Mount Rule Farm Airstrip

IM-0003 · Braddan, Isle of Man

Climate Mount Rule Farm Airstrip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Isle of Man Airport (EGNS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.5 65 67 60 68 57
February 66.1 59 67 75 67 68
March 69.0 61 61 84 65 84
April 81.3 74 83 95 92
May 80.7 79 76 79 86
June 79.0 78 89 76 73
July 77.7 75 82 80 67
August 74.0 82 85 64 74
September 76.7 78 88 64 77
October 72.1 69 79 62 80
November 68.8 79 74 59 53
December 59.2 61 82 43 75
Average 72.5 61.5 73.6 81.0 70.6 75.0

1st best VFR conditions of Isle of Man

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 87.7 92 84 94 86 82
February 86.8 77 96 92 84 93
March 86.0 86 82 96 82 95
April 92.3 82 95 99 98
May 89.5 90 86 89 95
June 90.4 92 98 85 89
July 88.4 85 92 91 85
August 87.6 95 93 85 84
September 89.5 93 97 83 91
October 89.4 87 92 80 95
November 91.3 98 95 91 83
December 85.4 93 93 74 90
Average 88.4 84.5 89.5 93.4 86.3 90.1

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 8.5 8 9 10 7 9
February 8.7 10 10 9 8 9
March 9.3 10 9 10 9 9
April 11.2 11 12 10 13
May 14.2 15 14 13 15
June 17.0 20 16 17 17
July 18.2 18 19 20 16
August 17.8 18 20 18 18
September 16.3 18 17 18 16
October 13.7 14 15 15 13
November 11.0 11 12 11 12
December 9.1 10 7 9 9
Average 12.5 9.1 13.4 13.5 12.7 12.9

1st highest temperature of Isle of Man

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 4.8 4 5 6 3 6
February 5.0 6 6 6 4 5
March 5.1 6 5 5 6 5
April 5.9 6 6 4 6
May 8.7 10 10 7 9
June 11.6 13 11 11 12
July 13.0 13 13 14 12
August 13.2 13 14 13 14
September 11.8 13 12 13 11
October 9.8 10 10 11 9
November 7.3 7 9 8 8
December 5.7 7 3 6 5
Average 8.1 5.1 8.9 8.8 8.4 8.4

1st lowest temperature of Isle of Man

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 20.0 24 19 13 22 22
February 21.9 20 8 29 31 24
March 19.4 27 19 13 15 11
April 11.7 14 7 4 6
May 11.5 4 14 22 5
June 12.8 11 11 11 21
July 15.3 24 8 9 24
August 15.9 10 10 19 22
September 17.8 24 17 9 16
October 21.5 18 18 25 24
November 23.5 13 23 24 29
December 28.0 28 13 25 34
Average 17.9 23.9 15.2 13.5 16.6 18.5

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 14.2 15 15 13 12 16
February 16.2 14 13 19 17 21
March 13.9 15 13 12 14 14
April 10.8 10 11 9 11
May 10.2 9 11 11 11
June 10.2 9 11 9 12
July 9.6 12 10 7 11
August 10.7 12 9 9 11
September 11.7 12 11 10 12
October 14.1 14 16 14 14
November 14.5 14 17 13 15
December 14.6 18 11 15 14
Average 12.4 14.8 12.0 12.0 11.0 12.8

1st highest wind speed of Isle of Man

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 237° 245° 252° 297° 227°
February 241° 244° 251° 150° 240°
March 147° 197° 116° 241° 229°
April 110° 082° 045° 088°
May 353° 228° 217° 218°
June 122° 201° 226° 243°
July 235° 274° 273° 247°
August 245° 227° 226° 182°
September 194° 347° 207° 232°
October 157° 211° 235° 265°
November 269° 207° 275° 220°
December 238° 090° 213° 240°

Prevailing wind direction

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