Climate Woodditton Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of RAF Mildenhall (EGUN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	65.7	71	61	69	65	59
February	71.1	55	60	75	81	77
March	65.5	61	60	67	69	89
April	82.7		78	89	93	81
May	83.6		73	90	81	96
June	79.1		80	88	72	85
July	86.2		86	94	81	82
August	84.4		86	86	76	76
September	81.8		80	85	75	79
October	74.4		64	82	69	74
November	67.0		67	62	63	63
December	57.2		56	51	49	49
Average	75.4	61.9	73.1	81.3	74.2	78.2

24th 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	90.8	99	87	93	84	94
February	95.5	92	96	99	96	94
March	92.6	93	94	88	94	100
April	93.4		93	98	97	97
May	95.8		95	99	97	99
June	93.4		99	94	90	96
July	98.0		100	100	97	97
August	96.5		99	96	99	89
September	93.6		93	91	92	96
October	93.8		89	96	95	94
November	90.8		93	86	94	84
December	84.5		91	77	81	73
Average	93.8	94.3	94.5	94.2	93.6	93.1

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	7.5	8	8	8	6	9
February	9.3	12	10	10	8	9
March	10.8	13	11	13	11	9
April	13.4		14	15	12	12
May	17.4		17	18	15	19
June	21.3		23	22	21	21
July	23.2		22	26	23	22
August	23.0		22	26	21	24
September	20.2		23	20	22	20
October	15.7		17	17	16	13
November	10.8		11	12	10	11
December	8.3		10	5	9	8
Average	14.4	10.8	15.7	16.2	14.4	14.9

8th 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	1	1	1	4
February	3.0	6	3	3	2	5
March	4.2	6	4	3	3	6
April	4.1		4	4	0	7
May	7.3		7	9	6	7
June	10.6		12	10	11	11
July	13.1		13	14	13	12
August	13.1		13	13	12	15
September	9.9		13	9	12	7
October	8.4		9	9	8	11
November	4.8		5	6	4	6
December	3.0		5	-1	4	3
Average	6.7	4.3	7.4	7.0	6.5	7.8

34th 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	8.2	11	10	8	8	3
February	12.4	20	7	18	14	8
March	12.9	13	22	17	8	0
April	7.4		12	4	3	16
May	7.5		7	11	13	2
June	7.0		2	6	8	12
July	6.7		12	3	7	9
August	6.7		10	4	7	7
September	8.4		6	5	5	7
October	9.3		15	10	6	20
November	9.9		15	21	8	7
December	11.4		19	8	13	13
Average	9.4	14.4	10.8	8.8	8.0	8.2

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	9.5	10	11	9	9	9
February	11.0	11	10	15	10	15
March	10.1	10	11	9	10	12
April	8.8		9	9	8	6
May	8.1		8	9	9	8
June	7.8		8	8	7	9
July	8.2		10	8	7	9
August	8.2		9	7	9	9
September	8.2		8	8	8	8
October	9.4		8	10	10	9
November	9.1		10	10	8	10
December	9.1		12	6	9	8
Average	9.0	10.5	9.3	8.8	8.4	8.8

8th 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	247°	240°	257°	250°	217°
February	231°	284°	244°	159°	245°
March	186°	227°	120°	259°	247°
April		132°	035°	015°	171°
May		037°	245°	225°	295°
June		080°	226°	357°	219°
July		240°	245°	231°	262°
August		247°	257°	270°	255°
September		193°	291°	218°	271°
October		220°	208°	228°	226°
November		251°	201°	274°	219°
December		234°	270°	238°	214°

Prevailing wind direction

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