Climate RAF Fairford 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAF Fairford (EGVA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	46.3	64	56	49	38	53
February	46.6	41	49	66	72	67
March	47.6	49	41	60	67	71
April	73.9		65	85	86	87
May	67.7		70	69	78	93
June	67.9		72	82	65	82
July	69.0		73	82	78	73
August	66.9		67	77	64	74
September	77.5		73	77	73	80
October	66.9		61	77	63	67
November	57.8		54	66	47	51
December	46.6		38	48	40	56
Average	60.7	49.8	62.0	72.0	66.8	73.9

77th 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	74.1	94	86	83	69	86
February	70.5	80	87	96	89	96
March	73.5	86	83	84	90	93
April	87.8		90	97	97	96
May	83.9		92	90	93	98
June	85.5		95	96	86	97
July	83.7		95	95	96	95
August	85.5		88	97	94	89
September	93.1		92	91	87	94
October	90.1		86	96	88	94
November	84.5		87	87	85	77
December	72.8		81	65	73	79
Average	81.5	85.7	89.1	91.1	88.9	92.2

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	9
February	9.3	11	10	11	8	10
March	10.1	12	10	12	10	11
April	13.2		13	14	12	17
May	17.0		18	18	14	19
June	20.5		23	20	20	20
July	22.3		20	24	23	21
August	21.4		21	25	20	22
September	19.4		22	19	21	19
October	14.6		15	17	16	14
November	10.6		11	12	10	12
December	7.2		10	5	9	8
Average	13.7	10.5	15.2	15.6	14.2	15.0

27th 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	1.6	2	1	0	1	4
February	2.7	5	4	3	2	3
March	3.5	5	4	3	3	3
April	4.1		4	4	1	5
May	7.6		8	9	5	7
June	10.9		12	10	11	11
July	13.2		12	14	14	12
August	12.4		11	12	12	14
September	9.9		12	10	11	9
October	7.2		8	8	9	7
November	4.1		5	6	3	5
December	2.3		5	-2	4	2
Average	6.3	3.9	7.1	6.7	6.4	6.7

27th 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	12.4	18	18	9	13	5
February	15.9	35	0	21	8	20
March	17.3	32	30	10	5	6
April	12.3		25	5	4	7
May	12.7		16	14	18	3
June	13.4		25	12	12	10
July	10.1		25	5	7	9
August	9.8		19	5	7	12
September	13.3		27	20	13	3
October	18.5		36	26	11	23
November	13.6		29	19	5	11
December	15.6		27	27	10	16
Average	13.7	29.5	23.9	13.3	9.5	9.7

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	10	11	7	9	9
February	11.5	11	11	15	10	15
March	10.3	10	11	9	10	12
April	7.6		8	9	7	8
May	7.4		8	9	9	9
June	7.1		8	8	7	9
July	7.6		10	7	7	9
August	8.2		8	7	8	9
September	7.9		7	7	8	9
October	9.1		8	10	9	11
November	8.5		10	10	7	9
December	8.7		11	6	9	8
Average	8.6	10.4	9.0	8.5	8.1	9.4

27th 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	228°	243°	251°	276°	225°
February	241°	280°	252°	150°	244°
March	205°	231°	086°	252°	290°
April		201°	349°	043°	079°
May		030°	246°	234°	330°
June		024°	236°	354°	230°
July		239°	241°	265°	256°
August		247°	307°	271°	240°
September		222°	298°	244°	271°
October		216°	214°	239°	249°
November		266°	215°	279°	224°
December		246°	047°	242°	221°

Prevailing wind direction

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