Statistics Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport (EDHI) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	37.2	43	28	40	32	35
February	57.9	54	56	66	53	64
March	65.7	59	83	62	77	52
April	81.9	80	84	78	93	82
May	81.5	83	82	70	87	78
June	86.4	92	92	86	82	87
July	83.6	81	89	89	83	76
August	87.5	83	91	78	93	89
September	79.2		83	71	81	81
October	73.0		82	82	68	67
November	48.2		57	44	52	45
December	40.3		43	33	36	59
Average	73.0	75.3	77.5	70.4	74.3	71.3

35th 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	69.8	84	63	62	68	71
February	82.0	77	80	82	86	87
March	86.5	85	90	87	92	84
April	93.4	94	95	94	97	92
May	93.4	93	91	89	97	91
June	95.0	97	97	94	92	96
July	94.7	89	96	97	95	95
August	95.5	93	96	93	97	97
September	91.5		92	89	93	93
October	87.6		89	95	85	87
November	72.7		77	79	74	70
December	70.1		78	57	71	82
Average	88.5	90.2	89.2	87.3	89.4	88.8

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	5.2	7	7	4	8	4
February	6.5	7	8	6	9	9
March	9.3	9	11	10	10	10
April	13.4	12	13	11	15	15
May	17.8	18	19	15	17	16
June	23.2	25	23	24	23	25
July	22.6	22	23	24	20	23
August	23.5	22	26	21	26	24
September	18.9		18	19	20	18
October	14.9		17	15	14	15
November	8.9		9	9	10	8
December	5.6		2	5	6	7
Average	14.3	15.2	14.9	13.4	14.6	14.4

38th 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	1.4	3	3	0	3	0
February	0.9	2	3	-1	3	2
March	2.1	3	1	2	2	4
April	4.6	4	4	3	5	6
May	8.6	8	9	7	7	7
June	13.4	13	12	14	14	14
July	13.8	14	13	16	12	14
August	14.5	14	15	13	16	15
September	10.8		10	12	10	11
October	8.4		9	8	8	8
November	4.2		4	5	5	4
December	1.8		-3	1	3	3
Average	7.1	7.6	7.0	6.6	7.2	7.1

35th 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	19.2	19	20	26	19	18
February	14.4	15	25	10	22	7
March	11.4	13	4	8	11	18
April	7.3	11	10	7	2	3
May	6.7	4	6	15	4	8
June	4.8	3	2	4	5	2
July	7.1	11	4	5	9	5
August	6.7	9	2	11	7	6
September	7.3		8	7	4	10
October	10.9		3	11	12	12
November	12.5		10	13	10	14
December	15.2		11	14	14	11
Average	9.4	9.4	7.3	9.9	8.7	8.5

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	9.6	11	11	8	10	10
February	9.6	9	13	8	14	9
March	9.4	10	7	10	10	12
April	9.3	9	10	10	9	8
May	8.6	8	8	9	9	9
June	7.6	7	7	7	8	7
July	8.0	8	8	8	8	9
August	7.3	7	7	8	7	7
September	7.6		7	7	7	9
October	8.3		7	8	9	8
November	7.7		7	8	8	7
December	8.0		5	7	7	8
Average	8.4	8.3	8.1	8.1	8.5	8.5

38th 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	233°	264°	242°	232°	267°
February	271°	243°	096°	238°	241°
March	250°	079°	260°	246°	253°
April	049°	321°	302°	292°	070°
May	358°	273°	251°	297°	293°
June	332°	281°	295°	005°	246°
July	239°	282°	260°	264°	283°
August	255°	314°	271°	211°	238°
September		246°	254°	239°	257°
October		226°	218°	210°	219°
November		179°	239°	217°	171°
December		121°	225°	170°	224°

Prevailing wind direction

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