RAF Lossiemouth

EGQS · Scotland, United Kingdom

Climate RAF Lossiemouth 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAF Lossiemouth (EGQS) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 86.6 85 74 84 96 82
February 88.0 90 83 83 81 98
March 85.6 90 77 75 90 83
April 86.0 75 87 79 94
May 81.6 82 69 84 92 72
June 83.6 93 81 84 91 92
July 83.1 75 90 92 62
August 88.0 98 84 85 78
September 83.7 65 93 81 77
October 86.4 86 76 92 87
November 85.5 86 67 92 86
December 84.6 78 76 85 82
Average 85.2 88.0 78.6 82.9 88.0 81.5

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 96.7 97 89 97 99 96
February 97.4 96 95 99 96 99
March 96.5 98 97 92 98 96
April 96.5 97 97 93 99
May 93.1 94 85 94 99 91
June 94.4 98 95 97 99 99
July 94.2 93 98 99 84
August 95.8 100 97 90 97
September 93.8 82 98 96 90
October 95.8 98 96 93 95
November 95.2 98 83 100 98
December 96.5 93 94 97 92
Average 95.3 96.5 93.2 95.4 96.4 94.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 6.8 6.4 6.5 7.2 8.8 4.5
February 7.9 8.4 8.0 9.1 7.4 6.7
March 9.2 11.0 8.9 7.4 11.0 9.6
April 11.1 10.9 11.0 10.8 9.5
May 14.5 14.8 16.3 14.5 14.8 11.5
June 17.1 18.1 15.5 19.6 17.3 18.1
July 18.3 16.8 17.6 18.8 18.3
August 18.2 18.8 18.1 18.6 17.5
September 16.0 14.5 17.6 16.1 17.5
October 13.2 15.9 12.3 14.1 13.4
November 9.6 10.0 8.8 11.1 10.3
December 7.3 8.5 7.0 5.5 7.0
Average 12.4 11.7 12.6 12.5 13.1 12.0

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 1.3 0.5 0.7 1.7 3.1 -1.6
February 1.5 1.3 1.8 3.2 1.8 0.8
March 2.4 4.0 3.2 1.8 1.5 3.2
April 3.9 5.0 3.7 3.7 1.6
May 7.0 6.4 9.5 7.0 7.4 5.9
June 9.5 9.9 9.3 10.3 7.9 9.8
July 11.3 10.5 11.0 10.3 13.0
August 10.9 10.5 11.8 9.6 11.6
September 9.2 8.3 9.5 10.0 10.5
October 6.6 6.2 6.5 7.7 7.0
November 3.6 3.2 2.2 4.7 5.0
December 2.1 3.5 1.7 0.4 1.5
Average 5.7 4.4 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 23.2 21 36 32 10 28
February 20.1 10 27 15 38 15
March 21.2 14 19 40 11 13
April 18.3 36 16 24 16
May 17.2 8 13 16 30 25
June 14.8 14 25 12 11 7
July 20.0 26 33 18 13
August 17.1 17 19 14 12
September 21.8 30 16 24 11
October 23.1 15 32 16 26
November 25.1 21 37 16 23
December 21.7 22 31 41 11
Average 19.0 12.6 23.6 23.6 19.9 15.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 11.5 10 13 13 13 10
February 12.6 11 12 12 15 14
March 11.6 12 11 10 10 13
April 10.9 12 10 10 11
May 9.6 9 9 9 11 9
June 10.0 11 12 8 10 10
July 9.1 9 10 10 8
August 9.7 12 9 10 8
September 10.5 9 10 12 9
October 11.4 11 14 11 11
November 11.1 11 10 11 14
December 10.7 12 11 11 9
Average 10.5 10.7 10.7 10.2 10.9 10.0

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 269° 243° 248° 249° 261°
February 184° 243° 251° 247° 170°
March 259° 144° 329° 180° 249°
April 277° 086° 027° 320°
May 324° 075° 285° 252° 046°
June 250° 276° 104° 214° 254°
July 296° 279° 280° 033°
August 228° 268° 253° 018°
September 309° 226° 308° 235°
October 214° 175° 221° 236°
November 249° 323° 165° 270°
December 262° 210° 302° 233°

Prevailing wind direction

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