Climate Horse Leys Farm Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of East Midlands Airport (EGNX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	59.6	76	67	74	51	56
February	62.8	58	63	70	67	68
March	63.0	58	60	67	62	77
April	77.8		69	85	88	87
May	79.4		77	84	72	94
June	70.9		76	85	69	63
July	80.5		83	85	77	73
August	76.9		82	86	66	65
September	77.8		72	82	73	83
October	68.9		65	79	69	61
November	58.8		68	63	64	55
December	56.8		54	58	40	55
Average	70.3	62.6	71.3	79.1	68.3	71.6

40th 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	85.8	95	92	88	75	93
February	90.5	88	95	100	88	92
March	88.2	84	91	88	89	95
April	92.7		92	98	97	95
May	94.4		95	98	96	97
June	91.1		98	95	96	82
July	95.9		97	98	95	93
August	94.4		95	96	96	87
September	93.7		89	94	95	97
October	89.3		85	93	91	85
November	81.3		86	82	90	77
December	79.7		84	77	67	74
Average	90.5	88.2	92.4	93.6	91.1	89.6

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	8	8	7	5	9
February	8.7	11	10	9	8	9
March	10.3	11	9	11	10	10
April	12.9		12	13	11	15
May	16.7		17	17	14	18
June	19.7		22	20	20	19
July	21.7		20	24	22	19
August	20.9		20	24	19	21
September	18.5		21	18	20	18
October	14.2		15	16	15	13
November	9.8		10	11	10	11
December	7.5		9	5	8	7
Average	13.5	9.8	14.3	14.9	13.4	14.1

49th 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	1.8	2	3	1	0	3
February	3.0	5	4	4	2	3
March	3.6	5	4	3	4	3
April	4.3		4	5	2	5
May	7.8		8	9	7	7
June	11.1		12	11	11	11
July	13.0		12	14	14	12
August	12.8		13	14	13	14
September	10.7		13	10	12	10
October	8.2		9	9	9	7
November	4.8		5	7	5	6
December	3.1		5	0	4	3
Average	6.6	4.2	7.7	7.3	6.8	6.9

44th 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	11.0	7	9	4	17	11
February	13.0	16	2	16	10	19
March	11.4	11	15	9	8	7
April	6.1		10	3	1	6
May	6.4		4	6	12	2
June	7.9		2	6	5	12
July	7.3		12	3	6	9
August	6.6		6	4	6	10
September	7.6		9	5	6	6
October	11.6		14	8	10	19
November	10.7		11	14	4	9
December	14.4		25	8	12	20
Average	9.2	11.6	9.0	6.4	7.5	9.8

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	11.1	12	12	11	10	13
February	12.4	12	10	16	10	17
March	11.5	11	11	9	11	12
April	9.4		9	10	8	9
May	9.1		8	10	10	10
June	9.1		9	9	8	9
July	9.3		11	9	7	11
August	9.6		10	8	9	10
September	9.5		9	8	9	10
October	10.8		9	11	12	10
November	10.4		11	11	10	11
December	11.0		13	7	11	10
Average	10.2	11.4	9.8	9.8	9.2	10.6

49th 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	234°	236°	250°	250°	216°
February	229°	252°	238°	166°	233°
March	187°	219°	110°	249°	230°
April		174°	346°	029°	070°
May		023°	237°	227°	257°
June		066°	224°	325°	198°
July		230°	253°	250°	231°
August		240°	273°	248°	214°
September		201°	286°	230°	234°
October		223°	222°	224°	239°
November		247°	202°	259°	233°
December		229°	228°	222°	220°

Prevailing wind direction

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