Statistics Mönchsheide Airfield 2022-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Büchel Air Base (ETSB) between 2022 and 2023.

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VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022
January	4.6	5	4
February	10.5	24	6
March	17.7	11	36
April	16.1	6	28
May	44.1	40	48
June	28.9	40	22
July	42.1	31	67
August	31.7	24	78
September	20.0		20
October	10.0		10
November	13.8		14
December	17.6		18
Average	18.4	17.7	19.2

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

Visibility: 8 km or more
Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022
January	27.6	28	27
February	43.5	52	41
March	47.6	44	57
April	53.2	39	69
May	72.0	70	74
June	34.2	47	26
July	57.8	50	75
August	50.7	46	78
September	48.0		48
October	35.0		35
November	35.3		35
December	32.3		32
Average	43.4	43.9	42.9

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

Visibility: 5 km or more
Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022
January	2.0	3	1
February	4.0	3	5
March	5.4	6	5
April	6.6	5	8
May	12.7	12	14
June	16.0	17	15
July	16.0	16	16
August	17.5	17	18
September	12.5		13
October	11.4		12
November	7.5		8
December	0.5		1
Average	9.6	9.6	9.5

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022
January	0.7	2	0
February	2.1	2	2
March	3.2	4	3
April	4.2	3	6
May	10.5	10	11
June	13.3	15	12
July	14.2	13	16
August	14.1	11	18
September	10.0		10
October	8.0		8
November	4.8		5
December	-2.3		-2
Average	7.2	7.0	7.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022
January	42.3	33	49
February	50.5	14	63
March	46.7	56	21
April	25.8	21	31
May	23.2	20	26
June	26.3	7	39
July	26.3	31	17
August	31.7	33	22
September	16.0		16
October	10.0		10
November	27.6		28
December	23.5		24
Average	34.5	34.0	35.0

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	2023	2022
January	8.7	11	7
February	11.8	9	13
March	11.1	12	9
April	9.6	8	12
May	7.6	7	8
June	6.7	6	7
July	7.7	8	7
August	8.0	8	7
September	8.5		9
October	6.7		7
November	8.3		8
December	5.0		5
Average	9.0	9.4	8.6

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2023	2022
January	248°	259°
February	265°	246°
March	250°	050°
April	253°	262°
May	041°	229°
June	112°	258°
July	237°	286°
August	249°	270°
September		240°
October		225°
November		234°
December		340°

Prevailing wind direction

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