5		9	8	7	8
September	8.9		9	8	8	9
October	10.1		11	11	10	9
November	8.4		6	9	9	9
December	8.7		11	6	8	8
Average	9.3	10.2	8.8	9.4	8.2	9.7

73rd 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	224°	232°	234°	256°	215°
February	226°	232°	241°	141°	227°
March	090°	201°	145°	229°	221°
April		100°	173°	283°	083°
May		280°	229°	014°	249°
June		080°	205°	229°	104°
July		236°	252°	273°	251°
August		232°	236°	229°	085°
September		210°	277°	220°	228°
October		134°	207°	224°	235°
November		284°	185°	252°	212°
December		241°	157°	199°	203°

Prevailing wind direction

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