Climate Exeter International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Exeter International Airport (EGTE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	64.0	68	77	62	62	51
February	66.1	56	56	70	67	71
March	65.9	70	50	77	71	78
April	81.8		69	88	100	87
May	83.0		83	85	85	98
June	81.8		90	87	77	86
July	85.4		80	88	86	78
August	80.4		73	86	78	78
September	80.4		85	88	70	85
October	73.2		78	79	74	70
November	73.9		78	77	67	68
December	64.7		64	62	48	71
Average	75.0	64.7	74.5	81.4	74.6	76.5

23rd 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	90.7	98	95	92	96	78
February	92.7	91	91	99	94	98
March	92.1	96	88	93	95	97
April	94.6		93	96	100	97
May	94.9		94	97	99	100
June	96.4		99	95	97	98
July	97.1		98	99	97	98
August	94.6		91	97	98	91
September	94.6		95	97	91	98
October	92.8		93	96	90	96
November	94.8		98	98	98	92
December	92.2		94	82	91	91
Average	94.3	95.0	94.0	95.7	95.3	94.4

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	8.9	9	9	10	7	11
February	10.1	12	11	12	8	11
March	11.4	12	11	13	11	12
April	13.6		13	15	13	15
May	17.0		19	18	15	17
June	20.8		24	21	21	19
July	22.3		21	24	23	21
August	21.7		21	25	21	22
September	19.6		22	19	21	20
October	15.9		17	17	17	14
November	11.9		12	13	12	12
December	9.9		11	5	11	9
Average	14.7	10.9	15.9	16.2	14.9	15.1

7th 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	2.8	2	3	3	4	4
February	3.6	6	3	5	4	5
March	4.7	5	6	5	4	4
April	5.0		5	5	4	7
May	8.0		9	9	8	8
June	11.4		13	10	12	12
July	12.9		13	12	15	13
August	12.7		13	13	14	15
September	10.5		12	10	12	10
October	8.7		10	10	10	9
November	5.8		6	8	6	7
December	4.6		6	0	7	5
Average	7.2	4.4	8.2	7.6	8.3	8.0

53rd 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	12.8	10	12	8	8	16
February	14.5	23	5	16	14	25
March	15.2	15	26	11	5	10
April	8.1		15	3	2	8
May	7.5		7	11	23	1
June	6.7		2	7	7	14
July	6.8		15	2	8	7
August	7.5		8	5	6	10
September	9.3		12	11	3	5
October	12.7		12	12	11	20
November	13.4		16	18	4	8
December	14.4		19	10	16	18
Average	10.8	15.9	11.9	8.7	8.6	12.0

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	8.1	9	8	6	8	9
February	10.4	9	7	12	12	14
March	10.1	10	10	10	10	11
April	8.5		9	8	8	8
May	8.0		8	8	11	9
June	7.9		7	8	8	8
July	7.9		10	7	8	9
August	8.0		9	7	9	8
September	8.0		7	8	7	8
October	8.6		8	9	8	10
November	8.2		8	9	6	8
December	8.7		10	6	9	8
Average	8.6	9.4	8.4	8.2	8.3	9.2

7th 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	226°	268°	278°	293°	202°
February	227°	322°	236°	105°	235°
March	179°	208°	111°	216°	289°
April		149°	051°	020°	082°
May		019°	234°	213°	065°
June		125°	199°	110°	230°
July		222°	255°	226°	257°
August		238°	195°	251°	216°
September		182°	243°	194°	284°
October		175°	190°	212°	246°
November		264°	214°	295°	210°
December		236°	076°	217°	212°

Prevailing wind direction

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