Climate Glasgow Prestwick Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Glasgow Prestwick Airport (EGPK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	62.2	63	64	58	62	50
February	71.8	56	58	73	74	71
March	75.0	69	64	87	71	73
April	85.9		76	82	92	93
May	86.4		79	85	88	87
June	85.0		79	85	86	79
July	75.5		70	73	75	65
August	79.2		86	78	70	84
September	77.8		79	89	64	75
October	74.5		71	74	67	75
November	77.5		74	85	66	70
December	68.0		57	80	54	73
Average	76.5	63.4	73.2	80.0	74.6	76.3

36th 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	96.3	100	98	96	94	93
February	98.1	96	97	96	99	98
March	98.1	97	99	99	96	100
April	98.4		97	98	99	99
May	97.8		95	98	99	98
June	98.5		99	98	98	99
July	96.6		97	96	95	96
August	97.6		99	97	97	99
September	97.4		99	100	94	98
October	98.0		96	99	97	98
November	98.1		98	98	95	98
December	96.8		93	98	94	99
Average	97.7	97.5	97.3	97.7	96.5	97.9

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	8.2	8	8	9	5	14
February	8.4	9	10	9	7	8
March	9.7	10	9	11	10	9
April	12.3		12	13	11	14
May	15.3		16	15	13	16
June	18.3		22	18	18	18
July	18.8		18	19	20	17
August	18.6		19	20	19	19
September	16.6		18	17	18	16
October	13.4		14	14	14	13
November	10.1		10	12	11	12
December	7.9		9	5	8	8
Average	12.6	8.9	13.5	13.6	12.8	13.6

72nd 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	2.6	2	3	4	0	5
February	3.3	4	4	4	3	3
March	3.3	4	3	2	5	3
April	4.3		5	4	1	5
May	7.2		8	9	5	7
June	10.6		11	10	11	11
July	12.1		12	12	12	12
August	11.9		13	12	12	12
September	9.9		11	10	11	9
October	7.8		8	10	9	7
November	4.5		3	6	5	7
December	2.8		4	-2	3	2
Average	6.3	3.5	7.0	7.1	6.3	6.8

38th 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	20.6	16	24	16	23	24
February	19.2	22	8	29	25	34
March	16.0	20	17	8	13	17
April	10.9		10	13	5	6
May	9.2		5	15	11	10
June	11.0		12	11	5	16
July	13.1		20	6	4	19
August	13.6		7	13	12	13
September	16.3		16	10	15	16
October	20.6		17	28	23	21
November	17.1		14	20	15	21
December	20.2		39	6	22	19
Average	15.2	19.5	14.4	13.8	12.6	16.6

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	10.1	11	12	12	8	13
February	12.2	12	11	17	14	16
March	10.2	11	10	10	12	11
April	8.8		9	10	9	8
May	8.2		8	11	9	8
June	8.2		8	10	9	8
July	8.4		11	10	7	9
August	8.6		10	8	8	7
September	9.0		10	9	8	8
October	10.2		11	12	11	9
November	9.0		8	12	11	9
December	9.0		12	6	9	8
Average	9.4	11.3	9.6	10.4	9.2	9.1

72nd 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	218°	230°	235°	241°	198°
February	231°	226°	251°	146°	219°
March	124°	182°	162°	227°	208°
April		138°	202°	286°	153°
May		271°	232°	237°	244°
June		200°	214°	227°	249°
July		235°	258°	276°	262°
August		235°	248°	244°	172°
September		212°	286°	224°	226°
October		209°	205°	220°	248°
November		274°	180°	259°	214°
December		230°	138°	177°	191°

Prevailing wind direction

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