Climate Bantry Aerodrome 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cork Airport (EICK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	51.2	55	55	48	60	47
February	50.4	38	51	61	39	49
March	47.9	36	38	72	39	58
April	58.4		44	68	70	72
May	60.5		69	58	51	62
June	59.9		58	65	63	50
July	59.6		62	64	62	48
August	57.0		58	80	54	51
September	57.1		58	59	49	61
October	51.8		46	48	51	63
November	55.2		68	57	58	42
December	46.2		45	66	34	57
Average	54.1	41.9	54.9	63.1	53.7	55.5

8th best VFR conditions of Ireland

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	77.1	74	72	86	71	72
February	78.1	65	85	90	65	87
March	73.3	66	61	84	74	81
April	81.6		75	88	94	81
May	83.0		89	85	82	85
June	83.1		79	88	80	81
July	83.1		81	85	87	75
August	80.0		81	92	87	72
September	78.1		73	84	80	78
October	73.5		63	69	74	87
November	76.4		92	75	79	56
December	68.5		73	84	63	78
Average	77.7	68.0	77.3	84.6	79.5	78.1

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	8.2	7	9	9	7	9
February	8.9	11	9	10	8	9
March	9.8	10	10	11	10	9
April	11.6		12	12	11	13
May	14.6		16	15	13	15
June	17.2		19	16	17	17
July	19.2		18	20	20	18
August	18.5		18	21	18	19
September	16.6		18	17	17	16
October	13.3		14	14	14	12
November	10.2		11	11	11	11
December	8.7		10	6	9	8
Average	12.6	9.2	13.4	13.7	12.9	12.9

6th highest temperature of Ireland

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	3.7	3	4	4	3	4
February	4.1	6	5	4	4	3
March	4.0	5	5	4	5	3
April	5.7		6	6	5	6
May	8.0		9	9	6	8
June	10.7		13	10	10	10
July	12.2		11	13	13	12
August	12.1		13	13	12	13
September	10.5		12	11	12	10
October	8.1		9	10	9	7
November	5.7		6	7	6	6
December	4.6		6	2	6	3
Average	7.1	4.4	8.1	7.7	7.5	7.1

4th lowest temperature of Ireland

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	19.0	22	25	8	20	22
February	17.7	21	9	14	27	28
March	21.4	28	38	9	16	15
April	13.7		17	13	9	15
May	10.6		8	8	17	9
June	12.4		14	14	14	15
July	11.6		18	8	10	15
August	13.9		16	5	11	19
September	15.4		23	14	14	11
October	19.0		24	22	18	14
November	19.5		11	26	11	31
December	23.7		27	13	22	23
Average	16.5	24.2	18.5	11.9	15.1	16.8

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	10.7	12	11	9	10	11
February	13.3	11	11	15	15	16
March	12.6	14	13	11	12	13
April	10.7		12	11	10	10
May	10.1		9	10	11	11
June	10.1		9	11	10	11
July	9.5		11	9	8	11
August	9.9		11	9	10	9
September	10.3		11	11	8	10
October	11.0		9	12	10	13
November	11.5		11	13	10	12
December	11.9		14	10	12	13
Average	11.0	12.6	10.8	10.6	10.3	11.5

6th highest wind speed of Ireland

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	234°	239°	246°	288°	224°
February	252°	212°	253°	173°	242°
March	222°	212°	119°	230°	235°
April		170°	165°	073°	106°
May		314°	232°	229°	145°
June		159°	244°	277°	301°
July		245°	272°	290°	255°
August		253°	254°	241°	242°
September		198°	299°	224°	252°
October		191°	202°	228°	272°
November		272°	210°	286°	212°
December		251°	027°	218°	278°

Prevailing wind direction

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