Holstebro Glider Field

DK-0008 · Central Jutland, Denmark

Climate Holstebro Glider Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Karup Airport (EKKA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 33.2 25 29 35 38 31
February 38.9 24 43 44 56 40
March 49.0 36 35 77 52 66
April 76.5 82 71 85 86
May 71.2 77 70 51 73
June 71.4 73 58 72 85
July 68.0 65 63 67 67
August 73.9 60 74 76 86
September 66.6 61 77 61 65
October 54.7 38 49 65 61
November 39.7 43 33 46 41
December 34.2 32 31 41 18
Average 57.2 28.5 56.2 59.9 62.1 66.0

14th best VFR conditions of Denmark

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 67.8 61 75 64 67 73
February 68.7 48 76 78 78 78
March 73.5 66 55 85 79 87
April 91.9 94 88 96 96
May 89.0 91 90 83 93
June 89.4 83 84 91 96
July 89.9 86 91 90 91
August 92.6 89 87 95 95
September 84.7 79 90 84 81
October 79.6 72 67 82 89
November 69.3 68 67 79 68
December 59.5 53 53 60 58
Average 80.1 58.5 78.6 81.3 84.6 87.0

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 4.6 3 6 6 2 8
February 5.4 6 7 7 3 7
March 7.5 8 7 9 7 9
April 12.0 12 12 10 13
May 16.2 16 16 13 15
June 20.9 23 19 21 21
July 21.0 20 20 23 18
August 21.2 20 23 19 23
September 17.8 21 17 18 18
October 13.1 12 14 13 13
November 8.2 6 9 9 10
December 4.9 4 1 4 6
Average 11.9 5.6 12.6 13.0 11.7 13.2

8th highest temperature of Denmark

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 0.1 -2 1 2 -2 4
February 0.3 2 1 1 -3 2
March 0.3 3 0 -2 0 0
April 2.1 2 1 0 2
May 6.6 6 7 6 6
June 10.7 10 11 11 11
July 11.9 11 12 14 10
August 12.0 12 12 11 13
September 9.6 12 9 10 9
October 7.2 7 8 8 7
November 3.5 1 6 4 5
December 1.0 0 -4 -1 3
Average 4.9 0.8 5.2 5.3 4.8 5.9

2nd lowest temperature of Denmark

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 31.7 32 47 38 40 24
February 32.4 46 19 46 17 45
March 21.3 21 40 4 23 14
April 13.9 17 16 13 10
May 13.5 6 14 35 14
June 11.3 7 22 7 12
July 18.3 37 19 13 24
August 19.4 34 8 15 18
September 22.7 20 26 15 14
October 30.9 43 29 30 33
November 33.1 46 40 39 36
December 30.0 43 19 24 33
Average 22.2 32.1 28.1 22.1 20.7 20.8

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 10.1 13 10 12 7 11
February 10.8 11 12 12 10 13
March 10.2 10 10 9 10 11
April 10.4 10 11 11 11
May 9.5 10 10 8 10
June 8.3 8 8 8 7
July 9.4 10 11 8 10
August 8.1 9 7 9 7
September 8.5 8 9 8 9
October 9.3 12 9 9 8
November 8.7 8 11 9 9
December 8.8 11 6 9 8
Average 9.5 11.2 9.7 9.5 8.8 9.3

8th highest wind speed of Denmark

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 246° 223° 266° 224° 240°
February 224° 268° 242° 096° 237°
March 132° 244° 137° 261° 235°
April 073° 302° 311° 277°
May 309° 256° 248° 288°
June 271° 244° 257° 167°
July 237° 262° 275° 254°
August 257° 241° 275° 192°
September 211° 083° 230° 243°
October 242° 210° 222° 160°
November 097° 141° 243° 223°
December 244° 127° 131° 136°

Prevailing wind direction

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