Climate RAF Barkston Heath 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAF Barkston Heath (EGYE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	55.3	35	41	87	74	74
February	59.5	42	39	78	75	79
March	46.9	24	28	56	56	74
April	58.6		28	73	90	81
May	56.1		24	83	68	92
June	52.1		24	85	67	64
July	58.6		28	53	75	71
August	50.4		31	32	69	63
September	53.5		31	38	75	80
October	57.1		30	42	65	74
November	55.0		47	37	71	69
December	45.0		15	27	73	65
Average	59.8	32.5	29.6	47.8	71.4	73.7

92nd 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	67.9	43	51	94	82	87
February	75.9	58	54	99	89	90
March	63.0	36	42	77	79	96
April	69.3		34	99	96	93
May	68.9		35	95	95	98
June	65.3		35	91	85	78
July	68.3		35	56	93	89
August	59.6		35	37	94	77
September	62.9		37	43	94	93
October	67.2		38	48	92	87
November	66.8		55	44	89	86
December	55.5		23	37	88	78
Average	72.7	44.5	38.5	55.7	90.1	87.8

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	1.3	7	0	1	0	0
February	1.7	10	0	1	0	0
March	1.8	11	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.4		1	2	1	0
June	0.1		0	0	0	0
July	0.5		0	3	0	0
August	2.0		11	0	0	0
September	4.6		21	0	4	0
October	2.7		15	0	0	0
November	1.6		9	0	0	0
December	2.2		9	0	0	0
Average	1.9	9.0	5.4	0.6	0.3

92nd 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	0.3	2	0	1	0	0
February	0.6	3	0	1	0	0
March	0.7	4	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.8		4	0	0	0
September	2.4		12	0	2	0
October	1.4		8	0	0	0
November	0.7		4	0	0	0
December	1.2		5	0	0	0
Average	0.7	2.9	2.7	0.0	0.1

1st 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	6.0	7	3	0	10	4
February	5.0	8	2	2	6	9
March	6.8	5	8	7	12	3
April	3.4		3	2	1	9
May	3.5		1	1	10	0
June	5.4		0	2	10	14
July	4.3		4	2	3	12
August	3.0		1	2	8	2
September	4.4		4	1	6	4
October	6.5		7	3	8	12
November	5.9		5	3	5	5
December	5.1		5	2	4	9
Average	5.6	6.6	3.3	2.0	6.7	6.9

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	12.0	12	13	11	11	12
February	12.0	11	11	15	10	16
March	11.9	12	12	11	10	12
April	10.7		11	12	9	12
May	9.7		9	12	9	10
June	10.4		9	9	9	9
July	10.1		11	10	7	12
August	9.8		10	9	10	10
September	9.6		9	9	10	10
October	11.2		10	12	13	12
November	11.1		12	10	10	10
December	11.5		14	8	12	10
Average	10.9	11.6	10.5	10.2	9.9	11.2

92nd 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	248°	246°	269°	260°	227°
February	231°	267°	255°	220°	243°
March	182°	232°	134°	278°	248°
April		142°	284°	019°	062°
May		034°	239°	270°	286°
June		067°	244°	325°	352°
July		243°	246°	280°	266°
August		251°	293°	248°	253°
September		201°	282°	238°	233°
October		228°	212°	237°	250°
November		260°	199°	263°	237°
December		235°	255°	250°	205°

Prevailing wind direction

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