Climate Ince Blundell Microlight 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAF Woodvale (EGOW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	68.2	76	71	73	84	69
February	75.0	70	71	77	96	68
March	77.0	69	66	82	91	89
April	81.2		88	84	94	82
May	86.8		87	81	76	97
June	82.9		82	97	74	65
July	78.4		80	78	67	66
August	79.0		81	87	71	76
September	77.7		77	79	66	85
October	75.5		76	83	65	86
November	71.9		70	70	68	84
December	67.0		66	64	54	69
Average	76.2	71.2	77.0	80.6	70.5	76.9

16th 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	92.5	95	99	96	95	91
February	94.9	93	95	97	100	91
March	96.5	97	98	95	100	95
April	97.6		99	97	97	100
May	95.9		95	93	91	100
June	98.1		99	99	90	99
July	97.3		97	99	96	96
August	95.6		97	96	89	90
September	93.0		93	88	95	95
October	96.0		93	95	97	94
November	94.7		99	88	93	98
December	90.8		89	83	91	95
Average	95.2	95.0	96.3	94.1	93.5	94.4

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	7.5	7	9	8	7	9
February	8.2	9	10	9	7	8
March	10.4	11	10	12	11	10
April	12.4		12	13	13	10
May	16.1		16	16	13	15
June	19.5		22	19	19	19
July	20.1		18	21	20	17
August	19.6		19	22	19	21
September	17.7		20	18	19	18
October	14.3		15	16	15	13
November	10.4		10	11	11	11
December	7.4		8	4	9	8
Average	13.4	8.9	14.3	14.3	14.9	13.0

32nd 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	4.7	4	6	5	5	6
February	4.9	6	5	7	2	5
March	6.2	7	7	6	7	6
April	7.5		7	8	7	8
May	11.0		12	12	10	10
June	14.6		16	15	15	15
July	15.5		14	17	15	13
August	15.4		16	16	16	16
September	12.8		15	11	15	13
October	10.4		10	12	12	10
November	7.7		8	9	8	10
December	4.9		6	1	6	6
Average	9.5	5.5	10.2	10.0	11.5	9.4

86th 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	10.4	10	14	1	8	12
February	9.9	18	3	10	7	18
March	11.4	16	12	10	5	9
April	9.4		9	7	0	46
May	7.1		0	12	17	3
June	10.4		6	5	9	13
July	9.6		14	9	8	17
August	9.3		6	9	11	14
September	11.5		5	8	18	9
October	13.5		20	10	17	16
November	13.1		17	14	9	10
December	15.8		13	4	15	24
Average	11.4	14.9	9.5	8.4	11.6	13.4

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	10.6	9	13	8	10	13
February	11.8	12	10	15	10	14
March	10.9	11	11	10	13	12
April	10.9		11	10	9	12
May	10.4		10	12	12	11
June	9.7		9	9	9	9
July	10.0		12	10	9	10
August	10.1		11	9	10	9
September	10.2		10	10	10	9
October	11.0		10	11	12	10
November	11.5		11	13	10	11
December	9.9		9	6	10	9
Average	10.6	10.7	10.4	10.4	10.1	11.0

32nd 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	129°	272°	270°	264°	213°
February	236°	234°	257°	069°	248°
March	174°	220°	154°	260°	238°
April		134°	334°	028°	192°
May		310°	246°	270°	262°
June		121°	256°	283°	255°
July		254°	283°	287°	252°
August		264°	270°	254°	186°
September		221°	013°	233°	198°
October		160°	201°	251°	265°
November		270°	198°	256°	228°
December		267°	093°	265°	220°

Prevailing wind direction

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