Climate Dorset Gliding Club (Eyres Field) 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bournemouth Airport (EGHH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	56.4	72	66	54	34	47
February	61.1	44	54	74	65	65
March	61.6	59	50	71	71	74
April	80.3		74	89	93	86
May	82.4		85	84	76	95
June	77.6		85	92	69	78
July	81.6		75	91	75	77
August	79.4		75	81	77	76
September	77.9		78	89	74	82
October	69.4		69	79	73	75
November	67.2		68	72	70	61
December	56.5		45	57	47	62
Average	71.1	58.0	70.6	80.6	70.9	73.9

32nd 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	81.2	89	88	87	71	74
February	84.1	74	90	92	87	82
March	85.4	85	81	85	89	90
April	92.7		93	96	99	92
May	93.5		91	96	96	99
June	92.7		97	96	87	93
July	93.2		91	99	93	90
August	91.9		93	89	94	89
September	93.0		92	98	90	95
October	86.9		91	98	90	87
November	89.1		93	90	91	89
December	79.6		78	70	74	83
Average	88.7	82.6	90.4	92.8	89.4	88.7

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	8.4	8	9	9	7	10
February	9.9	11	10	11	9	11
March	11.4	12	10	12	12	11
April	14.1		13	15	13	16
May	17.4		19	18	15	19
June	20.9		23	20	20	20
July	22.5		21	24	22	21
August	21.9		21	25	21	23
September	19.8		22	19	21	20
October	15.9		17	17	16	15
November	11.8		12	13	11	13
December	9.5		11	5	11	9
Average	14.7	10.5	15.5	16.0	14.7	15.5

14th 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	2.5	3	2	2	3	5
February	3.6	6	3	5	4	5
March	4.8	5	6	4	4	4
April	5.0		5	5	1	8
May	8.7		9	9	8	12
June	12.3		13	11	12	14
July	13.4		13	14	14	12
August	13.0		13	13	13	15
September	10.5		13	10	12	10
October	8.7		10	10	9	9
November	5.6		6	8	4	7
December	4.5		7	-1	7	4
Average	7.4	4.8	8.2	7.7	7.6	8.7

59th 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	13.1	9	11	11	17	20
February	14.0	24	3	13	18	24
March	13.4	14	24	11	9	10
April	6.5		11	4	1	10
May	6.5		4	10	16	0
June	7.4		3	4	11	13
July	6.2		12	1	9	7
August	7.0		9	7	5	7
September	7.2		7	9	5	4
October	12.5		10	7	10	23
November	11.0		16	13	2	10
December	13.7		15	11	16	18
Average	10.0	15.6	9.8	7.5	9.4	11.5

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	8.8	9	10	7	9	9
February	10.6	10	7	14	10	15
March	10.2	10	10	10	10	12
April	8.5		8	9	8	9
May	8.2		8	8	10	9
June	8.1		7	9	7	9
July	8.4		10	8	8	9
August	8.2		7	7	9	9
September	8.2		7	7	8	8
October	8.8		7	9	9	10
November	9.0		9	10	8	9
December	9.4		11	6	10	8
Average	8.9	9.4	8.3	8.5	8.6	9.7

14th 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	260°	247°	278°	298°	227°
February	247°	287°	253°	158°	250°
March	211°	231°	113°	275°	315°
April		181°	022°	057°	087°
May		035°	243°	231°	110°
June		175°	213°	297°	214°
July		239°	249°	236°	254°
August		245°	228°	262°	238°
September		214°	295°	232°	295°
October		217°	210°	240°	245°
November		270°	229°	314°	227°
December		253°	050°	257°	238°

Prevailing wind direction

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