Climate RAF Wittering 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAF Wittering (EGXT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	60.7	68	59	74	63	51
February	63.2	52	60	73	70	63
March	60.1	48	50	59	59	73
April	76.3		64	87	85	89
May	78.3		66	85	74	94
June	72.5		70	85	67	72
July	80.3		79	78	79	75
August	80.2		78	86	70	71
September	78.5		69	85	72	83
October	69.1		59	72	71	68
November	57.4		61	49	62	55
December	51.7		42	47	36	52
Average	69.4	54.6	64.9	76.4	69.1	73.6

61st 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	82.0	83	84	90	77	86
February	85.4	78	90	96	85	85
March	83.0	79	83	79	78	90
April	89.5		81	96	97	97
May	91.8		89	97	91	97
June	88.0		96	93	86	84
July	93.0		92	86	94	93
August	92.8		91	95	95	83
September	90.6		87	90	90	95
October	86.4		78	90	88	86
November	78.1		81	68	89	77
December	74.1		75	69	69	67
Average	86.7	79.3	86.5	89.1	88.1	88.3

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	7.1	8	8	8	5	9
February	9.1	11	10	10	8	10
March	10.6	12	10	12	11	10
April	13.3		13	14	11	16
May	16.8		17	18	14	19
June	20.0		20	20	20	20
July	22.4		21	24	22	21
August	21.8		21	25	20	22
September	19.2		22	19	21	19
October	14.9		16	16	15	13
November	10.2		10	11	10	11
December	7.7		9	5	9	8
Average	14.0	9.9	14.6	15.4	13.8	14.8

34th 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	1.5	2	1	1	1	4
February	2.5	5	3	3	2	3
March	3.5	5	4	3	4	2
April	4.0		4	4	1	5
May	7.3		8	9	6	7
June	10.6		10	10	11	11
July	12.8		12	14	14	12
August	12.6		12	14	12	14
September	10.2		13	10	12	10
October	7.7		8	7	9	8
November	4.3		4	5	5	5
December	2.7		4	-1	4	3
Average	6.3	3.6	6.8	6.8	6.5	6.7

31st 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	9.0	10	8	2	14	6
February	12.0	19	4	13	9	16
March	13.0	17	23	12	10	7
April	7.2		12	3	2	8
May	8.1		10	8	14	1
June	8.2		3	6	6	13
July	6.7		16	4	3	8
August	6.7		8	5	6	8
September	7.0		8	4	7	5
October	12.6		17	13	7	19
November	11.7		15	22	6	9
December	14.5		24	9	13	17
Average	9.9	15.7	11.9	7.6	7.5	8.9

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	11.1	12	13	10	10	12
February	12.5	12	11	17	10	17
March	11.7	11	12	9	11	13
April	9.9		10	11	9	9
May	9.2		8	9	10	10
June	9.3		9	9	8	10
July	9.2		11	9	8	11
August	9.8		10	9	10	10
September	9.7		9	9	9	11
October	10.6		9	11	12	11
November	10.2		11	10	10	10
December	10.6		13	8	10	10
Average	10.3	11.5	10.1	9.9	9.6	10.8

34th 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	246°	241°	251°	261°	223°
February	230°	260°	238°	168°	238°
March	192°	227°	097°	254°	262°
April		201°	344°	020°	057°
May		021°	240°	236°	309°
June		029°	227°	329°	253°
July		231°	252°	296°	257°
August		247°	296°	270°	337°
September		207°	282°	243°	281°
October		227°	212°	225°	240°
November		257°	205°	273°	220°
December		238°	309°	236°	216°

Prevailing wind direction

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