Climate Norwich Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Norwich Airport (EGSH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	61.8	68	66	73	50	60
February	62.0	51	59	74	67	69
March	63.4	63	55	65	54	77
April	75.9		72	88	79	87
May	78.7		73	87	71	94
June	75.1		74	84	63	73
July	83.8		88	94	65	85
August	83.3		84	86	73	70
September	81.3		82	91	71	75
October	72.1		66	84	72	59
November	60.4		60	60	66	50
December	56.7		58	67	44	40
Average	71.5	60.6	71.7	81.9	65.8	75.1

17th 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	85.5	93	90	90	75	88
February	89.1	82	91	99	81	95
March	87.8	82	87	86	83	98
April	91.3		88	99	96	98
May	92.4		90	98	93	98
June	89.9		96	94	79	87
July	94.5		96	99	84	95
August	94.4		97	97	94	83
September	93.2		94	97	88	89
October	89.9		84	94	93	88
November	85.5		86	82	89	79
December	81.1		81	91	72	67
Average	89.6	84.9	90.9	94.4	86.4	90.8

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	8	6	10
February	9.4	11	10	10	8	10
March	10.7	12	10	12	10	10
April	12.9		13	13	10	15
May	16.7		16	18	14	18
June	20.5		22	21	20	20
July	21.8		22	24	21	21
August	22.4		22	25	20	23
September	19.7		22	19	21	19
October	15.4		17	17	16	14
November	10.8		10	12	11	12
December	8.3		10	6	9	8
Average	14.1	10.3	15.1	15.8	13.8	15.0

19th 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	2.0	3	2	2	1	4
February	3.1	6	3	4	2	4
March	4.1	6	4	4	4	4
April	4.6		4	5	2	5
May	7.7		8	9	6	7
June	11.6		12	11	12	11
July	13.2		13	13	14	12
August	13.2		13	14	13	15
September	10.8		13	11	13	10
October	8.5		9	9	8	9
November	5.0		5	6	5	6
December	3.3		5	0	4	3
Average	6.9	4.4	7.7	7.5	7.1	7.5

50th 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	15.6	21	16	8	24	10
February	18.9	22	8	22	17	22
March	15.6	18	25	11	21	7
April	10.3		14	8	5	8
May	9.2		9	10	20	2
June	9.2		4	7	11	15
July	8.5		15	2	12	14
August	8.5		8	2	11	10
September	9.9		7	9	7	17
October	17.5		19	8	15	38
November	19.2		25	23	18	15
December	20.1		32	12	21	23
Average	13.3	20.0	13.6	8.9	14.2	12.9

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	9	9	10
February	11.1	10	10	14	9	15
March	10.4	10	10	9	10	12
April	9.1		9	11	9	9
May	8.0		7	8	9	9
June	8.3		8	8	8	9
July	8.1		9	8	7	9
August	8.3		8	8	8	9
September	8.2		7	7	7	9
October	9.0		8	9	9	10
November	8.9		10	8	9	10
December	9.4		11	7	9	8
Average	9.0	10.0	8.9	8.8	8.4	9.7

19th 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	247°	239°	249°	237°	220°
February	225°	260°	233°	157°	234°
March	180°	225°	107°	255°	222°
April		117°	024°	011°	080°
May		035°	240°	216°	332°
June		055°	208°	027°	219°
July		232°	240°	201°	255°
August		242°	058°	267°	248°
September		183°	283°	191°	277°
October		216°	212°	212°	239°
November		243°	200°	263°	223°
December		230°	254°	227°	209°

Prevailing wind direction

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