Climate Wattisham Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Wattisham Airfield (EGUW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	58.6	62	59	64	55	51
February	62.5	45	61	69	67	73
March	62.9	56	52	64	62	79
April	79.3		72	88	82	90
May	79.4		66	85	75	94
June	76.8		74	89	66	79
July	83.5		83	96	72	81
August	83.7		80	92	73	75
September	78.0		70	87	70	81
October	72.3		67	84	72	66
November	62.6		68	51	66	62
December	50.9		51	56	39	41
Average	71.2	54.5	68.5	80.6	68.3	75.8

33rd 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	79.6	85	81	84	73	77
February	84.9	74	88	91	83	92
March	85.4	81	80	82	83	96
April	90.2		85	97	96	97
May	92.2		86	96	90	98
June	89.9		93	93	79	94
July	93.9		92	100	90	94
August	93.4		91	97	93	86
September	90.5		88	93	87	91
October	87.7		85	92	87	86
November	80.0		84	72	85	77
December	70.7		71	75	64	58
Average	87.2	79.6	86.3	91.1	85.3	89.1

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	6.8	7	8	7	5	9
February	8.8	11	9	10	8	10
March	10.3	11	10	11	10	10
April	13.0		12	14	11	15
May	16.7		16	17	14	18
June	20.6		22	20	20	20
July	22.5		21	24	22	21
August	22.1		21	25	20	24
September	19.4		22	19	21	19
October	15.1		16	17	15	13
November	10.2		10	12	10	12
December	7.7		9	4	9	7
Average	13.8	9.5	14.6	15.4	13.6	14.7

36th 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	1.4	2	2	1	0	4
February	2.7	5	2	3	2	3
March	3.7	6	3	4	3	3
April	4.2		4	4	1	5
May	7.5		7	8	6	7
June	11.2		12	10	12	11
July	12.9		12	13	13	12
August	12.6		12	14	12	14
September	10.6		13	11	12	10
October	8.3		9	9	8	8
November	4.7		4	7	4	5
December	3.0		5	-1	4	3
Average	6.5	3.9	7.1	7.2	6.5	7.0

42nd 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	14.7	20	17	9	19	10
February	19.9	29	9	15	21	23
March	16.4	20	31	14	15	8
April	10.0		15	10	5	5
May	11.0		10	17	20	2
June	8.2		5	6	11	12
July	10.7		24	3	11	15
August	11.0		15	8	11	11
September	10.5		9	10	8	11
October	17.9		17	12	16	35
November	19.2		24	30	16	8
December	17.2		23	9	18	16
Average	14.0	22.6	15.8	11.2	13.4	12.3

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	10.3	11	12	9	10	10
February	11.7	11	10	15	10	16
March	10.9	10	11	9	11	12
April	9.7		10	11	10	9
May	8.9		9	8	10	9
June	8.8		9	9	8	9
July	8.9		10	9	8	10
August	9.0		9	8	10	10
September	9.2		8	9	9	10
October	10.0		9	10	10	11
November	9.6		11	10	9	9
December	10.3		12	8	10	9
Average	9.8	10.8	9.8	9.5	9.4	10.2

36th 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	268°	252°	267°	277°	236°
February	237°	277°	252°	163°	246°
March	192°	234°	105°	273°	282°
April		105°	031°	027°	093°
May		030°	242°	235°	353°
June		055°	209°	020°	229°
July		241°	240°	220°	262°
August		247°	051°	286°	266°
September		191°	297°	221°	297°
October		220°	215°	233°	243°
November		259°	206°	290°	226°
December		243°	352°	250°	230°

Prevailing wind direction

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