Climate RAF Cranwell 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAF Cranwell (EGYD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	63.7	66	67	69	64	61
February	68.1	59	61	71	75	74
March	66.7	56	60	64	69	80
April	76.3		62	78	89	90
May	77.9		73	78	75	90
June	71.5		71	73	70	68
July	81.4		82	79	76	75
August	79.7		79	77	72	72
September	77.6		65	83	71	81
October	73.9		62	81	74	70
November	63.7		72	58	71	59
December	58.0		47	56	46	55
Average	71.7	59.4	68.3	73.9	72.3	74.7

73rd 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	86.9	89	86	84	80	90
February	88.4	85	90	94	87	90
March	86.0	77	88	80	87	95
April	89.1		78	87	98	97
May	90.5		91	87	92	97
June	87.5		98	82	89	83
July	92.2		94	85	90	93
August	92.2		91	88	94	85
September	91.1		82	88	93	96
October	86.9		77	90	92	87
November	80.3		87	72	93	78
December	75.0		73	69	62	69
Average	87.7	83.1	87.2	84.6	89.5	89.3

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	6.9	7	8	6	5	9
February	9.0	11	10	10	8	10
March	10.6	11	10	12	11	10
April	13.0		12	13	11	15
May	16.7		17	18	14	18
June	20.1		22	20	20	20
July	22.3		21	24	22	20
August	21.7		21	25	20	22
September	19.0		22	19	21	19
October	14.7		16	16	15	13
November	10.0		10	11	10	11
December	7.4		9	5	7	7
Average	13.7	9.7	14.6	15.2	13.6	14.5

37th 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	1.6	2	2	1	1	4
February	2.5	5	3	3	1	3
March	3.2	4	4	3	4	2
April	3.9		4	5	1	5
May	7.3		8	9	6	7
June	10.6		11	10	11	10
July	12.7		12	13	13	12
August	12.6		12	14	13	13
September	10.2		12	10	12	10
October	7.8		9	8	9	7
November	4.4		5	6	5	5
December	2.5		4	0	3	2
Average	6.2	3.5	7.1	6.9	6.5	6.6

32nd 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	11.5	15	10	3	17	11
February	13.5	23	7	14	7	20
March	14.7	20	31	12	13	8
April	7.0		7	9	6	5
May	8.4		11	8	17	1
June	8.0		7	6	9	12
July	10.0		24	5	9	13
August	8.8		13	5	11	9
September	12.4		20	7	10	7
October	16.7		29	13	14	22
November	15.5		17	19	7	10
December	11.0		24	6	13	8
Average	11.8	19.7	16.3	8.5	10.9	9.9

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	12.3	12	14	11	11	14
February	13.8	13	11	17	12	19
March	12.8	12	13	10	13	14
April	10.6		11	11	10	10
May	9.9		9	10	11	11
June	9.8		9	9	8	11
July	9.9		12	10	8	12
August	10.7		11	9	10	12
September	10.6		10	9	9	11
October	12.0		9	13	13	12
November	11.6		13	11	12	12
December	12.2		15	8	11	11
Average	11.3	12.7	10.9	10.5	10.3	12.2

37th 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	245°	243°	262°	261°	229°
February	235°	266°	240°	166°	241°
March	180°	234°	114°	255°	251°
April		165°	339°	020°	090°
May		031°	244°	227°	293°
June		055°	223°	344°	241°
July		238°	249°	258°	258°
August		247°	278°	265°	259°
September		204°	287°	239°	270°
October		230°	213°	226°	241°
November		257°	198°	275°	223°
December		238°	273°	240°	225°

Prevailing wind direction

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