Climate RAF Coningsby 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAF Coningsby (EGXC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	67.6	71	69	75	70	63
February	71.8	67	67	81	75	75
March	71.3	64	66	69	69	86
April	83.0		74	91	90	94
May	83.7		74	92	80	96
June	77.3		74	86	74	75
July	85.9		85	95	83	80
August	84.7		85	91	79	70
September	82.5		74	89	78	83
October	77.4		63	84	77	78
November	69.8		76	60	76	63
December	60.4		57	58	50	55
Average	76.8	66.7	73.4	83.9	76.6	78.4

5th 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	87.7	93	89	89	81	91
February	89.7	88	92	98	85	91
March	89.3	82	89	87	89	98
April	93.7		89	99	99	98
May	94.6		93	98	96	99
June	93.3		98	95	94	89
July	96.3		95	99	96	95
August	95.2		95	99	98	85
September	93.8		88	93	94	98
October	89.0		78	91	92	91
November	85.1		90	74	92	82
December	78.4		78	75	71	72
Average	91.2	86.9	90.5	93.2	92.2	91.7

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	7.2	8	8	8	5	9
February	9.3	11	10	10	8	10
March	10.9	12	10	12	11	11
April	13.4		13	14	11	15
May	16.9		17	18	15	19
June	20.4		22	21	20	20
July	22.5		21	24	22	21
August	22.0		21	24	20	22
September	19.4		22	19	21	19
October	15.1		16	17	16	14
November	10.5		10	12	11	12
December	7.9		9	5	9	7
Average	14.1	10.1	14.9	15.6	14.0	14.8

29th 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	1.7	2	2	1	1	4
February	2.6	5	3	3	2	3
March	3.6	5	4	4	4	3
April	4.5		5	5	1	6
May	7.8		8	9	6	8
June	11.2		12	10	11	11
July	12.5		12	10	14	12
August	12.4		12	11	13	14
September	10.4		12	11	12	10
October	8.0		9	8	9	8
November	4.6		5	6	5	5
December	2.6		5	-1	4	2
Average	6.4	3.7	7.3	6.6	6.7	7.0

23rd 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	12.7	10	14	5	18	9
February	18.2	23	6	22	15	25
March	17.0	17	33	16	17	7
April	10.2		14	6	6	7
May	12.3		11	14	27	2
June	12.8		7	9	13	18
July	11.4		21	6	11	16
August	10.9		14	6	12	13
September	13.4		16	11	11	9
October	17.7		22	15	17	26
November	16.8		17	18	11	12
December	18.8		31	8	24	20
Average	14.1	17.1	16.5	10.8	14.7	12.9

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	10.1	10	11	9	9	11
February	11.8	11	10	15	11	16
March	11.3	11	12	10	11	13
April	9.9		10	10	9	9
May	9.2		8	9	10	10
June	9.1		9	9	8	10
July	8.7		10	9	7	10
August	9.2		9	8	9	11
September	9.2		9	8	8	10
October	10.0		8	10	11	10
November	9.6		11	9	10	9
December	9.6		12	7	9	9
Average	9.8	10.8	9.7	9.5	9.1	10.6

29th 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	251°	250°	264°	262°	228°
February	234°	272°	247°	162°	241°
March	180°	233°	110°	254°	242°
April		141°	019°	029°	084°
May		045°	251°	227°	304°
June		068°	218°	016°	225°
July		241°	247°	284°	259°
August		253°	316°	276°	278°
September		193°	312°	230°	275°
October		225°	217°	227°	242°
November		263°	201°	282°	219°
December		236°	316°	238°	216°

Prevailing wind direction

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