Climate RAF Lakenheath 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAF Lakenheath (EGUL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	65.7	72	59	69	66	61
February	68.2	51	62	70	73	78
March	65.3	60	54	66	67	82
April	81.7		73	89	87	93
May	78.7		51	85	81	97
June	77.6		77	84	71	84
July	84.8		81	94	79	82
August	81.8		71	84	78	78
September	82.4		79	83	80	81
October	73.0		60	80	75	71
November	67.3		66	55	66	65
December	57.5		49	57	47	48
Average	73.9	59.8	65.9	78.7	74.3	79.6

44th 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	89.1	97	82	91	83	93
February	95.0	89	95	99	93	98
March	91.4	90	91	84	93	98
April	93.3		90	98	97	99
May	91.1		71	98	98	99
June	93.0		99	93	89	96
July	96.5		97	99	97	97
August	94.1		89	96	97	89
September	93.4		93	89	93	96
October	91.7		84	93	96	94
November	88.2		93	78	92	84
December	81.8		85	68	77	71
Average	92.3	91.5	88.8	91.7	93.0	93.9

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	7.3	8	8	8	5	9
February	9.5	12	10	11	8	10
March	10.8	13	10	13	11	11
April	13.7		14	15	11	17
May	17.2		17	19	15	19
June	21.1		23	21	21	21
July	22.9		21	25	23	21
August	22.6		22	26	20	24
September	19.8		23	19	22	18
October	15.6		17	17	16	14
November	10.9		11	12	10	12
December	8.3		10	5	9	7
Average	14.2	10.9	15.5	16.1	14.3	15.2

11th 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	1.5	2	1	1	0	4
February	2.7	5	2	3	2	4
March	3.5	6	4	3	2	3
April	3.6		3	4	0	4
May	7.2		7	8	6	6
June	11.1		11	10	11	11
July	13.1		12	14	13	12
August	12.8		13	13	12	14
September	9.7		12	10	12	6
October	7.6		9	9	7	8
November	4.5		4	7	4	5
December	2.8		5	-2	4	2
Average	6.4	4.2	6.9	6.8	6.1	6.5

29th 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	9.8	12	12	12	12	3
February	14.4	21	9	22	14	13
March	16.1	18	30	17	14	6
April	8.4		14	6	7	6
May	9.2		11	16	11	2
June	8.0		3	12	9	12
July	9.3		21	7	5	13
August	7.9		10	7	7	9
September	8.1		10	11	8	10
October	12.1		16	10	11	23
November	15.6		32	23	9	10
December	13.2		22	9	16	17
Average	10.9	17.5	15.6	12.2	9.5	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	9.4	11	11	8	8	10
February	11.1	11	9	15	8	15
March	10.1	10	11	8	9	11
April	8.9		9	10	8	8
May	7.9		8	8	9	8
June	8.1		8	8	7	9
July	8.1		11	8	7	9
August	8.3		9	7	9	9
September	7.9		7	7	7	9
October	9.3		8	10	10	10
November	8.4		9	9	8	8
December	9.1		12	5	9	7
Average	9.0	10.4	9.1	8.5	8.1	9.2

11th 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	239°	237°	248°	262°	222°
February	217°	287°	243°	146°	240°
March	161°	232°	088°	263°	312°
April		335°	358°	007°	070°
May		020°	249°	232°	304°
June		045°	235°	340°	253°
July		243°	243°	268°	255°
August		235°	290°	275°	254°
September		195°	289°	225°	278°
October		211°	214°	228°	225°
November		210°	205°	267°	217°
December		211°	297°	235°	213°

Prevailing wind direction

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