Climate Frandley House Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Manchester Airport (EGCC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	51.1	61	63	58	40	48
February	62.0	61	59	58	66	66
March	66.0	63	63	81	49	82
April	78.8		71	90	89	91
May	79.2		80	79	69	86
June	75.0		81	90	80	65
July	71.0		75	69	69	56
August	74.4		76	89	56	67
September	75.3		85	83	58	75
October	66.5		68	82	66	48
November	64.5		70	74	53	54
December	53.3		56	54	41	50
Average	68.5	61.6	72.0	77.9	62.5	68.8

50th 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	84.3	95	91	89	73	85
February	94.2	93	98	97	96	96
March	94.3	97	98	96	80	98
April	95.7		96	97	97	99
May	97.3		98	98	95	99
June	95.7		98	98	96	93
July	93.3		95	92	93	91
August	95.6		97	98	88	95
September	94.0		96	97	91	93
October	92.2		91	93	96	85
November	92.6		96	90	87	89
December	87.1		96	82	81	84
Average	93.6	95.1	96.0	95.0	90.0	93.7

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	7.1	8	8	8	5	9
February	8.8	10	10	9	8	9
March	10.4	11	10	12	11	11
April	13.0		12	13	11	15
May	16.5		17	16	14	18
June	19.8		22	19	20	19
July	20.5		19	22	22	18
August	20.0		19	23	19	21
September	17.9		20	18	19	18
October	14.0		15	15	15	13
November	10.1		9	11	10	11
December	7.6		9	4	8	7
Average	13.3	9.4	14.1	14.5	13.4	13.9

58th 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	2.1	2	2	2	1	4
February	3.1	4	4	4	3	3
March	3.7	5	4	4	4	3
April	4.5		5	4	2	5
May	7.6		8	9	6	7
June	11.0		12	10	11	11
July	13.0		12	13	14	12
August	12.4		12	13	13	13
September	10.3		12	9	12	9
October	8.1		8	9	10	8
November	4.9		4	6	5	7
December	3.0		5	-1	4	3
Average	6.5	3.7	7.3	7.1	7.0	6.9

39th 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	18.7	19	21	9	24	14
February	19.4	22	5	33	16	25
March	16.7	16	23	12	14	9
April	9.9		14	9	7	4
May	8.7		7	11	20	1
June	11.1		7	6	1	18
July	14.7		23	12	12	19
August	12.3		16	4	18	15
September	14.5		18	12	11	9
October	18.4		20	18	16	33
November	17.4		21	21	11	21
December	23.4		32	16	23	27
Average	15.0	18.8	16.1	12.3	13.9	14.0

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	7.3	7	8	7	7	8
February	8.8	8	8	12	7	12
March	8.2	8	8	6	8	9
April	7.0		7	7	6	6
May	6.7		6	7	7	8
June	6.6		6	6	6	7
July	6.7		8	7	5	8
August	6.8		7	6	7	7
September	6.5		6	6	5	7
October	7.1		6	7	7	8
November	6.8		8	6	6	7
December	6.7		9	4	7	6
Average	7.1	7.5	6.8	6.8	6.3	7.6

58th 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	224°	241°	255°	243°	216°
February	231°	264°	247°	146°	241°
March	195°	229°	124°	253°	235°
April		197°	314°	332°	082°
May		324°	244°	246°	276°
June		109°	240°	291°	255°
July		244°	267°	286°	259°
August		250°	258°	256°	248°
September		201°	294°	260°	258°
October		201°	210°	227°	275°
November		252°	203°	256°	217°
December		234°	118°	230°	194°

Prevailing wind direction

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