Climate RAF Benson 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAF Benson (EGUB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	55.7	67	52	56	42	52
February	63.2	44	50	73	73	71
March	62.4	59	48	68	69	71
April	78.4		73	89	86	84
May	77.5		74	82	66	95
June	76.5		79	89	60	85
July	83.5		78	90	82	80
August	74.8		72	82	73	38
September	75.2		72	84	72	54
October	69.2		73	86	70	50
November	60.4		65	68	53	45
December	51.8		38	43	45	54
Average	69.6	56.6	66.9	79.1	67.7	68.1

39th 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	84.1	95	82	88	66	86
February	90.9	85	90	98	91	96
March	90.8	92	86	85	91	95
April	92.3		93	98	97	94
May	91.5		91	95	82	100
June	91.3		95	95	73	98
July	95.9		94	99	96	97
August	88.3		92	96	95	44
September	87.9		86	93	89	61
October	85.6		88	96	89	60
November	82.8		87	89	89	61
December	78.2		75	59	81	73
Average	89.4	90.4	89.1	92.8	87.0	82.5

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	7.7	8	8	8	6	9
February	9.6	11	10	11	8	10
March	11.2	12	11	12	11	11
April	14.0		13	15	12	17
May	17.6		18	18	15	19
June	21.3		23	21	21	21
July	23.3		21	25	23	22
August	22.3		21	26	20	23
September	19.9		22	19	21	20
October	15.5		17	17	16	14
November	10.9		11	12	11	12
December	8.6		10	5	10	8
Average	14.6	10.3	15.3	16.0	14.4	15.4

15th 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	0.6	1	1	0	0	3
February	2.1	5	1	3	2	3
March	3.3	5	4	3	2	2
April	3.1		3	3	-1	4
May	6.4		7	8	5	6
June	10.3		11	10	11	11
July	12.2		12	12	13	11
August	11.9		12	13	12	14
September	9.1		12	8	11	8
October	7.2		9	8	8	7
November	3.5		3	6	2	4
December	2.6		5	-3	4	2
Average	5.7	3.3	6.6	6.0	5.7	6.2

14th 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	13.5	11	18	8	21	15
February	15.5	26	8	11	18	21
March	16.9	24	38	12	10	10
April	10.6		22	6	6	6
May	10.4		11	18	17	0
June	9.4		5	9	11	11
July	8.4		23	5	8	7
August	10.3		17	6	9	12
September	11.6		15	19	9	8
October	14.0		20	16	12	20
November	17.4		26	26	9	11
December	12.1		28	11	7	11
Average	12.9	20.9	18.5	11.6	10.9	9.9

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	8.2	10	9	6	8	9
February	10.4	10	8	13	10	14
March	10.2	10	10	9	9	11
April	8.0		8	9	8	7
May	7.7		8	8	9	8
June	7.9		8	8	6	9
July	7.7		9	7	7	9
August	7.9		8	7	8	9
September	7.9		8	7	7	8
October	8.9		8	10	9	10
November	8.4		9	9	7	9
December	8.7		10	5	9	8
Average	8.6	9.9	8.4	8.1	7.9	9.1

15th 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	224°	226°	234°	253°	201°
February	214°	246°	225°	147°	226°
March	177°	207°	103°	241°	241°
April		149°	018°	020°	064°
May		025°	230°	207°	339°
June		036°	208°	353°	188°
July		222°	237°	226°	241°
August		224°	029°	241°	224°
September		185°	253°	180°	271°
October		189°	192°	209°	214°
November		244°	191°	266°	195°
December		219°	074°	200°	185°

Prevailing wind direction

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