Climate Eshott Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Boulmer (EGQM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	59.5	59	0	85	74	68
February	55.6	58	0	85	72	46
March	58.8	50	19	69	69	85
April	74.9		59	78	88	86
May	74.2		64	85	63	93
June	69.4		59	81	73	64
July	67.1		61	88	55	83
August	72.3		70	82	70	63
September	74.6		68	80	66	76
October	72.6		56	81	70	73
November	68.4		53	66	76	69
December	61.9		58	0	58	68
Average	66.8	54.8	50.9	78.0	69.1	74.3

49th 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	76.4	86	0	98	90	85
February	71.2	83	0	97	90	55
March	74.4	79	23	88	89	94
April	88.4		80	85	98	95
May	87.7		83	96	78	98
June	86.2		93	98	86	75
July	80.9		71	98	72	95
August	86.8		92	90	93	80
September	91.6		87	91	92	98
October	88.7		74	89	95	87
November	87.0		85	83	93	80
December	79.5		82	1	85	94
Average	83.4	82.1	68.6	89.8	87.6	87.1

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	7.4	7	8	8	5	9
February	8.3	10	9	9	7	8
March	9.2	10	9	9	10	9
April	10.3		10	10	9	11
May	13.6		14	15	11	15
June	16.6		17	17	17	16
July	18.7		18	20	19	18
August	18.4		18	20	18	18
September	16.6		18	16	18	16
October	13.8		14	14	14	13
November	9.9		9	11	11	11
December	7.7		9	5	8	8
Average	12.0	8.8	12.7	13.3	12.2	12.5

75th 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	3	3	1	4
February	2.9	4	4	3	2	2
March	3.3	4	3	3	4	3
April	4.1		5	4	1	5
May	7.1		8	8	6	8
June	9.9		11	10	10	10
July	12.1		12	13	13	11
August	11.8		12	12	12	12
September	10.0		11	11	11	9
October	8.0		8	9	8	7
November	5.1		5	6	6	6
December	3.0		4	1	3	4
Average	6.2	3.7	6.8	7.2	6.4	6.7

41st 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	7.6	14	0	2	15	7
February	11.1	11	0	12	22	11
March	7.8	18	6	5	3	4
April	6.5		11	3	6	1
May	7.7		6	8	13	4
June	9.3		6	6	6	12
July	8.7		10	9	8	13
August	7.3		7	5	7	12
September	10.0		13	16	5	7
October	11.8		18	10	13	16
November	11.7		16	11	10	5
December	12.3		22	1	18	20
Average	9.5	14.7	9.1	7.6	9.5	9.0

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	11.0	12	12	12	9	11
February	11.1	12	12	16	5	10
March	10.2	12	10	10	0	13
April	8.8		10	8	4	9
May	8.7		7	10	9	10
June	8.6		6	9	8	9
July	8.2		10	9	6	9
August	8.4		9	9	8	8
September	9.8		9	9	9	11
October	11.4		12	12	11	10
November	10.9		10	12	11	11
December	11.0		14	10	11	8
Average	9.8	11.9	9.5	10.2	7.3	9.9

75th 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	246°	245°	255°	281°	211°
February	233°	259°	247°	081°	226°
March	149°	258°	152°	360°	219°
April		112°	028°	079°	118°
May		121°	229°	114°	223°
June		129°	204°	232°	241°
July		227°	228°	023°	231°
August		237°	230°	202°	056°
September		196°	307°	223°	231°
October		194°	214°	214°	245°
November		276°	176°	262°	214°
December		226°	301°	228°	219°

Prevailing wind direction

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