Statistics Kiel-Holtenau Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kiel-Holtenau Airport (EDHK) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	36.6	31	30	40	35	43
February	50.7	47	51	75	46	51
March	60.2	55	79	58	75	44
April	77.0	82	80	80	88	78
May	79.3	83	86	67	83	68
June	82.7	91	79	86	82	85
July	83.5	84	89	84	88	72
August	84.3	85	87	76	85	85
September	74.7		81	68	80	79
October	67.6		80	76	70	54
November	44.4		44	35	50	39
December	38.5		41	37	34	56
Average	69.0	74.5	74.1	68.5	71.1	64.8

44th 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	62.5	67	52	69	56	73
February	75.6	75	80	85	83	66
March	83.1	84	89	89	89	78
April	90.8	94	93	94	97	93
May	92.1	94	96	92	95	79
June	93.0	96	92	95	92	92
July	95.0	96	96	95	96	95
August	92.2	91	93	89	91	92
September	87.8		89	88	89	86
October	84.9		90	92	88	77
November	68.8		80	70	71	56
December	64.6		69	59	59	78
Average	85.0	89.3	87.9	87.1	85.5	81.9

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	2021	2020	2019
January	4.6	6	6	3	7	4
February	5.5	6	7	5	7	8
March	7.9	8	9	9	8	9
April	11.1	11	10	9	13	12
May	15.8	16	16	14	15	14
June	20.8	22	20	22	21	22
July	21.2	21	21	22	19	21
August	21.8	21	23	19	24	22
September	17.5		16	18	19	17
October	13.7		15	13	13	13
November	8.2		8	8	10	8
December	4.8		2	4	5	6
Average	13.0	14.0	13.1	12.2	13.4	13.0

47th 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	1.9	3	2	0	5	1
February	1.5	2	2	0	4	3
March	2.5	2	0	1	4	6
April	4.8	3	3	2	7	6
May	9.2	7	8	7	9	9
June	13.4	11	11	13	14	16
July	14.1	13	12	14	11	15
August	14.6	14	14	13	15	16
September	11.4		10	12	10	12
October	9.1		9	8	9	9
November	4.9		5	5	5	5
December	2.2		-2	0	3	4
Average	7.6	6.9	6.2	6.1	8.0	8.7

20th 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	19.7	19	19	23	26	17
February	19.6	9	27	9	36	18
March	10.9	6	1	10	13	22
April	6.9	7	6	6	5	5
May	4.9	1	2	6	5	14
June	4.5	1	2	2	8	5
July	6.3	9	2	1	10	8
August	5.6	4	1	5	5	6
September	10.4		11	6	8	17
October	12.4		3	7	16	18
November	14.9		6	17	10	22
December	17.7		3	15	21	16
Average	10.0	6.0	5.7	7.4	12.4	13.2

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	9	10	9
February	10.6	10	12	10	13	10
March	9.7	10	8	8	11	12
April	7.5	10	10	2	10	1
May	8.7	9	9	9	10	7
June	8.2	8	7	7	9	9
July	8.8	9	9	8	8	10
August	7.9	8	7	9	7	8
September	8.2		8	7	8	9
October	8.5		8	8	9	8
November	8.2		9	8	9	7
December	8.7		6	9	8	9
Average	8.7	9.0	8.7	7.7	9.0	8.2

47th 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	248°	277°	254°	239°	264°
February	277°	258°	112°	243°	234°
March	257°	113°	248°	240°	254°
April	083°	332°	054°	278°	112°
May	052°	273°	262°	300°	309°
June	010°	279°	338°	071°	227°
July	248°	281°	290°	261°	276°
August	264°	015°	289°	142°	230°
September		218°	255°	244°	254°
October		230°	221°	201°	220°
November		185°	242°	225°	164°
December		165°	214°	175°	224°

Prevailing wind direction

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