Climate Benbecula Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Benbecula Airport (EGPL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	62.9	79	56	49	72	45
February	65.1	59	52	75	64	70
March	68.5	76	52	80	47	68
April	75.6		56	72	78	81
May	70.0		55	68	74	71
June	62.1		64	55	60	57
July	55.5		55	50	43	58
August	62.6		68	52	55	71
September	62.1		66	55	47	57
October	68.0		83	63	58	64
November	71.2		78	65	61	59
December	62.1		64	71	57	60
Average	65.9	71.3	61.6	61.7	59.2	64.3

90th 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	84.2	95	76	72	92	75
February	88.7	77	79	93	92	96
March	86.2	88	76	93	76	88
April	90.0		79	86	91	93
May	86.1		75	90	96	84
June	81.8		83	77	77	77
July	78.9		84	77	69	81
August	83.1		87	75	84	86
September	82.3		86	82	79	73
October	86.1		90	87	77	91
November	89.3		93	87	78	86
December	85.1		86	87	85	90
Average	84.9	86.4	82.2	83.0	82.3	84.5

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.6	8	8	9	6	9
February	7.8	8	9	8	7	7
March	8.5	9	8	10	9	8
April	10.8		11	11	10	11
May	13.2		14	13	12	13
June	15.4		18	15	15	15
July	16.3		17	16	17	15
August	16.3		17	16	17	17
September	14.9		16	16	16	14
October	12.1		12	13	13	12
November	9.7		9	11	10	11
December	7.8		8	7	8	8
Average	11.3	8.2	12.2	12.1	11.5	11.6

86th 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	3.7	3	4	6	1	6
February	3.8	4	5	4	3	3
March	3.8	4	3	5	5	4
April	5.1		5	5	3	5
May	7.6		9	9	6	8
June	10.5		12	11	10	11
July	11.6		11	12	13	11
August	11.7		12	12	12	11
September	10.4		11	11	11	10
October	8.2		9	9	9	7
November	5.6		4	7	7	7
December	4.2		4	3	5	4
Average	6.8	3.5	7.4	7.9	6.9	7.1

60th 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	23.1	21	25	27	22	36
February	21.9	25	22	20	20	27
March	17.5	9	18	13	22	23
April	11.5		14	18	8	6
May	12.9		7	16	14	11
June	13.8		12	21	13	13
July	12.9		13	11	7	15
August	13.9		12	12	8	8
September	18.6		18	14	17	22
October	22.2		15	22	32	21
November	21.8		18	25	27	19
December	24.9		28	16	24	24
Average	16.7	17.3	15.2	17.0	15.9	16.8

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	15.3	16	15	18	11	20
February	17.3	14	16	21	21	22
March	14.6	15	12	15	15	16
April	13.1		14	13	12	11
May	12.6		12	15	12	13
June	12.1		10	14	13	12
July	11.2		12	12	7	13
August	11.9		12	13	9	11
September	13.8		14	13	12	15
October	15.7		17	17	15	13
November	14.1		11	15	17	15
December	13.6		15	12	12	15
Average	13.6	14.9	12.9	14.4	12.2	13.9

86th 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°	243°	234°	347°	220°
February	241°	234°	248°	160°	239°
March	147°	122°	167°	221°	227°
April		129°	143°	318°	203°
May		240°	221°	059°	221°
June		188°	201°	225°	358°
July		300°	241°	311°	254°
August		216°	224°	041°	147°
September		215°	277°	200°	228°
October		141°	226°	218°	302°
November		054°	189°	267°	222°
December		236°	105°	182°	247°

Prevailing wind direction

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