Climate Meonstoke Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Southampton Airport (EGHI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	60.3	70	64	58	42	56
February	63.1	43	58	77	60	72
March	64.0	64	50	72	72	75
April	81.6		78	90	98	90
May	83.9		84	86	80	98
June	81.8		88	90	72	81
July	85.6		81	94	75	81
August	79.5		77	81	71	74
September	81.7		84	91	73	82
October	71.7		73	86	69	71
November	70.2		74	68	69	67
December	58.4		43	64	50	56
Average	73.3	58.9	73.1	82.4	71.0	74.0

12th 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	86.4	92	89	93	76	81
February	87.9	76	90	96	91	92
March	89.6	89	82	90	91	94
April	95.6		96	97	100	99
May	95.4		92	96	99	100
June	95.6		96	97	90	98
July	96.6		94	100	97	97
August	94.4		92	93	95	93
September	95.7		95	98	93	96
October	90.3		89	98	92	89
November	89.7		94	88	91	88
December	84.6		82	79	80	82
Average	91.8	85.7	91.5	94.9	92.1	92.0

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	8.1	9	9	9	7	10
February	9.7	12	11	11	9	11
March	11.3	12	11	13	12	11
April	13.8		13	15	13	16
May	17.2		18	18	15	19
June	20.5		23	20	21	20
July	22.2		21	24	22	21
August	21.6		21	25	20	23
September	19.5		22	19	21	20
October	15.7		17	17	16	15
November	11.5		12	13	11	13
December	9.2		11	6	11	9
Average	14.5	10.8	15.6	16.2	15.0	15.5

6th 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	2.9	4	3	3	5	6
February	4.0	7	4	5	7	5
March	5.4	6	6	5	9	6
April	7.0		6	5	9	14
May	9.9		10	10	10	17
June	12.7		14	11	13	18
July	14.0		14	14	15	16
August	12.8		14	14	14	16
September	10.9		14	10	12	12
October	8.9		10	10	9	10
November	5.8		7	8	5	8
December	4.7		7	0	6	6
Average	7.9	5.6	9.1	8.2	9.5	10.8

65th 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	13.0	8	15	8	12	14
February	14.5	25	3	11	18	24
March	14.9	17	24	8	8	12
April	7.6		13	4	3	9
May	6.9		5	7	14	2
June	6.6		2	4	12	5
July	6.3		14	0	5	5
August	8.2		12	5	6	8
September	7.2		6	7	5	6
October	13.2		10	12	9	23
November	11.7		16	15	4	9
December	16.1		22	9	15	23
Average	10.6	16.7	11.2	6.6	8.4	12.0

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	6.5	8	7	5	6	7
February	8.2	7	5	11	9	12
March	8.0	7	9	7	9	9
April	6.5		6	7	8	7
May	6.6		7	6	9	8
June	6.8		7	7	6	9
July	6.8		8	6	7	8
August	6.6		6	5	7	8
September	6.3		5	5	6	7
October	6.9		5	7	7	8
November	6.3		7	6	6	5
December	6.6		8	4	7	6
Average	6.9	7.4	6.6	6.5	6.9	7.8

6th 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	255°	242°	259°	309°	213°
February	226°	295°	234°	189°	237°
March	195°	226°	091°	249°	256°
April		228°	016°	026°	098°
May		018°	227°	224°	357°
June		016°	197°	322°	199°
July		226°	226°	230°	236°
August		226°	191°	245°	222°
September		204°	233°	229°	280°
October		208°	203°	227°	231°
November		260°	214°	303°	247°
December		232°	028°	231°	226°

Prevailing wind direction

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