Climate Oaklands Farm Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Oxford (Kidlington) Airport (EGTK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	53.0	67	54	53	44	51
February	59.5	46	51	73	65	66
March	59.6	51	46	60	66	70
April	75.2		68	86	85	83
May	77.9		70	78	77	96
June	76.2		76	88	70	78
July	82.2		76	89	81	73
August	78.1		75	83	68	71
September	75.4		71	80	64	81
October	67.0		69	79	64	65
November	57.9		63	65	53	51
December	49.1		35	43	37	51
Average	68.0	53.4	65.1	76.3	67.0	71.8

62nd 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	81.3	94	84	88	66	84
February	88.2	83	88	97	87	92
March	88.7	88	86	84	90	93
April	91.4		92	97	98	94
May	93.2		90	94	95	100
June	94.1		97	96	90	95
July	95.7		94	98	95	95
August	92.9		91	96	93	84
September	91.7		88	94	85	94
October	86.9		85	93	86	85
November	81.8		89	86	88	73
December	77.3		77	70	78	71
Average	89.5	87.9	89.2	92.9	88.9	89.4

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	7.2	7	8	7	6	9
February	9.2	11	10	10	8	10
March	10.8	12	10	12	11	11
April	13.6		13	14	11	16
May	17.3		17	18	14	19
June	20.8		23	20	20	21
July	22.8		20	24	23	21
August	21.8		21	25	20	23
September	19.4		22	19	21	19
October	15.0		16	17	15	14
November	10.4		10	12	10	11
December	8.0		9	4	9	7
Average	14.2	9.9	14.9	15.5	14.1	15.0

31st 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	2.0	3	2	1	2	5
February	3.1	6	3	4	3	4
March	4.3	5	5	4	5	4
April	4.6		5	4	2	5
May	8.8		9	10	8	9
June	12.5		13	11	13	13
July	14.3		13	14	15	14
August	13.3		13	14	13	16
September	10.8		13	11	12	11
October	8.5		9	9	9	8
November	5.0		5	7	4	5
December	3.7		6	-1	5	3
Average	7.2	4.4	7.8	7.5	7.5	7.9

52nd 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	9.4	7	10	4	16	9
February	11.6	15	2	13	14	22
March	10.6	10	20	7	6	8
April	6.5		9	3	5	9
May	6.9		5	6	15	2
June	6.2		2	6	7	9
July	6.0		12	3	6	7
August	6.4		9	2	6	11
September	5.9		7	5	5	4
October	10.4		9	6	8	24
November	10.6		17	12	4	12
December	13.9		15	9	12	19
Average	8.5	10.5	9.2	5.6	8.3	10.6

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	9.0	10	10	7	9	10
February	11.0	10	8	14	10	15
March	10.6	10	11	9	10	12
April	8.3		8	9	8	8
May	8.2		8	8	9	9
June	8.3		8	7	7	10
July	8.2		10	8	7	10
August	8.4		8	8	9	9
September	8.3		8	8	7	9
October	9.3		8	9	9	10
November	8.8		10	9	8	9
December	9.3		11	6	9	8
Average	9.0	10.2	8.9	8.5	8.4	9.9

31st 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	244°	246°	265°	272°	221°
February	234°	270°	244°	156°	241°
March	197°	231°	103°	258°	276°
April		135°	016°	035°	081°
May		033°	247°	227°	355°
June		050°	245°	354°	223°
July		235°	258°	260°	251°
August		246°	312°	267°	236°
September		204°	294°	231°	282°
October		222°	212°	233°	239°
November		257°	212°	281°	219°
December		238°	032°	242°	215°

Prevailing wind direction

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