Climate Truleigh Manor Farm Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Brighton City Airport (EGKA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	58.2	70	60	62	61	46
February	60.7	51	57	74	71	63
March	66.6	69	58	67	78	80
April	78.2	83	77	88	89	88
May	82.6		86	85	89	97
June	81.2		86	91	66	84
July	85.6		85	96	78	85
August	81.5		83	80	81	77
September	84.1		90	96	78	88
October	77.5		85	94	71	75
November	70.0		75	73	65	63
December	59.7		54	66	48	66
Average	74.5	68.9	76.2	82.2	74.4	76.6

14th 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	81.6	90	84	89	81	75
February	79.3	68	82	88	84	82
March	85.4	82	86	88	91	87
April	90.7	94	91	96	98	95
May	93.5		94	94	98	98
June	92.4		92	95	85	96
July	93.6		94	100	90	89
August	93.4		94	89	96	90
September	93.7		98	99	92	93
October	90.8		94	99	88	89
November	88.4		93	86	95	84
December	79.9		81	85	69	81
Average	88.7	83.9	90.8	92.6	89.8	88.5

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	8.0	8	8	8	7	9
February	9.1	11	10	11	8	10
March	10.8	12	10	12	11	11
April	13.3	14	13	14	11	15
May	16.5		17	17	14	17
June	19.8		22	20	19	19
July	21.4		20	23	21	21
August	21.1		21	24	20	23
September	19.5		22	19	21	20
October	16.0		17	18	16	15
November	11.5		12	13	11	13
December	9.0		11	5	10	9
Average	14.3	11.1	15.1	15.4	14.0	15.0

33rd 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	3.7	4	4	3	4	6
February	5.4	9	4	7	5	6
March	7.0	8	7	8	7	7
April	8.8	10	9	8	6	13
May	12.3		12	13	11	15
June	15.6		16	15	15	17
July	17.7		17	19	17	18
August	16.4		16	18	16	18
September	14.0		16	15	15	13
October	11.0		12	14	11	10
November	7.5		7	10	6	9
December	5.5		8	1	7	5
Average	10.1	7.8	10.6	11.1	9.9	11.4

87th 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	12.7	9	13	6	18	13
February	14.8	26	6	14	13	24
March	12.2	17	20	9	8	10
April	5.7	9	12	5	2	3
May	5.5		4	10	7	3
June	6.2		3	5	11	7
July	5.6		10	1	6	5
August	7.8		10	4	8	8
September	6.1		4	7	3	4
October	10.9		9	4	10	21
November	11.8		20	17	3	8
December	16.4		25	8	14	22
Average	9.7	14.9	10.6	7.2	8.0	10.4

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	9.8	10	11	8	10	11
February	11.3	11	8	14	11	16
March	11.3	10	11	10	11	14
April	10.0	11	10	11	10	10
May	10.0		10	10	12	11
June	10.3		11	11	8	12
July	10.9		13	10	10	13
August	10.4		10	9	11	11
September	10.0		9	8	9	11
October	10.5		9	10	11	12
November	10.4		11	12	8	10
December	10.7		12	9	11	10
Average	10.5	10.6	10.4	10.1	10.2	11.6

33rd 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	261°	251°	279°	285°	221°
February	221°	297°	239°	129°	234°
March	205°	222°	089°	245°	290°
April	254°	163°	011°	025°	099°
May		022°	221°	215°	178°
June		035°	206°	219°	206°
July		221°	210°	218°	227°
August		223°	209°	244°	221°
September		195°	278°	209°	272°
October		209°	210°	223°	230°
November		251°	216°	302°	227°
December		229°	005°	244°	212°

Prevailing wind direction

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