Climate RAF Linton-On-Ouse 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAF Topcliffe (EGXZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	59.2	54	61	59	72	59
February	60.6	43	54	75	61	69
March	65.7	42	55	68	72	84
April	79.4		62	84	88	89
May	78.5		69	82	79	90
June	74.0		73	84	79	70
July	73.6		72	59	72	76
August	72.3		72	63	67	65
September	72.3		57	73	65	72
October	65.5		53	61	63	76
November	57.2		61	46	46	56
December	53.5		45	38	44	60
Average	67.3	45.6	63.1	69.0	69.7	74.1

83rd 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	84.9	89	85	83	88	94
February	86.9	80	91	96	84	90
March	89.1	83	91	85	91	98
April	91.6		84	96	98	95
May	93.0		90	92	93	97
June	92.2		97	97	96	90
July	90.1		87	74	89	98
August	89.4		89	71	93	87
September	91.7		84	92	91	96
October	85.3		79	77	85	92
November	78.9		89	71	67	78
December	76.7		71	65	71	83
Average	88.2	83.5	87.3	84.6	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	6.9	8	8	8	5	9
February	8.6	10	9	9	8	9
March	10.4	10	10	12	11	11
April	12.9		12	13	11	15
May	16.6		17	17	14	18
June	19.6		22	20	20	19
July	21.3		20	23	22	19
August	20.4		20	23	20	20
September	18.2		20	18	20	18
October	14.2		14	15	15	13
November	10.0		10	11	11	11
December	7.4		9	4	8	7
Average	13.4	9.3	14.2	14.7	13.6	14.0

52nd 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	0.2	1	1	-2	-2	2
February	1.6	3	3	2	1	2
March	2.4	4	2	2	3	2
April	2.9		3	4	-1	4
May	6.0		7	7	4	5
June	9.7		10	9	10	10
July	11.5		12	12	13	10
August	10.5		11	9	12	12
September	8.8		11	7	11	8
October	6.5		8	6	8	6
November	3.5		3	4	4	4
December	1.3		4	-2	2	2
Average	5.1	2.6	6.2	5.1	5.4	5.6

7th 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	12.8	19	14	3	25	9
February	15.8	20	8	19	20	20
March	13.4	20	19	11	9	6
April	7.4		17	3	4	2
May	9.7		9	9	20	3
June	10.2		6	6	6	15
July	12.3		25	9	11	14
August	11.2		19	7	10	15
September	12.1		17	13	9	13
October	16.8		20	21	16	19
November	14.0		21	22	3	9
December	16.1		22	8	17	22
Average	12.9	19.7	16.1	10.2	11.7	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	8.5	9	8	8	7	10
February	11.1	9	10	14	11	15
March	10.3	11	10	9	10	11
April	8.7		9	6	8	10
May	8.4		7	8	8	9
June	8.5		8	9	7	9
July	8.1		10	8	6	9
August	8.8		8	8	8	10
September	8.8		8	9	8	10
October	9.7		8	10	10	10
November	9.2		9	10	9	9
December	9.0		11	7	9	9
Average	9.1	9.7	8.6	8.6	8.2	9.8

52nd 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	241°	239°	249°	292°	201°
February	235°	268°	239°	142°	239°
March	157°	234°	136°	257°	223°
April		107°	257°	353°	115°
May		068°	231°	184°	266°
June		115°	212°	295°	287°
July		235°	250°	298°	248°
August		241°	262°	266°	274°
September		199°	321°	226°	262°
October		228°	194°	208°	246°
November		272°	161°	276°	202°
December		223°	050°	198°	171°

Prevailing wind direction

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