Climate Flugplatz Obermehler-Schlotheim 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Airport Erfurt-Weimar (EDDE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	56.3	59	49	46	54	74
February	66.5	62	55	72	67	81
March	78.2	77	73	85	79	86
April	83.2		70	79	82	96
May	88.7		84	95	93	91
June	92.0		92	96	88	88
July	92.3		95	92	89	95
August	91.9		85	94	84	97
September	89.0		93	89	84	93
October	80.7		80	88	83	76
November	61.9		69	70	47	75
December	58.8		54	45	49	65
Average	79.6	66.9	78.0	83.5	78.3	86.9

11th best VFR conditions of Germany

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	84.8	90	77	84	84	93
February	89.8	92	88	100	88	98
March	93.7	92	93	93	92	97
April	94.3		89	93	95	100
May	96.1		95	99	99	97
June	97.2		98	98	95	95
July	98.1		100	99	97	99
August	97.6		96	99	95	99
September	95.6		98	96	93	99
October	93.5		94	97	94	93
November	81.2		93	80	85	91
December	87.4		92	60	83	90
Average	93.3	91.4	93.6	94.0	92.8	96.4

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	3.5	4	5	5	2	6
February	6.1	10	6	7	5	8
March	9.5	12	9	10	9	9
April	13.2		11	11	10	16
May	17.6		18	20	15	17
June	23.5		24	24	24	21
July	24.0		24	25	23	23
August	24.1		23	26	20	25
September	19.7		23	18	20	21
October	14.8		16	17	14	13
November	7.6		8	9	7	9
December	4.8		6	0	4	5
Average	13.3	8.2	14.4	14.8	12.7	14.3

39th highest temperature of Germany

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	-1.0	-2	1	1	-2	0
February	-1.8	4	0	1	-3	2
March	1.0	2	2	-1	0	1
April	3.2		3	3	1	3
May	7.5		7	9	6	5
June	12.5		12	12	14	12
July	13.1		14	13	13	12
August	13.7		14	14	12	15
September	9.5		12	9	11	9
October	7.4		9	9	5	8
November	2.3		3	3	2	2
December	0.4		2	-4	-1	1
Average	5.2	1.5	6.5	5.9	4.9	5.8

15th lowest temperature of Germany

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	23.5	16	22	26	40	8
February	15.4	12	16	20	26	24
March	17.4	10	25	6	19	18
April	10.8		15	14	12	4
May	9.8		7	5	18	10
June	7.7		9	4	10	17
July	8.7		10	9	10	9
August	9.3		14	5	16	10
September	8.8		3	15	3	7
October	12.9		14	7	10	18
November	14.9		22	9	21	4
December	18.3		24	25	18	8
Average	12.4	12.6	13.9	10.5	15.4	11.3

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	10.3	11	11	11	9	10
February	10.5	11	10	15	7	15
March	9.7	8	11	6	9	11
April	8.4		8	9	9	8
May	7.5		7	7	10	7
June	7.1		7	7	6	7
July	7.9		10	8	7	8
August	7.4		8	6	8	7
September	7.2		6	8	7	7
October	9.2		9	8	9	10
November	8.4		12	7	8	8
December	9.6		12	6	8	8
Average	8.6	9.9	8.8	8.0	8.0	8.5

39th highest wind speed of Germany

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	243°	224°	258°	246°	227°
February	235°	264°	238°	222°	234°
March	233°	235°	063°	257°	237°
April		337°	315°	299°	336°
May		025°	280°	241°	311°
June		001°	290°	298°	258°
July		242°	290°	247°	258°
August		242°	003°	258°	253°
September		211°	258°	256°	249°
October		230°	222°	227°	229°
November		231°	214°	238°	224°
December		236°	256°	235°	203°

Prevailing wind direction

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