Climate RAF Leeming Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAF Leeming Air Base (EGXE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	67.2	61	63	73	75	66
February	65.5	56	60	75	65	76
March	66.8	39	55	69	73	83
April	80.0		68	83	89	89
May	79.6		73	85	77	91
June	74.9		72	86	79	67
July	80.1		81	83	76	80
August	78.3		75	88	70	62
September	76.7		68	76	72	75
October	72.2		66	73	64	78
November	63.8		64	51	77	59
December	56.7		44	43	47	61
Average	71.2	50.4	67.7	77.2	73.5	75.3

55th 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	89.8	93	86	91	87	97
February	88.0	84	88	95	85	88
March	88.4	80	92	85	86	97
April	90.9		84	93	100	95
May	92.9		89	94	92	98
June	90.9		97	98	93	84
July	94.0		91	96	90	97
August	93.0		92	97	94	80
September	93.2		89	93	94	96
October	88.8		85	84	91	91
November	81.1		86	66	97	75
December	78.7		70	65	73	86
Average	89.6	85.0	88.4	90.5	91.0	90.6

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	7.0	8	8	8	5	9
February	8.6	10	10	9	7	9
March	10.3	10	10	12	11	11
April	12.7		12	13	12	15
May	16.5		17	17	14	18
June	19.5		21	20	20	18
July	21.2		20	23	22	19
August	20.4		20	23	20	20
September	18.0		20	18	20	17
October	14.1		14	15	15	13
November	9.9		10	11	11	11
December	7.5		8	5	8	7
Average	13.3	9.3	14.1	14.6	13.6	13.8

53rd 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	1.1	2	2	0	-1	3
February	2.3	4	4	3	1	3
March	2.8	4	3	2	4	2
April	3.3		4	4	0	4
May	6.6		7	8	5	6
June	9.9		10	8	10	11
July	10.8		12	4	13	11
August	10.5		12	4	12	12
September	9.3		11	8	11	9
October	7.0		8	7	8	6
November	3.9		4	4	4	5
December	2.0		4	-1	3	3
Average	5.5	3.3	6.6	4.5	5.8	6.2

6th 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	16.4	26	16	2	30	13
February	18.8	20	10	18	27	22
March	17.0	21	26	18	11	8
April	9.7		17	8	5	3
May	12.4		10	12	26	5
June	12.3		9	7	7	20
July	13.4		20	16	12	13
August	13.9		18	11	9	19
September	13.9		16	15	10	14
October	18.4		20	20	20	22
November	19.9		24	29	6	12
December	17.8		24	10	19	28
Average	15.4	21.8	16.6	13.6	14.0	14.1

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	9.2	9	11	9	7	10
February	11.1	10	10	14	10	16
March	10.0	9	10	8	10	11
April	8.8		9	9	8	9
May	8.4		7	9	8	9
June	8.4		8	9	7	9
July	8.2		10	8	6	9
August	8.7		8	8	8	10
September	8.7		8	8	8	9
October	9.5		8	10	10	10
November	8.9		9	9	9	9
December	8.8		11	7	9	8
Average	9.0	9.4	8.7	8.9	8.1	9.9

53rd 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	233°	239°	247°	279°	198°
February	237°	262°	241°	156°	230°
March	175°	232°	148°	254°	221°
April		088°	321°	356°	069°
May		034°	235°	208°	251°
June		020°	222°	286°	313°
July		235°	249°	322°	244°
August		247°	254°	266°	287°
September		206°	316°	226°	249°
October		242°	205°	215°	244°
November		268°	177°	269°	199°
December		227°	032°	216°	202°

Prevailing wind direction

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