Climate Kirkbride Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAF Spadeadam (EGOM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	31.8	27	38	33	40	27
February	40.1	24	28	41	47	36
March	44.8	32	42	73	33	63
April	60.4		53	55	91	69
May	65.7		62	53	74	74
June	62.2		63	69	66	54
July	55.9		43	59	64	47
August	53.3		48	63	53	50
September	56.8		46	64	51	59
October	47.0		42	38	41	60
November	44.3		45	41	40	35
December	37.2		34	63	38	34
Average	49.9	28.2	48.1	56.0	53.3	53.4

91st 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	57.6	67	68	56	57	50
February	67.6	49	63	73	71	69
March	70.2	58	72	88	69	86
April	78.4		73	72	93	85
May	81.8		82	76	88	84
June	81.2		82	90	87	73
July	75.0		60	79	85	67
August	75.8		74	85	82	68
September	77.2		65	80	74	80
October	70.1		61	67	69	85
November	68.7		61	67	62	59
December	59.6		55	71	69	64
Average	72.1	56.9	69.9	77.2	76.3	73.8

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	4.4	5	3	6	2	6
February	6.1	7	7	6	5	6
March	7.5	8	7	10	7	8
April	10.5		11	11	9	12
May	14.3		16	14	12	15
June	16.7		19	14	18	17
July	18.0		16	19	20	16
August	17.1		17	19	17	17
September	14.8		16	15	17	15
October	11.1		11	12	12	11
November	7.6		7	9	8	9
December	5.1		6	1	6	5
Average	10.7	6.8	11.6	11.9	11.1	11.2

88th 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	0	0	2	-2	3
February	1.1	2	2	1	0	1
March	1.3	2	1	2	2	1
April	2.5		2	1	6	2
May	4.7		6	3	4	5
June	7.3		9	1	8	9
July	8.8		10	2	12	9
August	8.9		10	3	10	10
September	7.4		9	5	10	7
October	5.3		6	5	7	5
November	2.4		2	2	3	4
December	0.8		1	-4	2	1
Average	4.0	1.5	5.0	2.2	5.1	4.6

2nd 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	19.0	24	19	6	26	25
February	24.9	26	24	24	33	31
March	22.6	27	27	15	20	14
April	11.3		15	13	9	4
May	12.2		11	19	15	8
June	14.0		13	12	5	17
July	18.8		32	18	11	28
August	18.2		18	11	12	19
September	17.9		16	17	14	16
October	23.5		26	27	27	21
November	21.7		26	28	20	21
December	24.6		35	14	21	30
Average	19.0	26.0	20.4	17.0	17.0	18.2

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	12.1	14	11	13	9	17
February	14.0	14	13	18	14	19
March	12.4	12	11	10	13	14
April	11.0		10	11	8	12
May	10.3		8	12	9	11
June	10.4		10	9	9	11
July	10.0		11	10	7	12
August	9.5		10	9	6	10
September	10.7		10	9	10	12
October	12.3		12	13	11	10
November	11.0		9	11	12	12
December	10.6		9	6	11	9
Average	11.2	12.9	10.2	10.9	9.7	12.0

88th 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	247°	251°	261°	284°	235°
February	251°	257°	250°	170°	242°
March	171°	237°	164°	254°	234°
April		089°	305°	295°	135°
May		257°	247°	220°	256°
June		109°	201°	241°	205°
July		245°	253°	265°	254°
August		245°	245°	237°	163°
September		224°	282°	245°	251°
October		249°	229°	237°	257°
November		272°	207°	264°	236°
December		188°	360°	249°	236°

Prevailing wind direction

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