EGXW — RAF Waddington

fog forecast & climatology · Lincoln, Lincolnshire city page · full 10-year analysis →
No fog forecast feed exists for this station. September typically brings about 16 hours of dense fog here (10-year average).

Fog hours per year
251 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
December and January
Typical fog event
~2 h once it forms (middle half 1–5 h, n=723)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year RAF Waddington spends 251 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in December and January. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~35 hJanFebruary: ~18 hFebMarch: ~19 hMarApril: ~12 hAprMay: ~10 hMayJune: ~10 hJunJuly: ~4 hJulAugust: ~4 hAugSeptember: ~16 hSepOctober: ~22 hOctNovember: ~33 hNovDecember: ~73 hDec
Fog season is January, March, October, November, December, peaking in December; fog is mostly a 11 PM–9 AM phenomenon; a typical event lasts about 2 hours once it forms local time · 10-yr average

For flight operations

EFVS crews: the CHASE board ranks airports by live fog status, approach lighting, go-around height and flight time from your base. Forecast probabilities publish here per-airport once the calibrated model beats climatology on live verification — receipts on the scorecard. Methodology.

Sources: NOAA/NWS National Blend of Models guidance · METAR observations 2016–2026 (Iowa Environmental Mesonet) · FAA NASR. Machine access: data.json · llms.txt. Not for operational use.