Climate DCAE Cosford Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of DCAE Cosford Air Base (EGWC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	46.0	21	56	54	69	62
February	53.9	34	45	72	78	79
March	49.2	17	56	71	85	69
April	61.7		44	77	83	100
May	52.4		25	65	67	17
June	45.8		13	88	90	70
July	58.9		26	81	44	61
August	57.3		28	71	58	72
September	51.8		27	72	66	77
October	59.5		30	76	62	67
November	54.3		43	68	52	58
December	42.0		10	61	42	79
Average	57.2	23.5	27.8	71.8	60.4	68.5

76th 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	69.9	34	87	71	100	95
February	77.9	46	88	99	91	94
March	70.0	26	95	87	100	97
April	83.0		61	94	100	100
May	69.2		33	96	100	100
June	62.1		19	95	100	100
July	71.1		31	99	94	97
August	72.9		35	97	100	94
September	69.6		36	92	94	86
October	76.0		40	94	89	87
November	76.5		54	91	84	92
December	60.7		19	86	92	88
Average	78.0	34.4	38.7	92.4	91.2	93.8

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	6.0	4	6	7	6	8
February	8.2	7	9	10	10	8
March	9.6	6	10	11	12	10
April	11.7		10	13	10	12
May	14.9		10	17	13	15
June	17.2		9	19	21	19
July	19.6		13	22	18	17
August	18.9		14	23	19	19
September	16.5		14	16	17	19
October	13.3		11	16	14	13
November	9.4		7	11	10	11
December	5.8		3	4	9	7
Average	12.2	5.4	9.9	14.6	13.1	12.5

44th 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	0	3	2	4	5
February	3.5	0	4	6	8	6
March	4.2	0	4	5	9	7
April	6.0		4	7	7	10
May	8.0		0	11	10	10
June	11.2		0	14	18	15
July	11.7		0	16	17	14
August	11.1		0	16	17	16
September	9.0		0	10	15	14
October	7.4		0	10	10	10
November	5.1		0	8	7	8
December	2.8		0	2	7	4
Average	7.0	-1.8	0.7	9.1	10.4	9.2

75th 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	4.9	0	5	4	6	9
February	9.9	10	8	16	9	17
March	9.1	8	22	3	0	11
April	9.6		13	10	11	0
May	5.5		0	17	7	0
June	5.9		0	2	0	7
July	5.8		6	6	0	14
August	6.3		4	7	0	9
September	8.2		6	7	9	9
October	8.7		8	10	6	27
November	9.1		7	12	5	9
December	8.2		6	13	16	6
Average	8.0	6.2	5.2	8.8	6.6	11.8

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	7.5	8	8	5	7	7
February	8.4	8	6	10	9	11
March	8.7	9	8	8	5	10
April	8.1		8	8	7	5
May	7.3		7	7	8	10
June	7.6		7	7	7	8
July	7.5		8	7	6	8
August	7.4		8	7	7	7
September	7.1		7	7	6	5
October	7.5		7	8	7	9
November	7.3		7	7	6	9
December	7.7		9	6	8	5
Average	7.7	8.4	7.4	7.2	6.9	8.2

44th 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°	234°	266°	291°	220°
February	215°	215°	229°	202°	253°
March	168°	245°	096°	222°	220°
April		139°	091°	060°	336°
May		032°	223°	314°	080°
June		092°	233°	213°	176°
July		227°	288°	288°	278°
August		242°	265°	171°	192°
September		178°	239°	237°	246°
October		172°	191°	220°	217°
November		256°	188°	256°	222°
December		231°	025°	253°	191°

Prevailing wind direction

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