Climate Balgrummo Steading Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Leuchars Station Airfield (EGQL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	75.6	59	79	83	78	81
February	75.4	70	73	85	77	82
March	73.0	60	67	75	80	85
April	78.4		66	77	94	83
May	76.7		65	81	71	91
June	74.1		65	82	83	62
July	79.2		82	88	60	86
August	77.4		84	73	78	65
September	79.9		81	81	72	78
October	75.5		60	75	74	72
November	73.7		69	61	86	72
December	74.9		60	77	60	82
Average	75.0	62.6	71.2	78.7	75.9	77.9

43rd 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	93.6	88	90	100	91	100
February	94.1	90	97	97	96	95
March	90.7	87	87	93	96	96
April	91.4		90	89	97	94
May	88.8		81	94	82	99
June	88.3		91	95	94	72
July	90.2		91	97	71	96
August	89.4		97	86	89	81
September	92.9		94	87	89	98
October	91.1		79	91	92	91
November	89.0		87	82	98	87
December	92.4		85	91	83	99
Average	90.5	88.4	89.3	91.8	88.8	91.2

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	6.7	7	7	8	5	9
February	8.0	9	9	8	7	8
March	9.3	9	9	10	10	9
April	11.1		11	11	10	12
May	14.5		15	15	11	16
June	17.2		18	18	18	16
July	19.3		18	21	19	18
August	18.5		19	20	18	17
September	16.7		18	17	18	16
October	13.2		13	14	14	12
November	9.5		9	11	11	11
December	7.0		8	5	7	7
Average	12.1	8.1	12.7	13.5	12.3	12.6

74th 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	1.3	1	1	3	-1	4
February	1.8	3	3	2	1	1
March	2.4	4	2	2	3	2
April	3.1		4	2	0	3
May	5.7		7	3	6	6
June	9.0		11	4	10	10
July	10.8		11	7	13	10
August	10.3		12	7	11	11
September	9.2		10	10	11	8
October	6.6		7	7	7	7
November	3.9		3	5	4	5
December	1.8		2	-1	3	3
Average	5.1	2.5	6.0	4.3	5.7	5.9

4th 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	10.3	19	12	3	14	12
February	15.1	16	3	16	29	27
March	14.4	19	18	8	4	12
April	7.4		10	10	4	3
May	10.7		9	13	19	4
June	9.6		7	9	2	13
July	11.3		18	6	8	13
August	11.9		5	11	10	13
September	10.9		14	12	7	5
October	17.4		27	18	25	20
November	14.9		21	19	8	13
December	15.6		27	17	18	13
Average	12.6	18.2	13.2	11.0	11.1	11.5

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	10.5	11	10	12	8	15
February	13.1	13	12	16	15	17
March	11.5	12	9	9	12	12
April	10.2		9	9	9	11
May	9.7		9	11	9	11
June	9.6		8	11	10	9
July	9.4		10	10	8	10
August	9.7		10	10	8	9
September	10.2		11	10	9	11
October	11.4		14	12	10	9
November	9.9		8	11	11	11
December	9.7		12	8	8	9
Average	10.4	11.6	9.8	10.6	9.6	10.9

74th 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	252°	256°	257°	275°	239°
February	250°	260°	257°	162°	244°
March	127°	271°	158°	254°	242°
April		097°	073°	289°	154°
May		146°	246°	098°	247°
June		130°	222°	227°	100°
July		243°	254°	105°	258°
August		203°	250°	140°	131°
September		231°	298°	232°	246°
October		185°	233°	235°	251°
November		290°	189°	264°	237°
December		227°	285°	246°	230°

Prevailing wind direction

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