Easter Airfield

GB-0048 · Scotland, United Kingdom

Climate Easter Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tain Range (EGQA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 84.1 71 75 100 92 94
February 82.2 79 80 81 93 82
March 77.2 75 71 91 74 84
April 81.1 78 82 100 100
May 77.6 72 89 61 91
June 77.2 73 93 86 69
July 79.0 79 95 46 98
August 82.7 74 90 83 100
September 86.5 86 88 81 90
October 82.3 66 97 86 87
November 78.1 63 90 91 86
December 81.2 61 88 98 96
Average 83.2 75.2 73.9 90.3 81.8 87.1

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 94.7 89 95 100 100 99
February 95.3 95 94 97 100 97
March 94.2 96 89 95 85 100
April 96.4 96 97 100 100
May 91.7 90 95 90 100
June 89.6 85 99 100 80
July 92.4 93 100 75 100
August 95.5 92 100 100 100
September 94.9 92 98 99 100
October 96.2 92 98 100 99
November 89.7 79 93 97 90
December 94.0 89 90 98 100
Average 95.0 93.6 90.4 96.6 95.7 95.5

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 6.0 6 7 8 4 7
February 7.5 8 9 7 7 6
March 8.3 9 7 10 8 8
April 10.5 11 9 11 11
May 13.4 15 13 10 14
June 16.6 19 16 19 17
July 17.2 17 18 18 16
August 17.2 18 19 16 18
September 15.4 17 15 17 15
October 11.9 12 14 13 11
November 8.5 8 10 10 10
December 6.2 7 5 7 7
Average 11.0 7.6 12.4 12.0 12.4 10.4

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 3.1 1 4 5 2 5
February 3.6 2 2 5 6 4
March 4.0 2 0 7 6 6
April 6.2 2 7 8 10
May 9.1 6 11 8 10
June 12.4 9 14 14 14
July 13.2 10 14 15 13
August 13.3 11 15 14 18
September 10.9 9 11 13 12
October 8.2 6 11 9 9
November 5.1 2 7 7 7
December 3.5 2 3 6 6
Average 7.4 1.3 5.2 9.1 9.7 8.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.2 17 13 6 25 3
February 11.6 18 12 13 0 12
March 12.3 10 23 1 7 6
April 8.8 11 6 0 0
May 7.5 9 9 12 2
June 6.5 6 0 6 4
July 15.6 22 3 11 6
August 7.0 9 6 2 0
September 12.1 13 12 5 2
October 12.4 22 5 9 13
November 13.3 17 11 10 7
December 12.1 19 22 2 6
Average 9.2 14.6 13.9 7.1 7.1 5.7

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 10.5 11 12 12 12 11
February 11.3 10 11 14 16 13
March 10.4 11 9 9 11 10
April 10.4 10 9 7 10
May 9.8 9 12 11 11
June 8.6 8 9 10 7
July 9.1 9 11 8 11
August 9.1 9 9 7 10
September 9.4 9 9 9 12
October 10.4 13 10 8 7
November 8.9 9 7 10 9
December 9.5 10 8 8 8
Average 9.9 10.9 9.5 9.9 9.3 9.7

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 229° 242° 224° 250° 193°
February 227° 237° 248° 134° 214°
March 122° 334° 172° 151° 208°
April 082° 031° 285° 049°
May 284° 219° 340° 290°
June 078° 173° 204° 002°
July 308° 264° 010° 275°
August 265° 213° 256° 184°
September 217° 271° 198° 201°
October 130° 168° 209° 297°
November 303° 135° 221° 203°
December 215° 290° 217° 197°

Prevailing wind direction

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