Statistics Siegerland Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Siegerland Airport (EDGS) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	18.8	14	16	16	18	19
February	46.8	44	32	61	37	62
March	56.4	43	86	57	61	42
April	70.9	51	63	67	92	80
May	75.6	72	87	58	87	63
June	82.0	94	86	71	78	87
July	77.9	77	80	67	77	76
August	76.2	63	89	50	84	86
September	69.6		61	70	81	66
October	46.0		63	52	33	40
November	33.0		46	23	47	28
December	19.8		37	17	15	37
Average	60.8	61.7	67.8	53.2	61.3	60.4

47th best VFR conditions of Germany

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	2021	2020	2019
January	35.3	33	34	33	36	28
February	60.9	52	54	71	60	70
March	73.3	64	91	79	77	65
April	83.9	68	83	79	97	86
May	86.2	84	96	83	95	74
June	92.0	97	93	87	88	93
July	88.6	87	92	79	90	92
August	86.7	80	93	71	95	93
September	82.5		78	85	90	79
October	62.7		76	65	52	53
November	45.7		57	41	59	40
December	31.2		42	31	20	46
Average	73.6	74.4	79.4	69.7	73.7	71.5

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	2021	2020	2019
January	1.7	3	3	1	4	0
February	4.4	5	6	6	5	7
March	7.7	7	10	9	7	8
April	11.5	9	10	11	15	12
May	15.6	16	17	14	15	13
June	20.9	22	20	23	19	23
July	20.8	20	22	19	20	21
August	20.9	20	24	18	22	22
September	16.5		15	18	19	16
October	11.9		14	11	10	12
November	6.0		8	5	7	5
December	2.6		-1	3	3	4
Average	11.9	12.6	12.7	11.4	11.8	11.9

48th highest temperature of Germany

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-1.1	0	-1	-2	1	-2
February	-1.9	0	0	0	2	2
March	1.8	1	1	4	2	3
April	4.6	3	3	3	7	5
May	9.0	7	9	8	10	7
June	14.1	13	12	17	14	15
July	14.2	13	13	14	14	15
August	14.3	13	15	13	16	15
September	10.5		9	12	12	10
October	7.7		9	7	7	7
November	2.9		4	2	4	3
December	0.4		-4	0	2	2
Average	6.6	6.3	6.1	6.5	7.3	6.9

18th lowest temperature of Germany

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	25.2	25	20	31	18	40
February	20.1	19	26	19	29	12
March	15.7	26	5	10	17	23
April	10.5	17	13	14	3	10
May	8.1	6	4	17	5	15
June	4.4	1	5	3	9	2
July	6.8	9	3	10	6	3
August	7.4	12	0	8	4	8
September	10.3		17	4	6	14
October	15.5		8	10	26	21
November	14.7		8	15	6	24
December	24.4		16	8	19	26
Average	12.3	12.8	8.8	11.5	11.9	15.0

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	2021	2020	2019
January	9.9	10	10	9	10	11
February	10.7	10	13	9	13	9
March	10.1	10	9	9	11	11
April	8.9	9	9	9	9	9
May	8.3	8	8	10	8	8
June	7.8	8	7	7	8	9
July	8.0	9	7	8	8	8
August	7.6	8	7	8	8	8
September	7.5		8	7	7	8
October	9.4		9	9	10	10
November	8.5		9	8	8	9
December	9.3		6	9	8	10
Average	8.7	9.0	8.2	8.3	8.9	9.1

48th 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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	234°	270°	247°	222°	271°
February	276°	241°	158°	237°	223°
March	233°	110°	264°	192°	250°
April	091°	046°	313°	131°	093°
May	041°	264°	242°	339°	305°
June	051°	251°	237°	250°	184°
July	243°	293°	249°	272°	289°
August	249°	017°	270°	223°	234°
September		246°	225°	215°	253°
October		204°	204°	211°	202°
November		196°	248°	194°	179°
December		117°	228°	186°	205°

Prevailing wind direction

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